Jackson County, OR Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
9,490 ft 2,890 m7,350 ft 2,240 m6,290 ft 1,915 m4,160 ft 1,265 m2,020 ft 615 m960 ft 290 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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
- Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Jackson County averages about 3,170 ft (965 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 960 ft on the west side to 9,490 ft on Mount McLoughlin.
Average elevation
3,170 ft 965 m
all land inside the county
Highest
9,490 ft 2,890 m
on Mount McLoughlin
Lowest
960 ft 290 m
on the west side
Jackson County spans about 8,530 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 3,170 ft965 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Mount McLoughlin (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 9,490 ft2,890 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the west side | 960 ft290 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
53 mi south to north through Medford.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Oregon, United States
- Population
- 221,331 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2,783.3 sq mi + 18.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 80 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform regions
- Cascade-sierra Mountains 53%, Pacific Border 47%
- Drains to
- Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Klamath County4,970 ft
- Siskiyou County, CA4,260 ft
- Jackson County3,170 ft
- Josephine County2,430 ft
- Douglas County2,130 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Oregon13th highest of 36
- Counties in the United States354th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Mount McLoughlin9,490 ft
- Mount Ashland7,490 ft
- Observation Peak7,351 ft
- Table Mountain6,116 ft
- Soda Mountain6,092 ft
All 17 towns in Jackson County by typical elevation
- Prospect2,590 ft
- Butte Falls2,540 ft
- Ashland1,980 ft
- Talent1,630 ft
- Ruch1,580 ft
- Jacksonville1,560 ft
- Trail1,530 ft
- Phoenix1,520 ft
- Foots Creek1,470 ft
- Shady Cove1,460 ft
- Medford1,410 ft
- White City1,350 ft
- Eagle Point1,330 ft
- Central Point1,270 ft
- Wimer1,200 ft
- Gold Hill1,090 ft
- Rogue River1,020 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; 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, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; 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.