Paris, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Paris, Texas, shaded from 450 ft on the north side to 610 ft near the middle
Elevation
610 ft 185 m570 ft 175 m550 ft 170 m510 ft 155 m470 ft 145 m450 ft 135 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
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

Paris sits at about 560 ft (170 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
560 ft 170 m
most residents: 530–590 ft
Lowest
450 ft 135 m
on the north side
Highest
610 ft 185 m
near the middle
Average
530 ft 165 m
all land inside city limits

Paris spans about 160 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
560 ft170 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
610 ft185 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
450 ft135 m
Town center
USGS map point for Paris
600 ft185 m
Airport (PRX)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
548 ft167 m
Average of all land530 ft165 m

Elevation profile, south to north

7.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Paris, Texas, shaded from 450 ft on the north side to 610 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Lamar County, Texas, United States
Population
25,037 2024 est.
Land area
35.2 sq mi + 1.9 sq mi water
Density
711 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.6609° N, 95.5555° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Sulphur River → Red River → Atchafalaya River → Gulf of America
Airport
Cox Field (PRX) 548 ft
ZIP codes 2
75460 75462
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Petty620 ft
  2. Brookston600 ft
  3. Toco570 ft
  4. Paris560 ft
  5. Reno, Lamar County550 ft
  6. Sun Valley540 ft
  7. Blossom530 ft
  8. Powderly520 ft
  9. Roxton510 ft
  10. Detroit490 ft
  11. Deport430 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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.