Panama City, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Panama City, Florida, shaded from sea level level on North Bay to 67 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
67 ft 21 m50 ft 15 m42 ft 13 m25 ft 8 m8 ft 3 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Panama City 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: 10–33 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on North Bay
Highest
67 ft 21 m
on the northeast side
Average
37 ft 11 m
all land inside city limits

Panama City spans about 67 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.

Under 1% of Panama City's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 1% 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 northeast side
67 ft21 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets North Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Panama City
26 ft8 m
Average of all land37 ft11 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Panama City, Florida, shaded from sea level level on North Bay to 67 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Bay County, Florida, United States
Population
37,024 2024 est.
Land area
35.5 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,042 per sq mi
Coordinates
30.1588° N, 85.6602° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Drains to
Gulf of America
ZIP codes 3
32401 32404 32405
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Cedar Grove34 ft
  2. Springfield32 ft
  3. Panama City23 ft
  4. Panama City Beach22 ft
  5. Callaway21 ft
  6. Parker21 ft
  7. Lynn Haven18 ft
  8. Tyndall AFB14 ft
  9. Upper Grand Lagoon14 ft
  10. Lower Grand Lagoon11 ft
  11. Pretty Bayou10 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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, −2 ft at 30.1393° N, 85.6329° 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 and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.