Nebraska Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Nebraska, shaded from 840 ft on the southeast side to 5,430 ft on Panorama Point
Elevation
5,430 ft 1,655 m4,280 ft 1,305 m3,710 ft 1,130 m2,560 ft 780 m1,410 ft 430 m840 ft 255 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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Elevation Data

Nebraska averages about 2,610 ft (795 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 840 ft on the southeast side to 5,430 ft on Panorama Point.

Average elevation
2,610 ft 795 m
all land in Nebraska
Highest
5,430 ft 1,655 m
on Panorama Point
Lowest
840 ft 255 m
on the southeast side

Nebraska spans about 4,590 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 land2,610 ft795 m
Highest point
In Nebraska, on Panorama Point (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
5,430 ft1,655 m
Lowest point
In Nebraska, on the southeast side
840 ft255 m

Elevation profile, west to east

422 mi west to east through Omaha.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Nebraska, shaded from 840 ft on the southeast side to 5,430 ft on Panorama Point
State boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
State in the West North Central division of the Midwest region, United States
Population
2,005,465 2024 est.
Land area
76,815.3 sq mi + 532.1 sq mi water
Density
26 per sq mi
Counties
93
Time zones
Central UTC−6 / −5, Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform regions
Great Plains 83%, Central Lowland 17%
Drains to
Gulf of America 98%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring states sharing a border, by average

  1. Colorado6,870 ft
  2. Wyoming6,390 ft
  3. Nebraska2,610 ft
  4. South Dakota2,200 ft
  5. Kansas1,920 ft
  6. Iowa1,070 ft
  7. Missouri850 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • States in the United States12th highest of 52

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Panorama Point5,430 ft
  • Hogback Mountain5,070 ft
  • Wildcat Mountain5,039 ft
  • Mount Edna5,030 ft
  • Lovers Leap Butte, Banner County4,920 ft
All 93 counties by average elevation
  1. Kimball County4,930 ft
  2. Banner County4,650 ft
  3. Sioux County4,440 ft
  4. Cheyenne County4,270 ft
  5. Box Butte County4,170 ft
  6. Scotts Bluff County4,140 ft
  7. Morrill County4,000 ft
  8. Dawes County3,820 ft
  9. Sheridan County3,820 ft
  10. Garden County3,790 ft
  11. Grant County3,770 ft
  12. Deuel County3,740 ft
  13. Arthur County3,670 ft
  14. Perkins County3,390 ft
  15. Hooker County3,380 ft
  16. Keith County3,370 ft
  17. Chase County3,340 ft
  18. McPherson County3,320 ft
  19. Dundy County3,300 ft
  20. Cherry County3,190 ft
  21. Hayes County3,020 ft
  22. Lincoln County2,980 ft
  23. Logan County2,980 ft
  24. Thomas County2,970 ft
  25. Hitchcock County2,870 ft
  26. Frontier County2,660 ft
  27. Blaine County2,640 ft
  28. Custer County2,610 ft
  29. Brown County2,580 ft
  30. Red Willow County2,560 ft
  31. Dawson County2,530 ft
  32. Gosper County2,460 ft
  33. Loup County2,420 ft
  34. Rock County2,380 ft
  35. Phelps County2,330 ft
  36. Furnas County2,280 ft
  37. Garfield County2,280 ft
  38. Keya Paha County2,270 ft
  39. Valley County2,200 ft
  40. Buffalo County2,190 ft
  41. Sherman County2,160 ft
  42. Harlan County2,140 ft
  43. Kearney County2,140 ft
  44. Wheeler County2,100 ft
  45. Greeley County2,050 ft
  46. Franklin County2,040 ft
  47. Holt County2,030 ft
  48. Adams County1,950 ft
  49. Hall County1,930 ft
  50. Howard County1,920 ft
  51. Boone County1,900 ft
  52. Webster County1,880 ft
  53. Antelope County1,870 ft
  54. Hamilton County1,790 ft
  55. Clay County1,770 ft
  56. Nance County1,740 ft
  57. Boyd County1,740 ft
  58. Nuckolls County1,720 ft
  59. Merrick County1,710 ft
  60. Pierce County1,710 ft
  61. Madison County1,700 ft
  62. York County1,640 ft
  63. Polk County1,630 ft
  64. Fillmore County1,630 ft
  65. Platte County1,630 ft
  66. Knox County1,610 ft
  67. Wayne County1,600 ft
  68. Stanton County1,600 ft
  69. Thayer County1,560 ft
  70. Butler County1,550 ft
  71. Seward County1,500 ft
  72. Colfax County1,490 ft
  73. Cedar County1,490 ft
  74. Saline County1,470 ft
  75. Cuming County1,430 ft
  76. Jefferson County1,430 ft
  77. Dixon County1,410 ft
  78. Gage County1,360 ft
  79. Thurston County1,340 ft
  80. Dodge County1,300 ft
  81. Lancaster County1,290 ft
  82. Saunders County1,290 ft
  83. Pawnee County1,280 ft
  84. Johnson County1,240 ft
  85. Dakota County1,230 ft
  86. Burt County1,230 ft
  87. Washington County1,200 ft
  88. Cass County1,170 ft
  89. Douglas County1,160 ft
  90. Otoe County1,150 ft
  91. Sarpy County1,110 ft
  92. Nemaha County1,060 ft
  93. Richardson County1,030 ft
All 5 tribal lands by average elevation
  1. Santee Reservation1,560 ft
  2. Ponca (NE) Trust Land1,370 ft
  3. Winnebago Reservation1,370 ft
  4. Omaha Reservation1,340 ft
  5. Sac and Fox Nation Reservation940 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 7 arc-second (≈710 ft, 216 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.
  • 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.