Roswell, GA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Roswell, Georgia, shaded from 850 ft on the southwest side to 1,190 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,190 ft 365 m1,110 ft 340 m1,070 ft 325 m980 ft 300 m890 ft 275 m850 ft 260 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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

Roswell sits at about 1,030 ft (315 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,030 ft 315 m
most residents: 940–1,120 ft
Lowest
850 ft 260 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,190 ft 365 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,040 ft 315 m
all land inside city limits

Roswell 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
1,030 ft315 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
1,190 ft365 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
850 ft260 m
Town center
USGS map point for Roswell
1,080 ft330 m
Average of all land1,040 ft315 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Roswell, Georgia, shaded from 850 ft on the southwest side to 1,190 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Fulton County, Georgia, United States
Population
92,227 2024 est.
Land area
40.7 sq mi + 1.3 sq mi water
Density
2,264 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.0232° N, 84.3616° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Chattahoochee River → Apalachicola River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 4
30009 30022 30075 30076
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Alpharetta1,080 ft
  2. Milton1,060 ft
  3. Johns Creek1,050 ft
  4. Roswell1,030 ft
  5. Dunwoody1,020 ft
  6. Norcross1,000 ft
  7. Doraville1,000 ft
  8. City of Mountain Park1,000 ft
  9. Sandy Springs990 ft
  10. Chamblee970 ft
  11. Peachtree Corners960 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Blood Mountain4,459 ft
  • Big Bald Mountain4,080 ft
  • Burnt Mountain3,280 ft
  • Yonah Mountain3,160 ft
  • Pine Log Mountain2,338 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).
  • 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.