Denton, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Denton, Texas, shaded from 510 ft on the northeast side to 840 ft on Pilot Knob
Elevation
840 ft 255 m760 ft 230 m720 ft 220 m630 ft 195 m550 ft 170 m510 ft 155 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Denton sits at about 640 ft (195 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
640 ft 195 m
most residents: 590–690 ft
Lowest
510 ft 155 m
on the northeast side
Highest
840 ft 255 m
on Pilot Knob
Average
640 ft 195 m
all land inside city limits

Denton spans about 330 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
640 ft195 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on Pilot Knob
840 ft255 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
510 ft155 m
Town center
USGS map point for Denton
660 ft200 m
Airport (DTO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
643 ft196 m
Average of all land640 ft195 m

Elevation profile, west to east

10 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Denton, Texas, shaded from 510 ft on the northeast side to 840 ft on Pilot Knob
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Denton County, Texas, United States
Population
165,998 2024 est.
Land area
97.0 sq mi + 1.4 sq mi water
Density
1,712 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.2148° N, 97.1331° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Elm Fork Trinity River → Trinity River → Gulf of America
Airport
Denton Enterprise (DTO) 643 ft
ZIP codes 12
76201 76203 76205 76207 76208 76209 76210 76226 76227 76249 76259 76266
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Krum710 ft
  2. Argyle690 ft
  3. Denton640 ft
  4. Lantana620 ft
  5. Copper Canyon610 ft
  6. Cross Roads610 ft
  7. Corinth600 ft
  8. Oak Point580 ft
  9. Lake Dallas560 ft
  10. Hickory Creek560 ft
  11. Shady Shores550 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pilot Knob, Denton County840 ft
  • Blue Mound, Denton County810 ft
  • Long Point, Denton County790 ft
  • Crawford Hill760 ft
  • Bald Knob, Denton County680 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.