Atlanta, GA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Atlanta, Georgia, shaded from 740 ft on the west side to 1,080 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,080 ft 330 m1,000 ft 305 m960 ft 290 m870 ft 265 m790 ft 240 m740 ft 225 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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

Atlanta sits at about 940 ft (285 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
940 ft 285 m
most residents: 840–1,010 ft
Lowest
740 ft 225 m
on the west side
Highest
1,080 ft 330 m
near the middle
Average
910 ft 280 m
all land inside city limits

Atlanta spans about 340 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
940 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
1,080 ft330 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
740 ft225 m
Town center
USGS map point for Atlanta
1,050 ft320 m
Airport (ATL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.8 mi south of the city limits
1,026 ft313 m
Average of all land910 ft280 m

Elevation profile, south to north

16 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Atlanta, Georgia, shaded from 740 ft on the west side to 1,080 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Fulton and DeKalb counties, Georgia, United States
Population
520,070 2024 est.
Land area
135.3 sq mi + 1.1 sq mi water
Density
3,844 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.7490° N, 84.3880° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
South River → Ocmulgee River → Altamaha River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 1,026 ft
ZIP codes 27
30303 30305 30306 30307 30308 30309 30310 30311 30312 30313 30314 30315 30316 30317 30318 30319 30322 30324 30326 30327 30329 30331 30332 30334 30342 30354 30363
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Avondale Estates1,030 ft
  2. Decatur1,010 ft
  3. Hapeville980 ft
  4. North Decatur980 ft
  5. Belvedere Park970 ft
  6. East Point950 ft
  7. Atlanta940 ft
  8. North Druid Hills940 ft
  9. Druid Hills930 ft
  10. Candler-McAfee930 ft
  11. Gresham Park890 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Big Bald Mountain4,080 ft
  • Burnt Mountain3,280 ft
  • Pine Log Mountain2,338 ft
  • Dugger Mountain2,130 ft
  • Dabneys Hill1,040 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, 540 ft at 33.7793° N, 84.4354° 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.