Marion County, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Marion County, Florida, shaded from sea level on Devils Bay to 260 ft on the south side
Elevation
260 ft 80 m190 ft 60 m160 ft 50 m97 ft 30 m32 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
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Elevation Data

Marion County averages about 82 ft (25 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Devils Bay to 260 ft on the south side.

Average elevation
82 ft 25 m
all land inside the county
Highest
260 ft 80 m
on the south side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Devils Bay

Marion County spans about 260 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land82 ft25 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the south side
260 ft80 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Devils Bay
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

54 mi west to east through Ocala.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Marion County, Florida, shaded from sea level on Devils Bay to 260 ft on the south side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Florida, United States
Population
428,905 2024 est.
Land area
1,588.4 sq mi + 74.2 sq mi water
Density
270 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean 50%, Gulf of America 17%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Alachua County110 ft
  2. Lake County83 ft
  3. Marion County82 ft
  4. Sumter County72 ft
  5. Putnam County56 ft
  6. Citrus County52 ft
  7. Levy County37 ft
  8. Volusia County28 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 18 towns in Marion County by typical elevation
  1. Rainbow Lakes Estates100 ft
  2. Silver Springs Shores East94 ft
  3. McIntosh92 ft
  4. Rainbow Park91 ft
  5. Reddick87 ft
  6. Liberty Triangle83 ft
  7. Marion Oaks83 ft
  8. Belleview81 ft
  9. Ocala80 ft
  10. Silver Springs Shores80 ft
  11. The Villages partly78 ft
  12. On Top of the World77 ft
  13. Rainbow Springs72 ft
  14. Ocala Estates70 ft
  15. Ocklawaha68 ft
  16. Silver Springs61 ft
  17. Dunnellon50 ft
  18. Lake Kerr37 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, 0 ft at 29.2437° N, 81.6446° 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. All public domain.