Bethesda, AR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bethesda, Arkansas, shaded from 490 ft on the east side to 690 ft on the west side
Elevation
690 ft 210 m640 ft 195 m610 ft 185 m560 ft 170 m520 ft 155 m490 ft 150 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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

Bethesda sits at about 610 ft (185 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
610 ft 185 m
most residents: 550–630 ft
Lowest
490 ft 150 m
on the east side
Highest
690 ft 210 m
on the west side
Average
610 ft 185 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Bethesda spans about 200 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
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
610 ft185 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
690 ft210 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
490 ft150 m
Town center
USGS map point for Bethesda
640 ft195 m
Airport (BVX)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.7 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
465 ft142 m
Average of all land610 ft185 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bethesda, Arkansas, shaded from 490 ft on the east side to 690 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Independence County, Arkansas, United States
Population
199 2020 Census
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
136 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.7915° N, 91.7885° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Ozark Plateaus
Drains to
White River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Batesville Regional (BVX) 465 ft
ZIP codes 1
72501
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Concord980 ft
  2. Cushman750 ft
  3. Mount Pleasant710 ft
  4. Bethesda610 ft
  5. Pleasant Grove530 ft
  6. Salado450 ft
  7. Southside430 ft
  8. Moorefield390 ft
  9. Batesville360 ft
  10. Guion330 ft
  11. Desha320 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Waugh Mountain740 ft
  • Mose Mountain650 ft
  • Bracy Mountain640 ft
  • Park Hill620 ft
  • John Dowell Hill480 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • Bethesda is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.