Highland, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Highland, Illinois, shaded from 470 ft on the northwest side to 620 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
620 ft 190 m580 ft 180 m560 ft 170 m530 ft 160 m490 ft 150 m480 ft 145 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

Highland sits at about 530 ft (160 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
530 ft 160 m
most residents: 510–550 ft
Lowest
470 ft 145 m
on the northwest side
Highest
620 ft 190 m
on the northwest side
Average
530 ft 160 m
all land inside city limits

Highland spans about 150 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
530 ft160 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
620 ft190 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
470 ft145 m
Town center
USGS map point for Highland
530 ft160 m
Average of all land530 ft160 m

Elevation profile, south to north

7.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Highland, Illinois, shaded from 470 ft on the northwest side to 620 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Madison County, Illinois, United States
Population
10,028 2024 est.
Land area
7.3 sq mi + 1.0 sq mi water
Density
1,382 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.7395° N, 89.6712° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Sugar Creek → Kaskaskia River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
62249
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Saline Township530 ft
  2. Grantfork530 ft
  3. Highland530 ft
  4. Helvetia Township520 ft
  5. Pierron520 ft
  6. Marine520 ft
  7. Marine Township520 ft
  8. St. Jacob510 ft
  9. St. Jacob Township510 ft
  10. St. Rose500 ft
  11. St. Rose Township500 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Robbs Mound670 ft
  • Browns Mound, Madison County590 ft
  • Berger Hill560 ft
  • Neudeckers Mountain560 ft
  • Emerald Mound540 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. All public domain.