Browns Point, WA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Browns Point, Washington, shaded from sea level level on Puget Sound to 270 ft on the east side
Elevation
270 ft 80 m200 ft 60 m170 ft 50 m100 ft 30 m34 ft 10 m0 ft 0 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Browns Point sits at about 93 ft (28 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
93 ft 28 m
most residents: 21–190 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Puget Sound
Highest
270 ft 80 m
on the east side
Average
93 ft 28 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Browns Point spans about 270 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
93 ft28 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
270 ft80 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Puget Sound
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Browns Point
120 ft35 m
Airport (SEA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
432 ft132 m
Average of all land93 ft28 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Browns Point, Washington, shaded from sea level level on Puget Sound to 270 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Pierce County, Washington, United States
Population
1,263 2020 Census
Land area
0.4 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
3,111 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.3004° N, 122.4412° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Drains to
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Airport
Seattle-Tacoma International (SEA) 432 ft
ZIP codes 1
98422
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Federal Way350 ft
  2. Tacoma340 ft
  3. Fife Heights340 ft
  4. University Place310 ft
  5. Fircrest300 ft
  6. Milton280 ft
  7. Gig Harbor260 ft
  8. Dash Point230 ft
  9. Ruston130 ft
  10. Browns Point93 ft
  11. Fife21 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Rattlesnake Mountain, King County3,519 ft
  • Tiger Mountain3,004 ft
  • Taylor Mountain2,610 ft
  • Squak Mountain2,020 ft
  • Gold Mountain, Kitsap County1,760 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −5 ft at 47.3115° N, 122.4329° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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.
  • Browns Point is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.