Valparaiso, IN Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
860 ft 265 m810 ft 250 m790 ft 240 m740 ft 225 m690 ft 210 m670 ft 205 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Valparaiso sits at about 800 ft (245 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
800 ft 245 m
most residents: 750–830 ft
Lowest
660 ft 205 m
on the west side
Highest
860 ft 265 m
on the north side
Average
780 ft 235 m
all land inside city limits
Valparaiso spans about 200 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 800 ft245 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 860 ft265 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the west side | 660 ft205 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Valparaiso | 800 ft245 m |
| Airport (VPZ) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.3 mi southeast of the city limits | 770 ft235 m |
| Average of all land | 780 ft235 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
3.6 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Porter County, Indiana, United States
- Population
- 35,065 2024 est.
- Land area
- 17.6 sq mi
- Density
- 1,992 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 41.4731° N, 87.0611° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- Salt Creek
- Airport
- Porter County Regional (VPZ) 770 ft
- ZIP codes 2
- 46383 46385
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Valparaiso800 ft
- Center Township, Porter County800 ft
- Washington Township, Porter County790 ft
- Lake Eliza770 ft
- Aberdeen760 ft
- Shorewood Forest750 ft
- Morgan Township, Porter County730 ft
- Union Township, Porter County720 ft
- Salt Creek Commons670 ft
- Liberty Township660 ft
- South Haven660 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Indiana791st highest of 1,977
- Towns in Porter Countyhighest of 31
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Tom, Porter County750 ft
- Mount Jackson750 ft
- Mount Baldy720 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.