Alder, WA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Alder, Washington, shaded from 1,190 ft on the northwest side to 1,850 ft on Reliance Hill
Elevation
1,850 ft 565 m1,680 ft 515 m1,600 ft 490 m1,440 ft 440 m1,270 ft 385 m1,190 ft 360 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Alder sits at about 1,320 ft (405 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,320 ft 405 m
few residents
Lowest
1,190 ft 360 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,850 ft 565 m
on Reliance Hill
Average
1,350 ft 410 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Alder spans about 660 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
1,320 ft405 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Reliance Hill
1,850 ft565 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
1,190 ft360 m
Average of all land1,350 ft410 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.4 mi west to east through the middle of Alder.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Alder, Washington, shaded from 1,190 ft on the northwest side to 1,850 ft on Reliance Hill
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Pierce County, Washington, United States
Population
212 2020 Census
Land area
3.2 sq mi
Density
66 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.7840° N, 122.2709° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
Nisqually River → Strait of Juan de Fuca
ZIP codes 1
98328
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ashford1,740 ft
  2. Mineral1,470 ft
  3. La Grande1,400 ft
  4. Alder1,320 ft
  5. Elbe1,210 ft
  6. Morton950 ft
  7. Eatonville830 ft
  8. Kapowsin760 ft
  9. Clear Lake730 ft
  10. South Creek500 ft
  11. McKenna310 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Wow6,030 ft
  • Sawtooth Ridge5,620 ft
  • Griffin Mountain5,240 ft
  • Storm King Mountain, Lewis County4,740 ft
  • Cottlers Rock2,780 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (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.
  • Alder is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.