Cuyahoga County, OH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, shaded from 570 ft on the south side to 1,290 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,290 ft 390 m1,110 ft 335 m1,020 ft 310 m840 ft 255 m660 ft 200 m570 ft 175 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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County area
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Elevation Data

Cuyahoga County averages about 870 ft (265 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 570 ft on the south side to 1,290 ft on the south side.

Average elevation
870 ft 265 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,290 ft 390 m
on the south side
Lowest
570 ft 175 m
on the south side

Cuyahoga County spans about 720 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 land870 ft265 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the south side
1,290 ft390 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
570 ft175 m

Elevation profile, south to north

50 mi south to north through Cleveland.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, shaded from 570 ft on the south side to 1,290 ft on the south side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Ohio, United States
Population
1,240,594 2024 est.
Land area
457.2 sq mi + 788.3 sq mi water
Density
2,713 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Appalachian Plateaus 66%, Central Lowland 34%
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Geauga County1,160 ft
  2. Medina County1,050 ft
  3. Summit County1,040 ft
  4. Cuyahoga County870 ft
  5. Lorain County790 ft
  6. Lake County770 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Ohio53rd highest of 88
  • Counties in the United States1,663rd highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Orange Hill1,190 ft
  • Cedar Point770 ft
All 59 towns in Cuyahoga County by typical elevation
  1. Orange1,180 ft
  2. Broadview Heights1,160 ft
  3. Woodmere1,160 ft
  4. Beachwood1,110 ft
  5. North Royalton1,080 ft
  6. Pepper Pike1,080 ft
  7. Mayfield Heights1,080 ft
  8. Warrensville Heights1,050 ft
  9. Highland Hills1,050 ft
  10. University Heights1,050 ft
  11. Moreland Hills1,050 ft
  12. North Randall1,050 ft
  13. Lyndhurst1,040 ft
  14. Solon1,030 ft
  15. Bedford Heights1,030 ft
  16. Shaker Heights1,030 ft
  17. Village of Oakwood1,020 ft
  18. Seven Hills1,000 ft
  19. Chagrin Falls Township990 ft
  20. Chagrin Falls990 ft
  21. Glenwillow980 ft
  22. South Euclid970 ft
  23. Hunting Valley960 ft
  24. Bedford960 ft
  25. Highland Heights950 ft
  26. Walton Hills950 ft
  27. Mayfield950 ft
  28. Maple Heights940 ft
  29. Gates Mills940 ft
  30. Strongsville930 ft
  31. Brecksville910 ft
  32. Garfield Heights910 ft
  33. Bentleyville910 ft
  34. Cleveland Heights900 ft
  35. Parma880 ft
  36. Independence870 ft
  37. Parma Heights860 ft
  38. Richmond Heights860 ft
  39. Middleburg Heights850 ft
  40. Brook Park800 ft
  41. Berea790 ft
  42. Olmsted Township780 ft
  43. Olmsted Falls780 ft
  44. Brooklyn770 ft
  45. Brooklyn Heights760 ft
  46. Linndale760 ft
  47. North Olmsted750 ft
  48. Valley View750 ft
  49. Fairview Park740 ft
  50. Cleveland710 ft
  51. Westlake710 ft
  52. East Cleveland700 ft
  53. Lakewood700 ft
  54. Newburgh Heights700 ft
  55. Rocky River700 ft
  56. Bay Village630 ft
  57. Cuyahoga Heights630 ft
  58. Euclid620 ft
  59. Bratenahl610 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties 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 county 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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.