Polk County, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Polk County, Florida, shaded from 37 ft on the southeast side to 360 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
360 ft 110 m280 ft 85 m240 ft 75 m160 ft 50 m78 ft 24 m37 ft 11 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

Polk County averages about 120 ft (35 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 37 ft on the southeast side to 360 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
120 ft 35 m
all land inside the county
Highest
360 ft 110 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
37 ft 11 m
on the southeast side

Polk County spans about 323 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 land120 ft35 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
360 ft110 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
37 ft11 m

Elevation profile, west to east

42 mi west to east through Lakeland.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Polk County, Florida, shaded from 37 ft on the southeast side to 360 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Florida, United States
Population
852,878 2024 est.
Land area
1,798.8 sq mi + 211.9 sq mi water
Density
474 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America 75%, Lake Okeechobee basin (does not reach the sea) 25%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Polk County120 ft
  2. Hardee County85 ft
  3. Lake County83 ft
  4. Highlands County75 ft
  5. Sumter County72 ft
  6. Pasco County71 ft
  7. Osceola County64 ft
  8. Hillsborough County61 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Iron Mountain300 ft
  • Sand Mountain, Polk County160 ft
All 41 towns in Polk County by typical elevation
  1. Hillcrest Heights200 ft
  2. Lakeland Highlands180 ft
  3. Lakeland160 ft
  4. Auburndale150 ft
  5. Eagle Lake150 ft
  6. Polk City150 ft
  7. Haines City150 ft
  8. Inwood150 ft
  9. Lake Hamilton150 ft
  10. Lake Alfred150 ft
  11. Babson Park150 ft
  12. Cypress Gardens150 ft
  13. Alturas140 ft
  14. Crystal Lake140 ft
  15. Jan Phyl Village140 ft
  16. Homeland140 ft
  17. Winter Haven140 ft
  18. Lake Wales140 ft
  19. Dundee140 ft
  20. Combee Settlement140 ft
  21. Davenport140 ft
  22. Crooked Lake Park140 ft
  23. Highland City130 ft
  24. Bradley Junction130 ft
  25. Fort Meade130 ft
  26. Wahneta130 ft
  27. Waverly130 ft
  28. Four Corners partly120 ft
  29. Fuller Heights120 ft
  30. Highland Park120 ft
  31. Frostproof120 ft
  32. Mulberry120 ft
  33. Bartow120 ft
  34. Kathleen120 ft
  35. Fussels Corner120 ft
  36. Medulla120 ft
  37. Loughman110 ft
  38. Willow Oak110 ft
  39. Grenelefe89 ft
  40. Indian Lake Estates80 ft
  41. Poinciana68 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; 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. All public domain.