Travis County, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Travis County, Texas, shaded from 360 ft on the southeast side to 1,420 ft on Shingle Hills
Elevation
1,420 ft 435 m1,160 ft 350 m1,020 ft 310 m760 ft 230 m490 ft 150 m360 ft 110 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

Travis County averages about 730 ft (220 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 360 ft on the southeast side to 1,420 ft on Shingle Hills.

Average elevation
730 ft 220 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,420 ft 435 m
on Shingle Hills
Lowest
360 ft 110 m
on the southeast side

Travis County spans about 1,060 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 land730 ft220 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Shingle Hills (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
1,420 ft435 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
360 ft110 m

Elevation profile, west to east

35 mi west to east through Austin.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Travis County, Texas, shaded from 360 ft on the southeast side to 1,420 ft on Shingle Hills
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Texas, United States
Population
1,363,767 2024 est.
Land area
994.4 sq mi + 30.7 sq mi water
Density
1,372 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Great Plains 63%, Coastal Plain 38%
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. Burnet County1,160 ft
  3. Hays County970 ft
  4. Williamson County760 ft
  5. Travis County730 ft
  6. Caldwell County500 ft
  7. Bastrop County470 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Texas140th highest of 254
  • Counties in the United States1,971st highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Shingle Hills1,420 ft
  • Negrohead1,310 ft
  • Bald Mountain, Travis County1,250 ft
  • Big Bear Hill1,240 ft
  • Travis Peak1,240 ft
All 31 towns in Travis County by typical elevation
  1. Bee Cave1,020 ft
  2. Leander partly1,010 ft
  3. Cedar Park partly940 ft
  4. The Hills890 ft
  5. Lost Creek870 ft
  6. Lakeway860 ft
  7. Briarcliff830 ft
  8. Lago Vista820 ft
  9. Wells Branch820 ft
  10. Jonestown800 ft
  11. Barton Creek790 ft
  12. Hudson Bend780 ft
  13. Steiner Ranch770 ft
  14. Point Venture760 ft
  15. Shady Hollow750 ft
  16. Round Rock partly750 ft
  17. Pflugerville750 ft
  18. Volente740 ft
  19. West Lake Hills730 ft
  20. Sunset Valley690 ft
  21. Manchaca680 ft
  22. Austin670 ft
  23. San Leanna670 ft
  24. Creedmoor660 ft
  25. Rollingwood600 ft
  26. Mustang Ridge590 ft
  27. Elgin partly550 ft
  28. Manor540 ft
  29. Garfield440 ft
  30. Hornsby Bend430 ft
  31. Webberville410 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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.