Rockaway Beach, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rockaway Beach, Missouri, shaded from 700 ft near the middle to 940 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
940 ft 285 m880 ft 270 m850 ft 260 m790 ft 240 m730 ft 225 m700 ft 215 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Rockaway Beach sits at about 780 ft (240 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
780 ft 240 m
most residents: 700–900 ft
Lowest
700 ft 215 m
near the middle
Highest
940 ft 285 m
on the northwest side
Average
800 ft 245 m
all land inside city limits

Rockaway Beach spans about 240 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
780 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
940 ft285 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
700 ft215 m
Town center
USGS map point for Rockaway Beach
720 ft220 m
Airport (PLK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.8 mi southwest of the city limits
940 ft287 m
Average of all land800 ft245 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rockaway Beach, Missouri, shaded from 700 ft near the middle to 940 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Taney County, Missouri, United States
Population
819 2024 est.
Land area
0.6 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,298 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.6992° N, 93.1599° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Ozark Plateaus
Drains to
White River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
M Graham Clark Downtown (PLK) 940 ft
ZIP codes 1
65740
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Saddlebrooke1,100 ft
  2. Taneyville1,070 ft
  3. Indian Point1,020 ft
  4. Kirbyville1,010 ft
  5. Merriam Woods940 ft
  6. Branson900 ft
  7. Forsyth880 ft
  8. Kissee Mills880 ft
  9. Hollister870 ft
  10. Bull Creek810 ft
  11. Rockaway Beach780 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • South Coxs Bald1,340 ft
  • White Cedar Bald1,340 ft
  • Long Bald, Taney County1,340 ft
  • Dewey Bald1,330 ft
  • Chula Vista1,320 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.