Sarasota County, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sarasota County, Florida, shaded from sea level on Little Sarasota Bay to 110 ft near the middle
Elevation
110 ft 35 m84 ft 26 m70 ft 21 m42 ft 13 m14 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

Sarasota County averages about 23 ft (7 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Little Sarasota Bay to 110 ft near the middle.

Average elevation
23 ft 7 m
all land inside the county
Highest
110 ft 35 m
near the middle
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Little Sarasota Bay

Sarasota 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.

Under 1% of Sarasota County's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 2% 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, near the middle
110 ft35 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Little Sarasota Bay
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

35 mi west to east through North Port.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sarasota County, Florida, shaded from sea level on Little Sarasota Bay to 110 ft near the middle
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
County in Florida, United States
Population
476,604 2024 est.
Land area
556.1 sq mi + 419.5 sq mi water
Density
857 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain 99%
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. Manatee County58 ft
  2. DeSoto County56 ft
  3. Charlotte County26 ft
  4. Sarasota County23 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 32 towns in Sarasota County by typical elevation
  1. Old Miakka44 ft
  2. Lakewood Ranch partly38 ft
  3. Desoto Acres35 ft
  4. Lake Sarasota34 ft
  5. Bee Ridge32 ft
  6. Desoto Lakes32 ft
  7. North Sarasota30 ft
  8. South Gate Ridge29 ft
  9. Kensington Park27 ft
  10. The Meadows27 ft
  11. Fruitville24 ft
  12. Sarasota Springs21 ft
  13. Ridge Wood Heights20 ft
  14. Sarasota19 ft
  15. Southgate19 ft
  16. North Port19 ft
  17. Palmer Ranch17 ft
  18. South Sarasota16 ft
  19. Venice Gardens16 ft
  20. Gulf Gate15 ft
  21. Pinecraft14 ft
  22. South Venice13 ft
  23. Osprey13 ft
  24. Venice13 ft
  25. Vamo13 ft
  26. Plantation, Sarasota County13 ft
  27. Englewood10 ft
  28. Laurel9 ft
  29. Nokomis8 ft
  30. Warm Mineral Springs6 ft
  31. Longboat Key4 ft
  32. Siesta Key4 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 26.9465° N, 82.3451° 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.