North Sarasota, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Sarasota, Florida, shaded from 22 ft on the north side to 36 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
55 ft 17 m47 ft 14 m43 ft 13 m35 ft 11 m26 ft 8 m22 ft 7 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

North Sarasota sits at about 30 ft (9 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
30 ft 9 m
most residents: 29–33 ft
Lowest
22 ft 7 m
on the north side
Highest
36 ft 11 m
on the southeast side
Average
30 ft 9 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

North Sarasota is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 14 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
30 ft9 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
36 ft11 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
22 ft7 m
Airport (SRQ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.5 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
30 ft9 m
Average of all land30 ft9 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Sarasota, Florida, shaded from 22 ft on the north side to 36 ft on the southeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Sarasota County, Florida, United States
Population
2,418 2020 Census
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
2,942 per sq mi
Coordinates
27.3584° N, 82.5191° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
Airport
Sarasota/Bradenton International (SRQ) 30 ft
ZIP codes 1
34234
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Desoto Acres35 ft
  2. Desoto Lakes32 ft
  3. North Sarasota30 ft
  4. Kensington Park27 ft
  5. The Meadows27 ft
  6. Fruitville24 ft
  7. Sarasota Springs21 ft
  8. Sarasota19 ft
  9. Southgate19 ft
  10. Whitfield17 ft
  11. Pinecraft14 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Portavant Indian Mound22 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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, 20 ft at 27.3657° N, 82.5276° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • North Sarasota is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.