Mountain City, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mountain City, Texas, shaded from 770 ft on the north side to 860 ft on the west side
Elevation
860 ft 260 m830 ft 255 m820 ft 250 m800 ft 245 m780 ft 235 m770 ft 235 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
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

Mountain City sits at about 840 ft (255 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
840 ft 255 m
most residents: 810–850 ft
Lowest
770 ft 235 m
on the north side
Highest
860 ft 260 m
on the west side
Average
830 ft 250 m
all land inside city limits

Mountain City spans about 90 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
840 ft255 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
860 ft260 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
770 ft235 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mountain City
830 ft250 m
Average of all land830 ft250 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mountain City, Texas, shaded from 770 ft on the north side to 860 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Hays County, Texas, United States
Population
676 2024 est.
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
1,285 per sq mi
Coordinates
30.0372° N, 97.8869° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Plum Creek → San Marcos River → Guadalupe River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
78610
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Driftwood1,060 ft
  2. Mountain City840 ft
  3. Shady Hollow750 ft
  4. Hays740 ft
  5. Buda740 ft
  6. Kyle710 ft
  7. Manchaca680 ft
  8. San Leanna670 ft
  9. Creedmoor660 ft
  10. Niederwald600 ft
  11. Uhland580 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Friday Mountain1,090 ft
  • Carpenter Hills890 ft
  • Davis Hill, Travis County880 ft
  • Barton Hill790 ft
  • Woods Hill770 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.