Bell County, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bell County, Texas, shaded from 370 ft on the southeast side to 1,240 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,240 ft 375 m1,020 ft 310 m910 ft 280 m700 ft 210 m480 ft 145 m370 ft 115 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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bell County averages about 670 ft (205 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 370 ft on the southeast side to 1,240 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
670 ft 205 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,240 ft 375 m
on the west side
Lowest
370 ft 115 m
on the southeast side

Bell County spans about 870 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 land670 ft205 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,240 ft375 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
370 ft115 m

Elevation profile, west to east

39 mi west to east through Killeen.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bell County, Texas, shaded from 370 ft on the southeast side to 1,240 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Texas, United States
Population
399,578 2024 est.
Land area
1,053.8 sq mi + 36.4 sq mi water
Density
379 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Great Plains 65%, Coastal Plain 35%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Lampasas County1,230 ft
  2. Burnet County1,160 ft
  3. Coryell County960 ft
  4. Williamson County760 ft
  5. Bell County670 ft
  6. McLennan County570 ft
  7. Falls County430 ft
  8. Milam County410 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Texas143rd highest of 254
  • Counties in the United States2,086th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Ivy Mountain1,190 ft
  • Manere Mountain1,160 ft
  • McMillan Mountains1,120 ft
  • Crossville Mountain1,110 ft
  • Hog Mountain, Bell County1,100 ft
All 14 towns in Bell County by typical elevation
  1. Fort Cavazos partly920 ft
  2. Killeen890 ft
  3. Harker Heights780 ft
  4. Pendleton780 ft
  5. Nolanville720 ft
  6. Troy720 ft
  7. Morgan's Point Resort670 ft
  8. Temple640 ft
  9. Salado610 ft
  10. Bartlett partly600 ft
  11. Belton580 ft
  12. Holland540 ft
  13. Rogers540 ft
  14. Little River-Academy490 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 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 370 ft at 30.8651° N, 97.2815° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.