Jacksonville, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jacksonville, Florida, shaded from sea level level on the Atlantic Ocean to 340 ft on the west side
Elevation
340 ft 105 m250 ft 75 m210 ft 65 m130 ft 40 m42 ft 13 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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City area
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Elevation Data

Jacksonville sits at about 23 ft (7 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
23 ft 7 m
most residents: 11–58 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Atlantic Ocean
Highest
340 ft 105 m
on the west side
Average
35 ft 11 m
all land inside city limits

Jacksonville spans about 340 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.

4% of Jacksonville'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
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
23 ft7 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
340 ft105 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Atlantic Ocean
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Jacksonville
17 ft5 m
Airport (JAX)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
30 ft9 m
Average of all land35 ft11 m

Elevation profile, west to east

28 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jacksonville, Florida, shaded from sea level level on the Atlantic Ocean to 340 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Consolidated city and county in Florida, United States
Population
1,009,833 2024 est.
Land area
747.3 sq mi + 127.1 sq mi water
Density
1,351 per sq mi
Coordinates
30.3322° N, 81.6557° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Saint Johns River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Jacksonville International (JAX) 30 ft
ZIP codes 37
37 ZIP codes32081 32202 32203 32204 32205 32206 32207 32208 32209 32210 32211 32212 32214 32216 32217 32218 32219 32220 32221 32222 32223 32224 32225 32226 32227 32228 32233 32234 32244 32246 32250 32254 32256 32257 32258 32259 32277
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Oakleaf Plantation69 ft
  2. Lakeside42 ft
  3. Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace33 ft
  4. Jacksonville23 ft
  5. Orange Park19 ft
  6. Nassau Village-Ratliff18 ft
  7. Fruit Cove17 ft
  8. Fleming Island12 ft
  9. Jacksonville Beach11 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).
  • 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, −11 ft at 30.1163° N, 81.5368° 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: 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.