Lake County, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake County, Florida, shaded from sea level on Billies Bay to 310 ft on Sugarloaf Mountain
Elevation
310 ft 95 m230 ft 70 m190 ft 60 m120 ft 35 m39 ft 12 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

Lake County averages about 83 ft (25 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Billies Bay to 310 ft on Sugarloaf Mountain.

Average elevation
83 ft 25 m
all land inside the county
Highest
310 ft 95 m
on Sugarloaf Mountain
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Billies Bay

Lake County spans about 310 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 Lake 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 land83 ft25 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Sugarloaf Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
310 ft95 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Billies Bay
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

18 mi west to east through Clermont.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake County, Florida, shaded from sea level on Billies Bay to 310 ft on Sugarloaf Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Florida, United States
Population
444,204 2024 est.
Land area
954.0 sq mi + 202.7 sq mi water
Density
466 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean 83%, Gulf of America 13%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Polk County120 ft
  2. Lake County83 ft
  3. Marion County82 ft
  4. Orange County78 ft
  5. Sumter County72 ft
  6. Seminole County38 ft
  7. Volusia County28 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Sugarloaf Mountain310 ft
  • Tomato Hill160 ft
All 29 towns in Lake County by typical elevation
  1. Clermont150 ft
  2. Minneola150 ft
  3. Mount Dora150 ft
  4. Four Corners partly120 ft
  5. Mascotte120 ft
  6. Groveland110 ft
  7. Montverde110 ft
  8. Eustis100 ft
  9. Howey-in-the-Hills99 ft
  10. Fruitland Park89 ft
  11. Astatula89 ft
  12. Umatilla88 ft
  13. Lady Lake84 ft
  14. Altoona84 ft
  15. Ferndale84 ft
  16. Okahumpka84 ft
  17. Mount Plymouth83 ft
  18. Silver Lake81 ft
  19. Leesburg80 ft
  20. Yalaha78 ft
  21. Pittman77 ft
  22. Tavares77 ft
  23. Sorrento76 ft
  24. Lisbon69 ft
  25. Paisley57 ft
  26. Lake Mack-Forest Hills54 ft
  27. Lake Kathryn53 ft
  28. Pine Lakes45 ft
  29. Astor7 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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, −1 ft at 29.1962° N, 81.5657° 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.