Hays County, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hays County, Texas, shaded from 520 ft on the east side to 1,650 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,650 ft 505 m1,370 ft 415 m1,220 ft 375 m940 ft 285 m660 ft 200 m520 ft 160 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

Hays County averages about 970 ft (295 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 520 ft on the east side to 1,650 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
970 ft 295 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,650 ft 505 m
on the west side
Lowest
520 ft 160 m
on the east side

Hays County spans about 1,130 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 land970 ft295 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,650 ft505 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
520 ft160 m

Elevation profile, south to north

26 mi south to north through San Marcos.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hays County, Texas, shaded from 520 ft on the east side to 1,650 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
292,029 2024 est.
Land area
676.9 sq mi + 1.9 sq mi water
Density
431 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Great Plains 81%, Coastal Plain 19%
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. Blanco County1,340 ft
  2. Comal County1,030 ft
  3. Hays County970 ft
  4. Travis County730 ft
  5. Guadalupe County560 ft
  6. Caldwell County500 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Texas127th highest of 254
  • Counties in the United States1,457th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Sharp1,570 ft
  • Jack Mountain, Hays County1,490 ft
  • Roundtree Mountain1,470 ft
  • Peach Mountain1,420 ft
  • Lone Man Mountain1,417 ft
All 15 towns in Hays County by typical elevation
  1. Dripping Springs1,190 ft
  2. Belterra1,100 ft
  3. Driftwood1,060 ft
  4. Woodcreek1,010 ft
  5. Bear Creek960 ft
  6. Wimberley910 ft
  7. Mountain City840 ft
  8. Hays740 ft
  9. Buda740 ft
  10. Kyle710 ft
  11. Austin partly670 ft
  12. Creedmoor partly660 ft
  13. San Marcos630 ft
  14. Niederwald600 ft
  15. Uhland580 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.
  • 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.