Paradise, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Paradise, Missouri, shaded from 880 ft on the northwest side to 970 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
970 ft 295 m950 ft 290 m940 ft 285 m910 ft 280 m890 ft 270 m880 ft 270 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Paradise sits at about 930 ft (285 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
930 ft 285 m
most residents: 900–950 ft
Lowest
880 ft 270 m
on the northwest side
Highest
970 ft 295 m
on the northeast side
Average
930 ft 285 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Paradise spans about 90 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
930 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
970 ft295 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
880 ft270 m
Town center
USGS map point for Paradise
930 ft285 m
Airport (MCI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 14 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
1,027 ft313 m
Average of all land930 ft285 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Paradise, Missouri, shaded from 880 ft on the northwest side to 970 ft on the northeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Clay County, Missouri, United States
Population
75 2020 Census
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
188 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.4275° N, 94.5158° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Kansas City International (MCI) 1,027 ft
ZIP codes 1
64089
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lake Arrowhead1,010 ft
  2. Grayson990 ft
  3. Ferrelview950 ft
  4. Trimble950 ft
  5. Plattsburg950 ft
  6. Ridgely930 ft
  7. Smithville930 ft
  8. Paradise930 ft
  9. Holt910 ft
  10. Edgerton860 ft
  11. Kearney830 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Paradise is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.