Kenton County, KY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kenton County, Kentucky, shaded from 470 ft on the southeast side to 960 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
960 ft 295 m840 ft 255 m780 ft 235 m650 ft 200 m530 ft 160 m470 ft 140 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Kenton County averages about 780 ft (240 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 470 ft on the southeast side to 960 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
780 ft 240 m
all land inside the county
Highest
960 ft 295 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
470 ft 140 m
on the southeast side

Kenton County spans about 490 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 land780 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
960 ft295 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
470 ft140 m

Elevation profile, south to north

21 mi south to north through Covington.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kenton County, Kentucky, shaded from 470 ft on the southeast side to 960 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Kentucky, United States
Population
174,862 2024 est.
Land area
160.4 sq mi + 3.9 sq mi water
Density
1,090 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus 99%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Grant County820 ft
  2. Kenton County780 ft
  3. Boone County760 ft
  4. Pendleton County740 ft
  5. Hamilton County, OH710 ft
  6. Campbell County700 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Visalia Hill890 ft
  • Orchard Hill870 ft
  • Pye Hill860 ft
All 19 towns in Kenton County by typical elevation
  1. Walton partly910 ft
  2. Elsmere860 ft
  3. Independence860 ft
  4. Erlanger860 ft
  5. Villa Hills850 ft
  6. Crestview Hills850 ft
  7. Lakeside Park850 ft
  8. Edgewood840 ft
  9. Fort Mitchell830 ft
  10. Taylor Mill830 ft
  11. Fort Wright820 ft
  12. Crescent Springs800 ft
  13. Park Hills800 ft
  14. Ryland Heights770 ft
  15. Kenton Vale600 ft
  16. City of Fairview590 ft
  17. Covington530 ft
  18. Ludlow520 ft
  19. Bromley520 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. 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.