Kent, WA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kent, Washington, shaded from 13 ft on the north side to 790 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
790 ft 240 m590 ft 180 m500 ft 150 m300 ft 90 m110 ft 35 m13 ft 4 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

Kent sits at about 400 ft (120 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
400 ft 120 m
most residents: 40–470 ft
Lowest
13 ft 4 m
on the north side
Highest
790 ft 240 m
on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
270 ft 80 m
all land inside city limits

Kent spans about 777 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
400 ft120 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
790 ft240 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
13 ft4 m
Town center
USGS map point for Kent
43 ft13 m
Airport (SEA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.5 mi northwest of the city limits
432 ft132 m
Average of all land270 ft80 m
Nearest peak
Taylor Mountain, 7.7 mi east of the city limits
2,610 ft795 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kent, Washington, shaded from 13 ft on the north side to 790 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in King County, Washington, United States
Population
136,588 2024 est.
Land area
33.6 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
4,067 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.3809° N, 122.2348° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Airport
Seattle-tacoma International (SEA) 432 ft
ZIP codes 5
98030 98031 98032 98042 98051
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fairwood490 ft
  2. Covington430 ft
  3. Lakeland North430 ft
  4. Kent400 ft
  5. SeaTac400 ft
  6. Federal Way350 ft
  7. Auburn290 ft
  8. Normandy Park260 ft
  9. Des Moines260 ft
  10. Tukwila240 ft
  11. Algona76 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Kent5,050 ft
  • Rattlesnake Mountain, King County3,519 ft
  • Tiger Mountain3,004 ft
  • Taylor Mountain2,610 ft
  • Squak Mountain2,020 ft
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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.