Mississippi Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mississippi, shaded from sea level on the Back Bay of Biloxi to 807 ft on Woodall Mountain
Elevation
810 ft 245 m610 ft 185 m500 ft 155 m300 ft 90 m100 ft 30 m0 ft 0 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).
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Elevation Data

Mississippi averages about 290 ft (90 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Back Bay of Biloxi to 807 ft on Woodall Mountain.

Average elevation
290 ft 90 m
all land in Mississippi
Highest
807 ft 246 m
on Woodall Mountain
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Back Bay of Biloxi

Mississippi spans about 810 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 land290 ft90 m
Highest point
In Mississippi, on Woodall Mountain (NGS survey height)
807 ft246 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Back Bay of Biloxi
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

146 mi west to east through Jackson.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mississippi, shaded from sea level on the Back Bay of Biloxi to 807 ft on Woodall Mountain
State boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
State in the East South Central division of the South region, United States
Population
2,943,045 2024 est.
Land area
46,924.8 sq mi + 1,511.1 sq mi water
Density
63 per sq mi
Counties
82
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
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. Tennessee950 ft
  2. Arkansas530 ft
  3. Alabama460 ft
  4. Mississippi290 ft
  5. Louisiana100 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • States in the United States46th highest of 52

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Woodall Mountain807 ft
  • Lebanon Mountain795 ft
  • Wicker Mountain740 ft
  • Kitchen Mountain740 ft
  • Bonds Mountain740 ft
All 82 counties by average elevation
  1. Tishomingo County530 ft
  2. Tippah County510 ft
  3. Benton County500 ft
  4. Alcorn County490 ft
  5. Neshoba County470 ft
  6. Choctaw County470 ft
  7. Winston County460 ft
  8. Prentiss County430 ft
  9. Newton County430 ft
  10. Marshall County430 ft
  11. Lincoln County430 ft
  12. Scott County420 ft
  13. Webster County410 ft
  14. Union County410 ft
  15. Leake County410 ft
  16. Attala County410 ft
  17. Pontotoc County400 ft
  18. Lafayette County390 ft
  19. Smith County390 ft
  20. Simpson County380 ft
  21. Jasper County380 ft
  22. Jefferson Davis County380 ft
  23. Lauderdale County380 ft
  24. Itawamba County380 ft
  25. Montgomery County370 ft
  26. Rankin County360 ft
  27. Pike County360 ft
  28. Amite County350 ft
  29. Walthall County350 ft
  30. Kemper County340 ft
  31. Covington County340 ft
  32. Copiah County340 ft
  33. Chickasaw County330 ft
  34. Lee County330 ft
  35. Calhoun County330 ft
  36. Yalobusha County330 ft
  37. Franklin County320 ft
  38. Clarke County320 ft
  39. Lamar County320 ft
  40. Carroll County310 ft
  41. Lawrence County310 ft
  42. Tate County300 ft
  43. Oktibbeha County300 ft
  44. DeSoto County290 ft
  45. Panola County280 ft
  46. Monroe County280 ft
  47. Madison County280 ft
  48. Jefferson County270 ft
  49. Hinds County260 ft
  50. Jones County260 ft
  51. Marion County260 ft
  52. Clay County250 ft
  53. Grenada County250 ft
  54. Wayne County250 ft
  55. Holmes County250 ft
  56. Noxubee County230 ft
  57. Forrest County230 ft
  58. Wilkinson County220 ft
  59. Lowndes County220 ft
  60. Yazoo County190 ft
  61. Tallahatchie County190 ft
  62. Adams County180 ft
  63. Tunica County180 ft
  64. Stone County180 ft
  65. Pearl River County180 ft
  66. Claiborne County180 ft
  67. Perry County180 ft
  68. Greene County180 ft
  69. Coahoma County160 ft
  70. Warren County160 ft
  71. Quitman County160 ft
  72. Bolivar County140 ft
  73. George County130 ft
  74. Leflore County120 ft
  75. Sunflower County120 ft
  76. Washington County110 ft
  77. Humphreys County100 ft
  78. Sharkey County96 ft
  79. Issaquena County94 ft
  80. Harrison County74 ft
  81. Hancock County53 ft
  82. Jackson County44 ft
The one tribal land
  1. Mississippi Choctaw Reservation430 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, −2 ft at 30.1940° N, 89.4482° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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).
  • Counties: 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. All public domain.