Pinellas County, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pinellas County, Florida, shaded from sea level on the Gulf of America to 110 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
110 ft 30 m79 ft 24 m66 ft 20 m40 ft 12 m13 ft 4 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
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Pinellas County averages about 23 ft (7 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Gulf of America to 110 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
23 ft 7 m
all land inside the county
Highest
110 ft 30 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Gulf of America

Pinellas County spans about 110 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.

1% of Pinellas County's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 8% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land23 ft7 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
110 ft30 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Gulf of America
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, south to north

36 mi south to north through St. Petersburg.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pinellas County, Florida, shaded from sea level on the Gulf of America to 110 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
County in Florida, United States
Population
965,870 2024 est.
Land area
273.8 sq mi + 586.4 sq mi water
Density
3,527 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain 91%
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. Pasco County71 ft
  2. Hillsborough County61 ft
  3. Pinellas County23 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Sunset Hills47 ft
All 37 towns in Pinellas County by typical elevation
  1. Greenbriar63 ft
  2. Ridgecrest51 ft
  3. Lealman44 ft
  4. Clearwater43 ft
  5. Belleair Bluffs43 ft
  6. Belleair39 ft
  7. Palm Harbor34 ft
  8. Dunedin27 ft
  9. Seminole25 ft
  10. Safety Harbor22 ft
  11. Kenneth City20 ft
  12. Largo18 ft
  13. St. Petersburg16 ft
  14. Bay Pines16 ft
  15. Harbor Bluffs16 ft
  16. South Highpoint15 ft
  17. Gulfport15 ft
  18. Pinellas Park15 ft
  19. East Lake14 ft
  20. West Lealman14 ft
  21. Bardmoor14 ft
  22. Tarpon Springs11 ft
  23. Oldsmar9 ft
  24. Bear Creek8 ft
  25. Belleair Shore7 ft
  26. Indian Shores6 ft
  27. Tierra Verde6 ft
  28. Feather Sound5 ft
  29. South Pasadena5 ft
  30. Redington Shores5 ft
  31. St. Pete Beach5 ft
  32. North Redington Beach4 ft
  33. Belleair Beach4 ft
  34. Treasure Island4 ft
  35. Madeira Beach4 ft
  36. Indian Rocks Beach4 ft
  37. Redington Beach4 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, −2 ft at 28.0162° N, 82.8279° 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.