Franklin County, OH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin County, Ohio, shaded from 530 ft on the south side to 1,130 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,130 ft 345 m980 ft 300 m910 ft 275 m760 ft 230 m610 ft 185 m530 ft 165 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Franklin County averages about 850 ft (260 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 530 ft on the south side to 1,130 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
850 ft 260 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,130 ft 345 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
530 ft 165 m
on the south side

Franklin County spans about 600 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 land850 ft260 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,130 ft345 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
530 ft165 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through Columbus.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin County, Ohio, shaded from 530 ft on the south side to 1,130 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Ohio, United States
Population
1,356,303 2024 est.
Land area
532.4 sq mi + 11.2 sq mi water
Density
2,547 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Licking County1,030 ft
  2. Madison County1,010 ft
  3. Union County1,000 ft
  4. Delaware County960 ft
  5. Fairfield County940 ft
  6. Franklin County850 ft
  7. Pickaway County790 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Ohio57th highest of 88
  • Counties in the United States1,710th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Spangler Hill810 ft
  • Baker Hill800 ft
All 48 towns in Franklin County by typical elevation
  1. New Albany1,040 ft
  2. Plain Township, Franklin County1,030 ft
  3. Jefferson Township1,000 ft
  4. Brown Township, Franklin County940 ft
  5. Hilliard930 ft
  6. Norwich Township930 ft
  7. Lake Darby920 ft
  8. Dublin910 ft
  9. Prairie Township910 ft
  10. Washington Township, Franklin County910 ft
  11. Lincoln Village910 ft
  12. Reynoldsburg890 ft
  13. Perry Township, Franklin County880 ft
  14. Truro Township880 ft
  15. Pleasant Township, Franklin County880 ft
  16. Clinton Township, Franklin County880 ft
  17. Westerville880 ft
  18. Lithopolis partly870 ft
  19. Worthington850 ft
  20. Darbydale850 ft
  21. Minerva Park850 ft
  22. Upper Arlington840 ft
  23. Sharon Township840 ft
  24. Blendon Township840 ft
  25. Pickerington partly840 ft
  26. Mifflin Township840 ft
  27. Gahanna840 ft
  28. Huber Ridge840 ft
  29. Columbus830 ft
  30. Urbancrest830 ft
  31. Grove City810 ft
  32. Jackson Township810 ft
  33. Franklin Township, Franklin County810 ft
  34. Marble Cliff800 ft
  35. Harrisburg800 ft
  36. Riverlea800 ft
  37. Whitehall790 ft
  38. Brice790 ft
  39. Bexley790 ft
  40. Valleyview790 ft
  41. Canal Winchester760 ft
  42. Grandview Heights750 ft
  43. Blacklick Estates750 ft
  44. Madison Township750 ft
  45. Obetz750 ft
  46. Hamilton Township, Franklin County740 ft
  47. Groveport740 ft
  48. Lockbourne710 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.