Lee County, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lee County, Florida, shaded from 4 ft below sea level on the southwest side to 97 ft on the east side
Elevation
97 ft 30 m72 ft 22 m59 ft 18 m34 ft 10 m8 ft 3 m−4 ft −1 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

Lee County averages about 15 ft (4 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 4 ft below sea level on the southwest side to 97 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
15 ft 4 m
all land inside the county
Highest
97 ft 30 m
on the east side
Lowest
−4 ft −1 m
on the southwest side

Lee County spans about 101 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 Lee County's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 11% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land15 ft4 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
97 ft30 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
−4 ft−1 m

Elevation profile, west to east

51 mi west to east through Cape Coral.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lee County, Florida, shaded from 4 ft below sea level on the southwest side to 97 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
County in Florida, United States
Population
860,959 2024 est.
Land area
781.2 sq mi + 733.6 sq mi water
Density
1,102 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain 96%
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. Charlotte County26 ft
  2. Hendry County22 ft
  3. Lee County15 ft
  4. Collier County11 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Howard Mound12 ft
  • Faulkner Mound10 ft
All 39 towns in Lee County by typical elevation
  1. Gateway25 ft
  2. Lehigh Acres25 ft
  3. Florida Gulf Coast University18 ft
  4. Buckingham18 ft
  5. Three Oaks17 ft
  6. Fort Myers15 ft
  7. Estero15 ft
  8. San Carlos Park15 ft
  9. Charleston Park15 ft
  10. Suncoast Estates14 ft
  11. North Fort Myers13 ft
  12. Tice13 ft
  13. Palmona Park13 ft
  14. Page Park12 ft
  15. Bonita Springs11 ft
  16. Alva11 ft
  17. Pine Manor10 ft
  18. Verandah10 ft
  19. Villas10 ft
  20. Whiskey Creek9 ft
  21. Cape Coral8 ft
  22. Fort Myers Shores8 ft
  23. Olga7 ft
  24. Burnt Store Marina7 ft
  25. McGregor7 ft
  26. Cypress Lake6 ft
  27. Iona6 ft
  28. Lochmoor Waterway Estates6 ft
  29. Harlem Heights5 ft
  30. Pineland5 ft
  31. Bokeelia5 ft
  32. Pine Island Center4 ft
  33. Captiva4 ft
  34. St. James City3 ft
  35. Sanibel3 ft
  36. Fort Myers Beach2 ft
  37. Punta Rassa2 ft
  38. Matlacha Isles-Matlacha Shores1 ft
  39. Matlacha1 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.
  • 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.