Skagway Municipality, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Skagway Municipality, Alaska, shaded from sea level on Taiya Inlet to 8,210 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
8,210 ft 2,505 m6,160 ft 1,875 m5,130 ft 1,565 m3,080 ft 940 m1,030 ft 315 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Municipality area
Fades everything outside the official municipality boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Skagway Municipality averages about 3,700 ft (1,130 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Taiya Inlet to 8,210 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
3,700 ft 1,130 m
all land inside the municipality
Highest
8,210 ft 2,505 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Taiya Inlet

Skagway Municipality spans about 8,210 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land3,700 ft1,130 m
Highest point
Inside the municipality, on the northwest side
8,210 ft2,505 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Taiya Inlet
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

15 mi west to east through Skagway.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Skagway Municipality, Alaska, shaded from sea level on Taiya Inlet to 8,210 ft on the northwest side
Municipality boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
Municipality in Alaska, United States
Population
1,119 2024 est.
Land area
442.9 sq mi + 10.7 sq mi water
Density
2.5 per sq mi
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Pacific Ocean 96%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring boroughs and census areas sharing a border, by average

  1. Skagway Municipality3,700 ft
  2. Haines Borough2,730 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Sawtooth Range7,310 ft
  • Mount Van Wagenen6,970 ft
  • Boundary Peak 1096,860 ft
  • Mount Carmack6,710 ft
  • Face Mountain5,530 ft
The one town in Skagway Municipality
  1. Skagway41 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census municipality boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring boroughs and census areas and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the municipality with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the municipality.
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Alaska: much of Alaska's 3DEP comes from airborne radar (IfSAR), good to a few meters.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.