Cherokee County, OK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cherokee County, Oklahoma, shaded from 490 ft on the southwest side to 1,620 ft on Beaver Mountain
Elevation
1,620 ft 495 m1,340 ft 410 m1,200 ft 365 m910 ft 280 m630 ft 190 m490 ft 150 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
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Elevation Data

Cherokee County averages about 860 ft (265 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 490 ft on the southwest side to 1,620 ft on Beaver Mountain.

Average elevation
860 ft 265 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,620 ft 495 m
on Beaver Mountain
Lowest
490 ft 150 m
on the southwest side

Cherokee County spans about 1,130 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 land860 ft265 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Beaver Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
1,620 ft495 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
490 ft150 m

Elevation profile, south to north

36 mi south to north through Tahlequah.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cherokee County, Oklahoma, shaded from 490 ft on the southwest side to 1,620 ft on Beaver Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Oklahoma, United States
Population
48,729 2024 est.
Land area
749.1 sq mi + 26.9 sq mi water
Density
65 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Ozark Plateaus 90%
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. Adair County1,070 ft
  2. Delaware County980 ft
  3. Cherokee County860 ft
  4. Mayes County720 ft
  5. Sequoyah County690 ft
  6. Wagoner County610 ft
  7. Muskogee County600 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Beaver Mountain, Cherokee County1,620 ft
  • Red Springs Mountain1,470 ft
  • Blaylock Mountain1,450 ft
  • Jackson Mountain, Cherokee County1,400 ft
  • Pack Mountain1,380 ft
All 32 towns in Cherokee County by typical elevation
  1. Lowrey1,120 ft
  2. Johnson Prairie1,070 ft
  3. Steely Hollow1,060 ft
  4. Rocky Ford1,020 ft
  5. Moodys1,010 ft
  6. Grandview980 ft
  7. Pumpkin Hollow960 ft
  8. Teresita960 ft
  9. Caney950 ft
  10. Peggs940 ft
  11. Eldon930 ft
  12. Barber900 ft
  13. Briggs890 ft
  14. Gideon880 ft
  15. Keys870 ft
  16. Sparrowhawk860 ft
  17. Tenkiller850 ft
  18. Lost City830 ft
  19. Tahlequah830 ft
  20. Welling820 ft
  21. Pettit820 ft
  22. Dry Creek800 ft
  23. Zeb800 ft
  24. Park Hill790 ft
  25. Cookson790 ft
  26. Shady Grove770 ft
  27. Etta770 ft
  28. Woodall760 ft
  29. Caney Ridge700 ft
  30. Norwood700 ft
  31. Hulbert640 ft
  32. Fort Gibson partly550 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; 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; 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.