Sunrise, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sunrise, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on the Turnagain Arm to 4,620 ft on the west side
Elevation
4,620 ft 1,410 m3,470 ft 1,055 m2,890 ft 880 m1,730 ft 530 m580 ft 175 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Sunrise sits at about 2,020 ft (615 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
2,020 ft 615 m
few residents
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Turnagain Arm
Highest
4,620 ft 1,410 m
on the west side
Average
2,020 ft 615 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Sunrise spans about 4,620 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
2,020 ft615 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
4,620 ft1,410 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Turnagain Arm
0 ft0 m
Average of all land2,020 ft615 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.9 mi west to east through the middle of Sunrise.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sunrise, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on the Turnagain Arm to 4,620 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States
Population
15 2020 Census
Land area
13.0 sq mi
Density
1.2 per sq mi
Coordinates
60.8786° N, 149.4243° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Gulf of Alaska
ZIP codes 1
99605
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sunrise2,020 ft
  2. Moose Pass750 ft
  3. Cooper Landing600 ft
  4. Primrose490 ft
  5. Crown Point460 ft
  6. Knik-Fairview260 ft
  7. Point MacKenzie200 ft
  8. Hope180 ft
  9. Anchorage180 ft
  10. Knik River150 ft
  11. Whittier40 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Crow Peak5,900 ft
  • Bird Peak5,410 ft
  • North Yuyanq’ Ch’ex5,130 ft
  • Mount Alpenglow4,790 ft
  • Hibbs Peak4,400 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026). Much of Alaska's 3DEP comes from airborne radar (IfSAR), good to a few meters.
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
  • 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 (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • 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.
  • Sunrise is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.