Baxter County, AR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Baxter County, Arkansas, shaded from 330 ft on the southeast side to 1,410 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,410 ft 430 m1,140 ft 345 m1,000 ft 305 m730 ft 225 m460 ft 140 m330 ft 100 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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Baxter County averages about 770 ft (235 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 330 ft on the southeast side to 1,410 ft on the south side.

Average elevation
770 ft 235 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,410 ft 430 m
on the south side
Lowest
330 ft 100 m
on the southeast side

Baxter County spans about 1,080 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 land770 ft235 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the south side
1,410 ft430 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
330 ft100 m

Elevation profile, south to north

36 mi south to north through Mountain Home.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Baxter County, Arkansas, shaded from 330 ft on the southeast side to 1,410 ft on the south side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Arkansas, United States
Population
43,007 2024 est.
Land area
553.9 sq mi + 32.8 sq mi water
Density
78 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Ozark Plateaus
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Searcy County1,170 ft
  2. Ozark County, MO910 ft
  3. Stone County910 ft
  4. Marion County890 ft
  5. Baxter County770 ft
  6. Fulton County740 ft
  7. Izard County660 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Horseshoe Mountain, Baxter County1,360 ft
  • Three Brothers1,320 ft
  • Push Mountain1,290 ft
  • Matney Knob1,210 ft
  • Negro Knob1,190 ft
All 12 towns in Baxter County by typical elevation
  1. Big Flat1,240 ft
  2. Briarcliff900 ft
  3. Midway870 ft
  4. Gamaliel830 ft
  5. Mountain Home820 ft
  6. Lakeview790 ft
  7. Gassville710 ft
  8. Salesville670 ft
  9. Henderson620 ft
  10. Cotter610 ft
  11. Norfork450 ft
  12. Buffalo City420 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county 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 counties 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 county 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 county.
  • 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.
  • 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.