Indiana Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Indiana, shaded from 330 ft on the southwest side to 1,250 ft on Hoosier Hill
Elevation
1,250 ft 380 m1,020 ft 310 m910 ft 275 m680 ft 205 m450 ft 135 m330 ft 100 m
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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.
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Elevation Data

Indiana averages about 740 ft (225 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 330 ft on the southwest side to 1,250 ft on Hoosier Hill.

Average elevation
740 ft 225 m
all land in Indiana
Highest
1,250 ft 380 m
on Hoosier Hill
Lowest
330 ft 100 m
on the southwest side

Indiana spans about 920 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land740 ft225 m
Highest point
In Indiana, on Hoosier Hill (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
1,250 ft380 m
Lowest point
In Indiana, on the southwest side
330 ft100 m

Elevation profile, west to east

144 mi west to east through Indianapolis.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Indiana, shaded from 330 ft on the southwest side to 1,250 ft on Hoosier Hill
State boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
State in the East North Central division of the Midwest region, United States
Population
6,924,275 2024 est.
Land area
35,825.2 sq mi + 596.1 sq mi water
Density
193 per sq mi
Counties
91
Time zones
Eastern UTC−5 / −4, Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Central Lowland 81%, Interior Low Plateaus 19%
Drains to
Gulf of America 90%, Great Lakes 10%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring states sharing a border, by average

  1. Ohio930 ft
  2. Michigan900 ft
  3. Kentucky830 ft
  4. Indiana740 ft
  5. Illinois630 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • States in the United States37th highest of 52

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Hoosier Hill1,250 ft
  • Sand Hill, Noble County1,080 ft
  • Weed Patch Hill1,060 ft
  • Buzzard Hill1,050 ft
  • Diamond Hill1,040 ft
All 91 counties by average elevation
  1. Randolph County1,090 ft
  2. Henry County1,050 ft
  3. Wayne County1,050 ft
  4. Steuben County1,000 ft
  5. Union County990 ft
  6. Rush County980 ft
  7. Fayette County970 ft
  8. Delaware County940 ft
  9. Ripley County940 ft
  10. Noble County930 ft
  11. Jay County930 ft
  12. Boone County920 ft
  13. LaGrange County920 ft
  14. Franklin County920 ft
  15. Decatur County900 ft
  16. Blackford County900 ft
  17. Hancock County890 ft
  18. DeKalb County890 ft
  19. Tipton County880 ft
  20. Madison County880 ft
  21. Hendricks County870 ft
  22. Whitley County870 ft
  23. Kosciusko County860 ft
  24. Grant County860 ft
  25. Clinton County850 ft
  26. Hamilton County850 ft
  27. Wells County840 ft
  28. Elkhart County830 ft
  29. Adams County830 ft
  30. Howard County830 ft
  31. Huntington County820 ft
  32. Marshall County800 ft
  33. Dearborn County800 ft
  34. Allen County800 ft
  35. Montgomery County800 ft
  36. Wabash County800 ft
  37. Putnam County790 ft
  38. Fulton County790 ft
  39. Shelby County790 ft
  40. Miami County780 ft
  41. St. Joseph County770 ft
  42. Johnson County770 ft
  43. Switzerland County770 ft
  44. Jefferson County760 ft
  45. Brown County760 ft
  46. Washington County760 ft
  47. Benton County760 ft
  48. Monroe County740 ft
  49. Cass County730 ft
  50. Ohio County730 ft
  51. LaPorte County730 ft
  52. Floyd County730 ft
  53. Morgan County720 ft
  54. Jennings County710 ft
  55. Starke County700 ft
  56. Pulaski County700 ft
  57. Porter County700 ft
  58. White County690 ft
  59. Harrison County690 ft
  60. Warren County690 ft
  61. Carroll County690 ft
  62. Orange County690 ft
  63. Tippecanoe County680 ft
  64. Jasper County680 ft
  65. Bartholomew County680 ft
  66. Owen County680 ft
  67. Newton County670 ft
  68. Crawford County660 ft
  69. Lawrence County660 ft
  70. Lake County660 ft
  71. Fountain County660 ft
  72. Parke County640 ft
  73. Jackson County620 ft
  74. Clark County620 ft
  75. Scott County620 ft
  76. Clay County610 ft
  77. Greene County590 ft
  78. Martin County590 ft
  79. Vermillion County590 ft
  80. Perry County560 ft
  81. Vigo County540 ft
  82. Dubois County540 ft
  83. Sullivan County510 ft
  84. Daviess County500 ft
  85. Pike County480 ft
  86. Knox County460 ft
  87. Gibson County440 ft
  88. Warrick County440 ft
  89. Spencer County430 ft
  90. Vanderburgh County420 ft
  91. Posey County410 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census state boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 5 arc-second (≈510 ft, 154 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring states and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the state with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Counties: each one's average on its own grid (1 arc-second, coarser for the largest), the same figure its own page shows.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.