Jefferson County, KY Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

900 ft 275 m770 ft 235 m710 ft 215 m580 ft 175 m450 ft 140 m390 ft 120 m

Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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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.
County area: Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Jefferson County averages about 570 ft (175 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 390 ft on the southwest side to 900 ft on Holsclaw Hill.

Average elevation

570 ft 175 m

all land inside the county

Highest

900 ft 275 m

on Holsclaw Hill

Lowest

390 ft 120 m

on the southwest side

Jefferson County spans about 510 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.

Figure	Elevation
Average of all land	570 ft175 m
Highest point Inside the county, on Holsclaw Hill (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)	900 ft275 m
Lowest point Inside the county, on the southwest side	390 ft120 m

Elevation profile, west to east

26 mi west to east through Louisville/Jefferson County metro government.

Topographic Map

Location: County in Kentucky, United States
Population: 793,881 2024 est.
Land area: 380.8 sq mi + 16.8 sq mi water
Density: 2,085 per sq mi
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region: Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to: Gulf of America

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

Shelby County790 ft
Floyd County, IN730 ft
Oldham County720 ft
Hardin County720 ft
Harrison County, IN690 ft
Spencer County660 ft
Clark County, IN620 ft
Bullitt County580 ft
Jefferson County570 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Counties in Kentucky95th highest of 119
Counties in the United States2,251st highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

Holsclaw Hill, Jefferson County900 ft
Jefferson Hill870 ft
Mitchell Hill860 ft
Potato Knob, Jefferson County840 ft
Dodge Hill830 ft

All 82 towns in Jefferson County by typical elevation

Coldstream740 ft
Worthington Hills740 ft
Middletown730 ft
Woodland Hills720 ft
Anchorage720 ft
Fincastle710 ft
Douglass Hills700 ft
Sycamore700 ft
Blue Ridge Manor690 ft
Hickory Hill680 ft
Jeffersontown670 ft
Creekside660 ft
Forest Hills660 ft
Hurstbourne Acres660 ft
Meadow Vale650 ft
Wildwood650 ft
Broeck Pointe650 ft
Spring Mill650 ft
Hollow Creek650 ft
Manor Creek650 ft
Rolling Hills650 ft
Goose Creek640 ft
Langdon Place640 ft
Murray Hill640 ft
Meadowbrook Farm640 ft
Moorland640 ft
City of Westwood640 ft
Heritage Creek640 ft
Barbourmeade630 ft
Brownsboro Farm630 ft
Hurstbourne630 ft
Briarwood630 ft
Plantation620 ft
Green Spring620 ft
Old Brownsboro Place620 ft
Ten Broeck610 ft
Bancroft610 ft
Spring Valley610 ft
Bellemeade600 ft
Crossgate590 ft
Lyndon590 ft
Glenview Manor590 ft
Glenview Hills580 ft
Northfield580 ft
Hills and Dales580 ft
Cambridge580 ft
Graymoor-Devondale580 ft
Houston Acres580 ft
Thornhill570 ft
Druid Hills570 ft
Brownsboro Village570 ft
Maryhill Estates570 ft
Bellewood570 ft
Lincolnshire560 ft
Windy Hills560 ft
Indian Hills560 ft
St. Regis Park560 ft
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government560 ft
Norwood560 ft
Rolling Fields550 ft
Seneca Gardens550 ft
Riverwood550 ft
Strathmoor Village550 ft
Strathmoor Manor540 ft
St. Matthews540 ft
Woodlawn Park540 ft
Kingsley540 ft
Richlawn540 ft
Norbourne Estates540 ft
Beechwood Village530 ft
Glenview530 ft
Hollyvilla530 ft
Prospect530 ft
Meadowview Estates520 ft
Mockingbird Valley520 ft
Audubon Park510 ft
Wellington510 ft
Parkway Village500 ft
Watterson Park480 ft
Lynnview480 ft
West Buechel470 ft
Shively450 ft

How we measure

Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; 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; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
Nearby Places: neighboring counties 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 county 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).
Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
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.