Aurora, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Aurora, Illinois, shaded from 610 ft on the south side to 790 ft on the north side
Elevation
790 ft 240 m740 ft 225 m720 ft 220 m680 ft 205 m640 ft 195 m610 ft 185 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

Aurora sits at about 700 ft (210 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
700 ft 210 m
most residents: 670–720 ft
Lowest
610 ft 185 m
on the south side
Highest
790 ft 240 m
on the north side
Average
700 ft 215 m
all land inside city limits

Aurora spans about 180 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
700 ft210 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
790 ft240 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
610 ft185 m
Town center
USGS map point for Aurora
680 ft205 m
Airport (ARR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.6 mi west of the city limits
712 ft217 m
Average of all land700 ft215 m

Elevation profile, west to east

10 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Aurora, Illinois, shaded from 610 ft on the south side to 790 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Kane, DuPage and Will counties and 1 more, Illinois, United States
Population
180,710 2024 est.
Land area
45.3 sq mi + 0.9 sq mi water
Density
3,988 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.7606° N, 88.3201° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Fox River → Illinois River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Aurora Municipal (ARR) 712 ft
ZIP codes 7
60502 60503 60504 60505 60506 60563 60564
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Batavia720 ft
  2. Batavia Township720 ft
  3. Prestbury710 ft
  4. North Aurora710 ft
  5. Naperville Township700 ft
  6. Aurora700 ft
  7. Aurora Township690 ft
  8. Boulder Hill660 ft
  9. Montgomery660 ft
  10. Oswego Township660 ft
  11. Oswego660 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Johnsons Mound890 ft
  • Mount Hoy830 ft
  • Blanchard Hill780 ft
  • Waubonsie Hill710 ft
  • Maramech Hill650 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.