Hernando County, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hernando County, Florida, shaded from sea level on Centipede Bay to 270 ft on Chinsegut Hill
Elevation
270 ft 80 m200 ft 60 m170 ft 50 m100 ft 30 m34 ft 10 m0 ft 0 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Hernando County averages about 73 ft (22 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Centipede Bay to 270 ft on Chinsegut Hill.

Average elevation
73 ft 22 m
all land inside the county
Highest
270 ft 80 m
on Chinsegut Hill
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Centipede Bay

Hernando 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.

2% of Hernando County's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 6% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land73 ft22 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Chinsegut Hill
270 ft80 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Centipede Bay
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

37 mi west to east through Spring Hill.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hernando County, Florida, shaded from sea level on Centipede Bay to 270 ft on Chinsegut Hill
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Florida, United States
Population
218,150 2024 est.
Land area
473.0 sq mi + 242.4 sq mi water
Density
461 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain 99%
Drains to
Gulf of America 71%, Closed basin (does not reach the sea) 13%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Hernando County73 ft
  2. Sumter County72 ft
  3. Pasco County71 ft
  4. Citrus County52 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Chinsegut Hill270 ft
  • Munden Hill260 ft
  • Hickory Hill, Hernando County240 ft
  • Kirk Hill210 ft
  • Bailey Hill210 ft
All 22 towns in Hernando County by typical elevation
  1. Spring Lake180 ft
  2. Brooksville110 ft
  3. North Brooksville100 ft
  4. Lake Lindsey91 ft
  5. South Brooksville90 ft
  6. Wiscon89 ft
  7. Hill 'n Dale82 ft
  8. Garden Grove82 ft
  9. Brookridge68 ft
  10. Ridge Manor68 ft
  11. Masaryktown65 ft
  12. High Point61 ft
  13. Nobleton55 ft
  14. Istachatta55 ft
  15. Spring Hill53 ft
  16. Timber Pines34 ft
  17. North Weeki Wachee28 ft
  18. Aripeka partly5 ft
  19. Pine Island4 ft
  20. Weeki Wachee Gardens3 ft
  21. Hernando Beach3 ft
  22. Bayport2 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −2 ft at 28.5138° N, 82.6593° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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.