Abilene, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Abilene, Texas, shaded from 1,560 ft on the north side to 1,880 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,880 ft 575 m1,800 ft 550 m1,760 ft 535 m1,680 ft 515 m1,600 ft 490 m1,560 ft 475 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
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

Abilene sits at about 1,740 ft (530 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,740 ft 530 m
most residents: 1,700–1,800 ft
Lowest
1,560 ft 475 m
on the north side
Highest
1,880 ft 575 m
on the south side
Average
1,730 ft 530 m
all land inside city limits

Abilene spans about 320 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
1,740 ft530 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
1,880 ft575 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
1,560 ft475 m
Town center
USGS map point for Abilene
1,710 ft520 m
Airport (ABI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
1,791 ft546 m
Average of all land1,730 ft530 m

Elevation profile, south to north

11 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Abilene, Texas, shaded from 1,560 ft on the north side to 1,880 ft on the south side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Taylor and Jones counties, Texas, United States
Population
130,501 2024 est.
Land area
106.7 sq mi + 5.4 sq mi water
Density
1,223 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.4487° N, 99.7331° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Clear Fork Brazos River → Brazos River → Gulf of America
Airport
Abilene Regional (ABI) 1,791 ft
ZIP codes 7
79601 79602 79603 79605 79606 79607 79699
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Clyde1,990 ft
  2. Tuscola1,980 ft
  3. Lawn1,910 ft
  4. Buffalo Gap1,900 ft
  5. Merkel1,870 ft
  6. Potosi1,840 ft
  7. Tye1,800 ft
  8. Abilene1,740 ft
  9. Baird1,730 ft
  10. Impact1,670 ft
  11. Hawley1,640 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cat Heads2,430 ft
  • East Peak2,400 ft
  • Buzzard Mountain, Taylor County2,390 ft
  • Round Top Mountain, Taylor County2,370 ft
  • Flattop2,030 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. All public domain.