Bay County, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bay County, Florida, shaded from sea level on Saint Andrew Sound to 270 ft on the north side
Elevation
270 ft 85 m210 ft 65 m170 ft 50 m100 ft 30 m34 ft 10 m0 ft 0 m
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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.
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County area
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Elevation Data

Bay County averages about 53 ft (16 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Saint Andrew Sound to 270 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
53 ft 16 m
all land inside the county
Highest
270 ft 85 m
on the north side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Saint Andrew Sound

Bay County spans about 270 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.

Under 1% of Bay County's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 3% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land53 ft16 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
270 ft85 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Saint Andrew Sound
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, south to north

38 mi south to north through Panama City.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bay County, Florida, shaded from sea level on Saint Andrew Sound to 270 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Florida, United States
Population
199,718 2024 est.
Land area
758.6 sq mi + 708.1 sq mi water
Density
263 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain 94%
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. Walton County140 ft
  2. Jackson County130 ft
  3. Washington County100 ft
  4. Calhoun County98 ft
  5. Bay County53 ft
  6. Gulf County18 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 14 towns in Bay County by typical elevation
  1. Cedar Grove34 ft
  2. Springfield32 ft
  3. Laguna Beach27 ft
  4. Panama City23 ft
  5. Panama City Beach22 ft
  6. Callaway21 ft
  7. Parker21 ft
  8. Lynn Haven18 ft
  9. Tyndall AFB14 ft
  10. Upper Grand Lagoon14 ft
  11. Southport13 ft
  12. Mexico Beach11 ft
  13. Lower Grand Lagoon11 ft
  14. Pretty Bayou10 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; 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; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.