Ohio Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ohio, shaded from 450 ft on the southwest side to 1,550 ft on Campbell Hill
Elevation
1,550 ft 470 m1,270 ft 390 m1,140 ft 345 m860 ft 265 m590 ft 180 m460 ft 140 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

Ohio averages about 930 ft (280 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 450 ft on the southwest side to 1,550 ft on Campbell Hill.

Average elevation
930 ft 280 m
all land in Ohio
Highest
1,550 ft 470 m
on Campbell Hill
Lowest
450 ft 140 m
on the southwest side

Ohio spans about 1,100 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 land930 ft280 m
Highest point
In Ohio, on Campbell Hill (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
1,550 ft470 m
Lowest point
In Ohio, on the southwest side
450 ft140 m

Elevation profile, west to east

215 mi west to east through Columbus.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ohio, shaded from 450 ft on the southwest side to 1,550 ft on Campbell Hill
State boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
State in the East North Central division of the Midwest region, United States
Population
11,883,304 2024 est.
Land area
40,859.1 sq mi + 3,966.7 sq mi water
Density
291 per sq mi
Counties
88
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Central Lowland 54%, Appalachian Plateaus 44%
Drains to
Gulf of America 73%, Great Lakes 27%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring states sharing a border, by average

  1. West Virginia1,680 ft
  2. Pennsylvania1,260 ft
  3. Ohio930 ft
  4. Michigan900 ft
  5. Kentucky830 ft
  6. Indiana740 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • States in the United States30th highest of 52

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Campbell Hill, Logan County1,550 ft
  • Mount Miserable1,490 ft
  • Round Knob1,440 ft
  • Bald Knob, Logan County1,430 ft
  • Hulse Hill1,420 ft
All 88 counties by average elevation
  1. Richland County1,200 ft
  2. Morrow County1,170 ft
  3. Geauga County1,160 ft
  4. Columbiana County1,140 ft
  5. Ashland County1,130 ft
  6. Carroll County1,130 ft
  7. Logan County1,130 ft
  8. Champaign County1,130 ft
  9. Knox County1,120 ft
  10. Belmont County1,120 ft
  11. Stark County1,110 ft
  12. Harrison County1,100 ft
  13. Portage County1,100 ft
  14. Mahoning County1,090 ft
  15. Holmes County1,090 ft
  16. Jefferson County1,080 ft
  17. Wayne County1,080 ft
  18. Clark County1,060 ft
  19. Monroe County1,050 ft
  20. Medina County1,050 ft
  21. Darke County1,040 ft
  22. Summit County1,040 ft
  23. Preble County1,040 ft
  24. Licking County1,030 ft
  25. Clinton County1,030 ft
  26. Tuscarawas County1,020 ft
  27. Crawford County1,020 ft
  28. Shelby County1,010 ft
  29. Madison County1,010 ft
  30. Highland County1,000 ft
  31. Union County1,000 ft
  32. Fayette County980 ft
  33. Hardin County980 ft
  34. Greene County980 ft
  35. Trumbull County970 ft
  36. Delaware County960 ft
  37. Noble County960 ft
  38. Guernsey County950 ft
  39. Marion County950 ft
  40. Miami County950 ft
  41. Coshocton County950 ft
  42. Perry County940 ft
  43. Fairfield County940 ft
  44. Auglaize County930 ft
  45. Hocking County910 ft
  46. Brown County900 ft
  47. Ashtabula County900 ft
  48. Montgomery County900 ft
  49. Muskingum County890 ft
  50. Morgan County890 ft
  51. Huron County890 ft
  52. Mercer County890 ft
  53. Cuyahoga County870 ft
  54. Wyandot County860 ft
  55. Adams County860 ft
  56. Allen County860 ft
  57. Franklin County850 ft
  58. Warren County850 ft
  59. Williams County840 ft
  60. Vinton County840 ft
  61. Pike County840 ft
  62. Ross County840 ft
  63. Clermont County830 ft
  64. Washington County820 ft
  65. Hancock County810 ft
  66. Seneca County810 ft
  67. Athens County810 ft
  68. Scioto County790 ft
  69. Lorain County790 ft
  70. Van Wert County790 ft
  71. Pickaway County790 ft
  72. Jackson County780 ft
  73. Butler County780 ft
  74. Lake County770 ft
  75. Lawrence County760 ft
  76. Meigs County750 ft
  77. Putnam County740 ft
  78. Fulton County740 ft
  79. Defiance County730 ft
  80. Gallia County730 ft
  81. Paulding County730 ft
  82. Hamilton County710 ft
  83. Henry County700 ft
  84. Wood County670 ft
  85. Erie County670 ft
  86. Sandusky County650 ft
  87. Lucas County640 ft
  88. Ottawa County590 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 6 arc-second (≈610 ft, 185 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.