Canton, OH Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,260 ft 385 m1,190 ft 365 m1,160 ft 355 m1,090 ft 330 m1,020 ft 310 m990 ft 300 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Canton sits at about 1,100 ft (335 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,100 ft 335 m
most residents: 1,050–1,150 ft
Lowest
990 ft 300 m
on the south side
Highest
1,260 ft 385 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,090 ft 330 m
all land inside city limits
Canton spans about 270 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 1,100 ft335 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side | 1,260 ft385 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the south side | 990 ft300 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Canton | 1,060 ft320 m |
| Airport (CAK) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.1 mi northwest of the city limits | 1,226 ft374 m |
| Average of all land | 1,090 ft330 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
5.8 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Stark County, Ohio, United States
- Population
- 69,211 2024 est.
- Land area
- 26.7 sq mi
- Density
- 2,589 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 40.7989° N, 81.3784° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Appalachian Plateaus
- Drains to
- Nimishillen Creek → Tuscarawas River → Muskingum River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Akron-Canton Regional (CAK) 1,226 ft
- ZIP codes 11
- 44702 44703 44704 44705 44706 44707 44708 44709 44710 44714 44730
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- East Canton1,140 ft
- Osnaburg Township1,140 ft
- Plain Township1,120 ft
- Meyers Lake1,120 ft
- Hills and Dales1,110 ft
- Canton1,100 ft
- Reedurban1,090 ft
- Canton Township1,090 ft
- Perry Township1,090 ft
- Perry Heights1,080 ft
- North Industry1,060 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Ohio389th highest of 2,572
- Towns in Stark County23rd highest of 48
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Sponsellers Hill1,270 ft
- Bacon Hill1,230 ft
- Coal Hill1,200 ft
- Weimers Hill1,170 ft
- Sherbondy Hill1,150 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.