Princeton, ID Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Princeton, Idaho, shaded from 2,500 ft on the southwest side to 2,750 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
2,750 ft 840 m2,690 ft 820 m2,660 ft 810 m2,600 ft 790 m2,530 ft 775 m2,500 ft 765 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Princeton sits at about 2,520 ft (765 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,520 ft 765 m
most residents: 2,510–2,550 ft
Lowest
2,500 ft 765 m
on the southwest side
Highest
2,750 ft 840 m
on the northeast side
Average
2,550 ft 780 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Princeton spans about 250 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
2,520 ft765 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
2,750 ft840 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
2,500 ft765 m
Town center
USGS map point for Princeton
2,520 ft770 m
Average of all land2,550 ft780 m
Nearest peak
East Gold Hill, 4.3 mi northeast of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
4,681 ft1,427 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Princeton, Idaho, shaded from 2,500 ft on the southwest side to 2,750 ft on the northeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Latah County, Idaho, United States
Population
193 2020 Census
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
303 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.9141° N, 116.8341° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Columbia Plateau
Drains to
Palouse River → Snake River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
83857
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Deary2,880 ft
  2. Viola2,750 ft
  3. De Smet2,680 ft
  4. Onaway2,660 ft
  5. Farmington, WA2,640 ft
  6. Moscow2,620 ft
  7. Troy2,590 ft
  8. Potlatch2,590 ft
  9. Palouse, WA2,530 ft
  10. Princeton2,520 ft
  11. Garfield, WA2,500 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mica Mountain5,050 ft
  • Moscow Mountain4,987 ft
  • West Dennis4,812 ft
  • East Gold Hill4,681 ft
  • Mission Mountain4,328 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Princeton is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.