Zanesville, OH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Zanesville, Ohio, shaded from 680 ft on the southeast side to 960 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
960 ft 295 m890 ft 270 m850 ft 260 m780 ft 240 m710 ft 215 m680 ft 205 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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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City area
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Elevation Data

Zanesville sits at about 770 ft (235 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
770 ft 235 m
most residents: 720–840 ft
Lowest
680 ft 205 m
on the southeast side
Highest
960 ft 295 m
on the southeast side
Average
780 ft 240 m
all land inside city limits

Zanesville spans about 280 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
770 ft235 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
960 ft295 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
680 ft205 m
Town center
USGS map point for Zanesville
680 ft205 m
Airport (42I)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.0 mi north of the city limits
790 ft241 m
Average of all land780 ft240 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Zanesville, Ohio, shaded from 680 ft on the southeast side to 960 ft on the southeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States
Population
24,916 2024 est.
Land area
11.8 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
2,107 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.9403° N, 82.0132° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Muskingum River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Parr (42I) 790 ft
ZIP codes 1
43701
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pleasant Grove900 ft
  2. Brush Creek Township890 ft
  3. Washington Township, Muskingum County890 ft
  4. North Zanesville860 ft
  5. Muskingum Township850 ft
  6. Springfield Township, Muskingum County830 ft
  7. Falls Township, Muskingum County830 ft
  8. Wayne Township, Muskingum County830 ft
  9. Newton Township, Muskingum County800 ft
  10. South Zanesville780 ft
  11. Zanesville770 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bald Knob, Licking County1,120 ft
  • The Highlands1,090 ft
  • Drummond Knob1,040 ft
  • Nob Hill930 ft
  • Putnam Hill910 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.