Louisiana Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Louisiana, shaded from 15 ft below sea level on the southeast side to 530 ft on Driskill Mountain
Elevation
530 ft 160 m400 ft 120 m330 ft 100 m190 ft 60 m53 ft 16 m−15 ft −5 m
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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.
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State area
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Elevation Data

Louisiana averages about 100 ft (30 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 15 ft below sea level on the southeast side to 530 ft on Driskill Mountain.

Average elevation
100 ft 30 m
all land in Louisiana
Highest
530 ft 160 m
on Driskill Mountain
Lowest
−15 ft −5 m
on the southeast side

Louisiana spans about 545 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.

8% of Louisiana's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 10% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land100 ft30 m
Highest point
In Louisiana, on Driskill Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
530 ft160 m
Lowest point
In Louisiana, on the southeast side
−15 ft−5 m

Elevation profile, south to north

131 mi south to north through New Orleans.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Louisiana, shaded from 15 ft below sea level on the southeast side to 530 ft on Driskill Mountain
State boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
State in the West South Central division of the South region, United States
Population
4,597,740 2024 est.
Land area
43,221.5 sq mi + 9,153.9 sq mi water
Density
106 per sq mi
Parishes
63
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain 99%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring states sharing a border, by average

  1. Texas1,690 ft
  2. Arkansas530 ft
  3. Mississippi290 ft
  4. Louisiana100 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • States in the United States50th highest of 52

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Driskill Mountain530 ft
  • Gentry Hill511 ft
  • Mossy Hill480 ft
  • Jordan Mountain480 ft
  • Eagle Hill460 ft
All 63 parishes by average elevation
  1. Claiborne Parish270 ft
  2. Sabine Parish270 ft
  3. Vernon Parish250 ft
  4. De Soto Parish250 ft
  5. Bienville Parish240 ft
  6. Webster Parish230 ft
  7. Lincoln Parish220 ft
  8. Caddo Parish220 ft
  9. Jackson Parish220 ft
  10. Bossier Parish210 ft
  11. East Feliciana Parish200 ft
  12. St. Helena Parish200 ft
  13. Washington Parish200 ft
  14. Natchitoches Parish170 ft
  15. Red River Parish160 ft
  16. Winn Parish160 ft
  17. Union Parish150 ft
  18. West Feliciana Parish140 ft
  19. Grant Parish140 ft
  20. LaSalle Parish130 ft
  21. Rapides Parish120 ft
  22. Caldwell Parish120 ft
  23. Tangipahoa Parish120 ft
  24. Beauregard Parish110 ft
  25. Ouachita Parish100 ft
  26. West Carroll Parish98 ft
  27. Morehouse Parish94 ft
  28. East Carroll Parish91 ft
  29. Allen Parish78 ft
  30. Madison Parish77 ft
  31. Richland Parish74 ft
  32. Evangeline Parish72 ft
  33. Catahoula Parish71 ft
  34. Franklin Parish70 ft
  35. Tensas Parish68 ft
  36. East Baton Rouge Parish62 ft
  37. Avoyelles Parish49 ft
  38. Concordia Parish49 ft
  39. St. Tammany Parish45 ft
  40. St. Landry Parish35 ft
  41. Livingston Parish33 ft
  42. Lafayette Parish29 ft
  43. Pointe Coupee Parish28 ft
  44. Acadia Parish25 ft
  45. Jefferson Davis Parish21 ft
  46. West Baton Rouge Parish17 ft
  47. Calcasieu Parish17 ft
  48. St. Martin Parish11 ft
  49. Iberville Parish10 ft
  50. Ascension Parish10 ft
  51. Iberia Parish6 ft
  52. St. James Parish5 ft
  53. Assumption Parish4 ft
  54. Vermilion Parish4 ft
  55. St. John the Baptist Parish4 ft
  56. St. Mary Parish3 ft
  57. St. Charles Parish2 ft
  58. St. Bernard Parish1 ft
  59. Cameron Parish1 ft
  60. Lafourche Parish1 ft
  61. Terrebonne Parish1 ft
  62. Jefferson Parish0 ft
  63. Plaquemines Parish0 ft
All 14 tribal lands by average elevation
  1. Four Winds Cherokee SDTSA250 ft
  2. Apache Choctaw SDTSA230 ft
  3. Clifton Choctaw SDTSA210 ft
  4. Jena Band of Choctaw Reservation180 ft
  5. Adai Caddo SDTSA150 ft
  6. Natchitoches SDTSA140 ft
  7. Tunica-Biloxi Reservation62 ft
  8. Coushatta Reservation55 ft
  9. Chitimacha Reservation11 ft
  10. Isle de Jean Charles SDTSA5 ft
  11. United Houma Nation SDTSA2 ft
  12. Pointe-au-Chien SDTSA0 ft
  13. Grand Caillou/Dulac SDTSA−1 ft
  14. Bayou Lafourche SDTSA−2 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census state boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 6 arc-second (≈610 ft, 185 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; 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, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −16 ft at 30.0349° N, 90.0110° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring states 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 state 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).
  • Parishes: each one's average on its own grid (1 arc-second, coarser for the largest), the same figure its own page shows.
  • 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; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.