Chelan County, WA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
9,500 ft 2,895 m7,260 ft 2,215 m6,150 ft 1,875 m3,920 ft 1,195 m1,690 ft 515 m570 ft 175 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Chelan County averages about 4,030 ft (1,230 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 570 ft on the southeast side to 9,500 ft on Bonanza Peak.
Average elevation
4,030 ft 1,230 m
all land inside the county
Highest
9,500 ft 2,895 m
on Bonanza Peak
Lowest
570 ft 175 m
on the southeast side
Chelan County spans about 8,930 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 4,030 ft1,230 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Bonanza Peak (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 9,500 ft2,895 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the southeast side | 570 ft175 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
27 mi west to east through Wenatchee.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Washington, United States
- Population
- 81,228 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2,921.2 sq mi + 73.2 sq mi water
- Density
- 28 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Cascade-sierra Mountains 98%
- Drains to
- Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Chelan County4,030 ft
- Okanogan County3,780 ft
- Kittitas County3,180 ft
- Skagit County2,430 ft
- Douglas County2,250 ft
- Snohomish County2,160 ft
- King County1,840 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Washingtonhighest of 39
- Counties in the United States263rd highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Bonanza Peak9,500 ft
- Mount Stuart9,410 ft
- Mount Fernow9,250 ft
- Goode Mountain9,180 ft
- Buckner Mountain9,090 ft
All 9 towns in Chelan County by typical elevation
- Chelan1,210 ft
- Manson1,200 ft
- Leavenworth1,190 ft
- Sunnyslope970 ft
- Chelan Falls830 ft
- Wenatchee800 ft
- Cashmere800 ft
- Entiat800 ft
- South Wenatchee760 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; 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, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; 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.