North Platte, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Platte, Nebraska, shaded from 2,760 ft on the east side to 2,830 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
2,830 ft 865 m2,810 ft 860 m2,800 ft 855 m2,790 ft 850 m2,770 ft 845 m2,760 ft 840 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

North Platte sits at about 2,810 ft (855 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,810 ft 855 m
most residents: 2,800–2,820 ft
Lowest
2,760 ft 840 m
on the east side
Highest
2,830 ft 865 m
on the southwest side
Average
2,800 ft 850 m
all land inside city limits

North Platte spans about 70 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
2,810 ft855 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
2,830 ft865 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
2,760 ft840 m
Town center
USGS map point for North Platte
2,800 ft855 m
Airport (LBF)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
2,777 ft846 m
Average of all land2,800 ft850 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Platte, Nebraska, shaded from 2,760 ft on the east side to 2,830 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States
Population
22,549 2024 est.
Land area
18.3 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
1,234 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.1239° N, 100.7654° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Middle Channel Platte River → Platte River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
North Platte Rgnl/lee Bird Field (LBF) 2,777 ft
ZIP codes 1
69101
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Wallace3,110 ft
  2. Sarben3,000 ft
  3. Sutherland2,960 ft
  4. Stapleton2,900 ft
  5. Hershey2,900 ft
  6. Gandy2,900 ft
  7. Wellfleet2,820 ft
  8. North Platte2,810 ft
  9. Wayne Township2,810 ft
  10. Maxwell2,710 ft
  11. Brady2,650 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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.