Tallahassee, FL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tallahassee, Florida, shaded from 18 ft on the southeast side to 260 ft on the north side
Elevation
260 ft 80 m200 ft 60 m170 ft 50 m110 ft 35 m48 ft 15 m18 ft 6 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Tallahassee sits at about 120 ft (40 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
120 ft 40 m
most residents: 68–200 ft
Lowest
18 ft 6 m
on the southeast side
Highest
260 ft 80 m
on the north side
Average
120 ft 35 m
all land inside city limits

Tallahassee spans about 242 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
120 ft40 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
260 ft80 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
18 ft6 m
Town center
USGS map point for Tallahassee
200 ft60 m
Airport (TLH)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
83 ft25 m
Average of all land120 ft35 m

Elevation profile, south to north

13 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tallahassee, Florida, shaded from 18 ft on the southeast side to 260 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Leon County, Florida, United States
Population
205,089 2024 est.
Land area
102.6 sq mi + 2.9 sq mi water
Density
1,998 per sq mi
Coordinates
30.4383° N, 84.2807° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Lake Munson basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Tallahassee International (TLH) 83 ft
ZIP codes 14
32301 32303 32304 32305 32306 32307 32308 32309 32310 32311 32312 32313 32317 32399
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Havana230 ft
  2. Miccosukee220 ft
  3. Bradfordville160 ft
  4. City of Midway150 ft
  5. Fort Braden130 ft
  6. Tallahassee120 ft
  7. Capitola100 ft
  8. Lloyd90 ft
  9. Chaires78 ft
  10. Wacissa37 ft
  11. Woodville25 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Texas Hill230 ft
  • Calico Hill41 ft
  • Sand Hills13 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, 17 ft at 30.3538° N, 84.2099° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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. All public domain.