McLennan County, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of McLennan County, Texas, shaded from 340 ft on the southeast side to 970 ft on the west side
Elevation
970 ft 295 m810 ft 250 m730 ft 225 m570 ft 175 m420 ft 125 m340 ft 100 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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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

McLennan County averages about 570 ft (175 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 340 ft on the southeast side to 970 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
570 ft 175 m
all land inside the county
Highest
970 ft 295 m
on the west side
Lowest
340 ft 100 m
on the southeast side

McLennan County spans about 630 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 land570 ft175 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
970 ft295 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
340 ft100 m

Elevation profile, west to east

45 mi west to east through Waco.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of McLennan County, Texas, shaded from 340 ft on the southeast side to 970 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Texas, United States
Population
270,358 2024 est.
Land area
1,036.7 sq mi + 23.5 sq mi water
Density
261 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Great Plains 55%, Coastal Plain 45%
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. Coryell County960 ft
  2. Bosque County840 ft
  3. Bell County670 ft
  4. Hill County620 ft
  5. McLennan County570 ft
  6. Limestone County490 ft
  7. Falls County430 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Texas152nd highest of 254
  • Counties in the United States2,249th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Hubby Hill750 ft
All 23 towns in McLennan County by typical elevation
  1. Moody780 ft
  2. McGregor720 ft
  3. Crawford700 ft
  4. Bruceville-Eddy700 ft
  5. West640 ft
  6. Hewitt640 ft
  7. Woodway630 ft
  8. Lorena600 ft
  9. Valley Mills partly600 ft
  10. Ross570 ft
  11. China Spring570 ft
  12. Willow Grove560 ft
  13. Mart530 ft
  14. Beverly Hills520 ft
  15. Waco510 ft
  16. Riesel510 ft
  17. Leroy500 ft
  18. Robinson490 ft
  19. Lacy-Lakeview480 ft
  20. Hallsburg480 ft
  21. Golinda partly470 ft
  22. Gholson440 ft
  23. Bellmead440 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.