Sarasota, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sarasota, Florida, shaded from sea level level on Sarasota Bay to 41 ft on the north side
Elevation
41 ft 12 m31 ft 9 m25 ft 8 m15 ft 5 m5 ft 2 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Sarasota sits at about 19 ft (6 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
19 ft 6 m
most residents: 6–29 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Sarasota Bay
Highest
41 ft 12 m
on the north side
Average
18 ft 6 m
all land inside city limits

Sarasota spans about 41 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 Sarasota's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 5% 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
19 ft6 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
41 ft12 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Sarasota Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Sarasota
22 ft7 m
Airport (SRQ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.6 mi north of the city limits
30 ft9 m
Average of all land18 ft6 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sarasota, Florida, shaded from sea level level on Sarasota Bay to 41 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Sarasota County, Florida, United States
Population
57,764 2024 est.
Land area
14.7 sq mi + 9.4 sq mi water
Density
3,929 per sq mi
Coordinates
27.3364° N, 82.5307° 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 6
34232 34234 34236 34237 34239 34243
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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. South Gate Ridge29 ft
  5. Kensington Park27 ft
  6. Sarasota Springs21 ft
  7. Ridge Wood Heights20 ft
  8. Sarasota19 ft
  9. Southgate19 ft
  10. South Sarasota16 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 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, 0 ft at 27.3888° N, 82.5662° 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, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.