McAlester, OK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of McAlester, Oklahoma, shaded from 620 ft on the west side to 1,000 ft on Bald Mountain
Elevation
1,000 ft 305 m900 ft 275 m860 ft 260 m760 ft 230 m670 ft 205 m620 ft 190 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
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

McAlester sits at about 720 ft (220 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
720 ft 220 m
most residents: 680–780 ft
Lowest
620 ft 190 m
on the west side
Highest
1,000 ft 305 m
on Bald Mountain
Average
730 ft 220 m
all land inside city limits

McAlester spans about 380 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
720 ft220 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on Bald Mountain
1,000 ft305 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
620 ft190 m
Town center
USGS map point for McAlester
730 ft225 m
Airport (MLC)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
771 ft235 m
Average of all land730 ft220 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of McAlester, Oklahoma, shaded from 620 ft on the west side to 1,000 ft on Bald Mountain
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States
Population
18,108 2024 est.
Land area
17.8 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,017 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.9334° N, 95.7697° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Ouachita
Drains to
Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Mc Alester Regional (MLC) 771 ft
ZIP codes 1
74501
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bache760 ft
  2. Arpelar760 ft
  3. Blanco730 ft
  4. Savanna720 ft
  5. McAlester720 ft
  6. Haywood710 ft
  7. Alderson690 ft
  8. Haileyville680 ft
  9. Krebs660 ft
  10. Adamson620 ft
  11. Bug Tussle620 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cavanal Mountain2,380 ft
  • Buffalo Mountain2,140 ft
  • Blue Mountain1,830 ft
  • Bald Mountain, Pittsburg County1,000 ft
  • Piney Mountain944 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.