Fernandina Beach, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fernandina Beach, Florida, shaded from sea level level on the Atlantic Ocean to 74 ft near the middle
Elevation
74 ft 23 m56 ft 17 m47 ft 14 m28 ft 9 m9 ft 3 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
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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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Fernandina Beach sits at about 17 ft (5 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
17 ft 5 m
most residents: 6–26 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Atlantic Ocean
Highest
74 ft 23 m
near the middle
Average
12 ft 4 m
all land inside city limits

Fernandina Beach spans about 74 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.

13% of Fernandina Beach's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 10% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
17 ft5 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
74 ft23 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Atlantic Ocean
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Fernandina Beach
10 ft3 m
Airport (FHB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
16 ft5 m
Average of all land12 ft4 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fernandina Beach, Florida, shaded from sea level level on the Atlantic Ocean to 74 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Nassau County, Florida, United States
Population
13,672 2024 est.
Land area
12.0 sq mi + 0.7 sq mi water
Density
1,140 per sq mi
Coordinates
30.6697° N, 81.4626° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Fernandina Beach Municipal (FHB) 16 ft
ZIP codes 1
32034
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Kings Bay Base, GA26 ft
  2. Jacksonville23 ft
  3. Yulee22 ft
  4. Kingsland, GA19 ft
  5. Nassau Village-Ratliff18 ft
  6. Fernandina Beach17 ft
  7. Callahan16 ft
  8. St. Marys, GA14 ft
  9. Woodbine, GA14 ft
  10. Neptune Beach11 ft
  11. Atlantic Beach10 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Cornelia54 ft
  • McClure Hill48 ft
  • Round Top29 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.