Alpine, TX Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,870 ft 1,485 m4,740 ft 1,445 m4,680 ft 1,425 m4,560 ft 1,390 m4,440 ft 1,350 m4,380 ft 1,335 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Alpine sits at about 4,490 ft (1,370 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,490 ft 1,370 m
most residents: 4,460–4,540 ft
Lowest
4,380 ft 1,335 m
on the northeast side
Highest
4,870 ft 1,485 m
on Alpine Hill
Average
4,500 ft 1,370 m
all land inside city limits
Alpine spans about 490 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 4,490 ft1,370 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on Alpine Hill | 4,870 ft1,485 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side | 4,380 ft1,335 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Alpine | 4,480 ft1,365 m |
| Airport (E38) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways | 4,514 ft1,376 m |
| Average of all land | 4,500 ft1,370 m |
| Nearest peak Twin Mountains, 8.4 mi northwest of the city limits | 6,890 ft2,100 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
2.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 4,490 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
203.6 °F95.4 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
85% of sea level
25.4 inHg (85.9 kPa): each breath holds 15% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.8% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+9% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Brewster County, Texas, United States
- Population
- 6,039 2024 est.
- Land area
- 4.8 sq mi
- Density
- 1,251 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 30.3585° N, 103.6610° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Pecos River → Rio Grande → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Alpine-casparis Municipal (E38) 4,514 ft
- ZIP codes 2
- 79830 79832
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Fort Davis4,890 ft
- Marfa4,700 ft
- Alpine4,490 ft
- Valentine4,420 ft
- Marathon4,070 ft
- Balmorhea3,190 ft
- Fort Stockton2,980 ft
- Toyah2,910 ft
- Lindsay, Reeves County2,630 ft
- Presidio2,590 ft
- Redford2,530 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Texas5th highest of 1,861
- Towns in Brewster Countyhighest of 4
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Twin Mountains6,890 ft
- Cathedral Mountain6,830 ft
- Mount Ord6,805 ft
- Goat Mountain6,640 ft
- Cienega Mountain6,560 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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.