Linn County, OR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Linn County, Oregon, shaded from 160 ft on the northwest side to 10,500 ft on Mount Jefferson
Elevation
10,500 ft 3,200 m7,910 ft 2,410 m6,620 ft 2,020 m4,040 ft 1,230 m1,450 ft 445 m160 ft 50 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

Linn County averages about 2,070 ft (630 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 160 ft on the northwest side to 10,500 ft on Mount Jefferson.

Average elevation
2,070 ft 630 m
all land inside the county
Highest
10,500 ft 3,200 m
on Mount Jefferson
Lowest
160 ft 50 m
on the northwest side

Linn County spans about 10,340 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 land2,070 ft630 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Jefferson (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
10,500 ft3,200 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
160 ft50 m

Elevation profile, west to east

67 mi west to east through Albany.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Linn County, Oregon, shaded from 160 ft on the northwest side to 10,500 ft on Mount Jefferson
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Oregon, United States
Population
132,474 2024 est.
Land area
2,289.5 sq mi + 19.4 sq mi water
Density
58 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform regions
Cascade-sierra Mountains 71%, Pacific Border 29%
Drains to
Pacific Ocean 96%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Deschutes County4,570 ft
  2. Jefferson County3,280 ft
  3. Lane County2,160 ft
  4. Linn County2,070 ft
  5. Marion County1,590 ft
  6. Polk County850 ft
  7. Benton County760 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Oregon22nd highest of 36
  • Counties in the United States599th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Three Fingered Jack7,840 ft
  • Mount Washington7,760 ft
  • Little Belknap6,850 ft
  • Bachelor Mountain5,957 ft
  • Echo Mountain5,820 ft
All 24 towns in Linn County by typical elevation
  1. Idanha partly1,760 ft
  2. Cascadia1,080 ft
  3. Gates partly930 ft
  4. Mill City850 ft
  5. Lacomb690 ft
  6. Lyons650 ft
  7. Holley650 ft
  8. Sweet Home590 ft
  9. Sodaville510 ft
  10. Crawfordsville470 ft
  11. Waterloo400 ft
  12. South Lebanon370 ft
  13. Lebanon350 ft
  14. Brownsville340 ft
  15. Harrisburg310 ft
  16. Scio310 ft
  17. West Scio310 ft
  18. Halsey280 ft
  19. Crabtree280 ft
  20. Shedd270 ft
  21. Peoria260 ft
  22. Tangent250 ft
  23. Millersburg240 ft
  24. Albany230 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.