Wallowa County, OR Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
9,820 ft 2,995 m7,580 ft 2,310 m6,460 ft 1,970 m4,220 ft 1,290 m1,990 ft 605 m870 ft 265 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
Wallowa County averages about 4,470 ft (1,365 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 870 ft on the northeast side to 9,820 ft on Matterhorn.
Average elevation
4,470 ft 1,365 m
all land inside the county
Highest
9,820 ft 2,995 m
on Matterhorn
Lowest
870 ft 265 m
on the northeast side
Wallowa County spans about 8,950 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 | 4,470 ft1,365 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Matterhorn (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 9,820 ft2,995 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the northeast side | 870 ft265 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
57 mi south to north through Enterprise.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Oregon, United States
- Population
- 7,522 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3,145.9 sq mi + 5.5 sq mi water
- Density
- 2.4 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Columbia Plateau 97%
- Drains to
- Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Idaho County, ID5,120 ft
- Adams County, ID4,790 ft
- Wallowa County4,470 ft
- Baker County4,370 ft
- Union County4,320 ft
- Columbia County, WA2,830 ft
- Asotin County, WA2,810 ft
- Garfield County, WA2,750 ft
- Umatilla County2,650 ft
- Nez Perce County, ID2,590 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Oregon6th highest of 36
- Counties in the United States213th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Sacajawea Peak9,810 ft
- Aneroid Mountain9,707 ft
- Petes Point9,679 ft
- Twin Peaks9,610 ft
- Glacier Mountain9,160 ft
All 5 towns in Wallowa County by typical elevation
- Wallowa Lake4,490 ft
- Joseph4,210 ft
- Enterprise3,760 ft
- Lostine3,360 ft
- Wallowa2,940 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.