Seaside, OR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Seaside, Oregon, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 370 ft on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
370 ft 110 m280 ft 85 m230 ft 70 m140 ft 40 m46 ft 14 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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

Seaside sits at about 18 ft (5 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
18 ft 5 m
most residents: 10–34 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Pacific Ocean
Highest
370 ft 110 m
on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
27 ft 8 m
all land inside city limits

Seaside spans about 370 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
18 ft5 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
370 ft110 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Pacific Ocean
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Seaside
18 ft6 m
Average of all land27 ft8 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Seaside, Oregon, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 370 ft on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States
Population
7,110 2024 est.
Land area
4.0 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
1,756 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.9932° N, 123.9226° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
97138
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Neahkahnie220 ft
  2. Astoria150 ft
  3. Svensen120 ft
  4. Nehalem81 ft
  5. Manzanita78 ft
  6. River Point55 ft
  7. Cannon Beach38 ft
  8. Gearhart29 ft
  9. Seaside18 ft
  10. Warrenton13 ft
  11. Jeffers Gardens7 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Saddle Mountain, Clatsop County3,270 ft
  • Nicolai Mountain3,010 ft
  • Elk Mountain, Clatsop County2,780 ft
  • Humbug Mountain, Clatsop County2,440 ft
  • Captain Gray Mountain1,690 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.