Louisville/Jefferson County metro government, 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
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
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government sits at about 560 ft (170 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
560 ft 170 m
most residents: 450–710 ft
Lowest
390 ft 120 m
on the southwest side
Highest
900 ft 275 m
on Holsclaw Hill
Average
580 ft 180 m
all land inside city limits
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government spans about 510 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 | 560 ft170 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on Holsclaw Hill | 900 ft275 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 390 ft120 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Louisville/Jefferson County metro government | 520 ft160 m |
| Airport (SDF) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.5 mi west of the city limits | 501 ft153 m |
| Average of all land | 580 ft180 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
26 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Consolidated city-county in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States
- Population
- 640,796 2024 est.
- Land area
- 263.0 sq mi + 11.6 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,437 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 38.1663° N, 85.6486° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Interior Low Plateaus
- Drains to
- Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Louisville Muhammad Ali International (SDF) 501 ft
- ZIP codes 25
- 40023 40059 40109 40118 40177 40207 40209 40211 40213 40214 40216 40218 40219 40220 40222 40223 40228 40229 40241 40242 40245 40258 40272 40291 40299
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Spring Mill650 ft
- Hollow Creek650 ft
- Houston Acres580 ft
- Louisville/Jefferson County metro government560 ft
- Strathmoor Manor540 ft
- Kingsley540 ft
- Meadowview Estates520 ft
- Wellington510 ft
- Watterson Park480 ft
- Lynnview480 ft
- West Buechel470 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Kentucky356th highest of 552
- Towns in Jefferson County58th highest of 82
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Holsclaw Hill, Jefferson County900 ft
- Jefferson Hill870 ft
- Dodge Hill830 ft
- Evergreen Hill730 ft
- Finley Hill700 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.