Elsmere, KY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elsmere, Kentucky, shaded from 730 ft on the southeast side to 920 ft near the middle
Elevation
920 ft 280 m870 ft 265 m850 ft 260 m800 ft 245 m750 ft 230 m730 ft 220 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Elsmere sits at about 860 ft (265 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
860 ft 265 m
most residents: 820–890 ft
Lowest
730 ft 220 m
on the southeast side
Highest
920 ft 280 m
near the middle
Average
860 ft 265 m
all land inside city limits

Elsmere spans about 190 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
860 ft265 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
920 ft280 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
730 ft220 m
Town center
USGS map point for Elsmere
920 ft280 m
Airport (CVG)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.1 mi northwest of the city limits
896 ft273 m
Average of all land860 ft265 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elsmere, Kentucky, shaded from 730 ft on the southeast side to 920 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States
Population
9,337 2024 est.
Land area
2.6 sq mi
Density
3,553 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.0126° N, 84.6047° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG) 896 ft
ZIP codes 2
41018 41042
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Florence890 ft
  2. Elsmere860 ft
  3. Erlanger860 ft
  4. Villa Hills850 ft
  5. Crestview Hills850 ft
  6. Oakbrook850 ft
  7. Lakeside Park850 ft
  8. Edgewood840 ft
  9. Fort Mitchell830 ft
  10. Fort Wright820 ft
  11. Crescent Springs800 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Johns Hill910 ft
  • Visalia Hill890 ft
  • Orchard Hill870 ft
  • Pye Hill860 ft
  • Indian Hill, Boone County800 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.