Mount Vernon, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mount Vernon, Missouri, shaded from 1,150 ft on the west side to 1,300 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,300 ft 400 m1,260 ft 385 m1,250 ft 380 m1,210 ft 365 m1,170 ft 355 m1,150 ft 350 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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

Mount Vernon sits at about 1,240 ft (380 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,240 ft 380 m
most residents: 1,190–1,260 ft
Lowest
1,150 ft 350 m
on the west side
Highest
1,300 ft 400 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,230 ft 375 m
all land inside city limits

Mount Vernon spans about 150 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,240 ft380 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
1,300 ft400 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
1,150 ft350 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mount Vernon
1,210 ft370 m
Airport (2MO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.2 mi southwest of the city limits
1,244 ft379 m
Average of all land1,230 ft375 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mount Vernon, Missouri, shaded from 1,150 ft on the west side to 1,300 ft on the southeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Lawrence County, Missouri, United States
Population
4,703 2024 est.
Land area
4.1 sq mi
Density
1,138 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.1037° N, 93.8185° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Ozark Plateaus
Drains to
Spring River → Neosho River → Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Mount Vernon Municipal (2MO) 1,244 ft
ZIP codes 1
65712
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Aurora1,390 ft
  2. Marionville1,380 ft
  3. Monett1,340 ft
  4. Freistatt1,340 ft
  5. Verona1,290 ft
  6. Miller1,290 ft
  7. Mount Vernon1,240 ft
  8. Chesapeake1,210 ft
  9. Halltown1,180 ft
  10. Stotts City1,170 ft
  11. La Russell1,050 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • The Mound, Dade County1,160 ft
  • Bryant Mound1,150 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.