King County, WA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of King County, Washington, shaded from sea level on Puget Sound to 7,970 ft on Mount Daniel
Elevation
7,970 ft 2,430 m5,980 ft 1,820 m4,980 ft 1,520 m2,990 ft 910 m1,000 ft 305 m0 ft 0 m
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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.
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Elevation Data

King County averages about 1,840 ft (560 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Puget Sound to 7,970 ft on Mount Daniel.

Average elevation
1,840 ft 560 m
all land inside the county
Highest
7,970 ft 2,430 m
on Mount Daniel
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Puget Sound

King County spans about 7,970 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 land1,840 ft560 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Daniel (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
7,970 ft2,430 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Puget Sound
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

62 mi west to east through Seattle.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of King County, Washington, shaded from sea level on Puget Sound to 7,970 ft on Mount Daniel
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Washington, United States
Population
2,340,211 2024 est.
Land area
2,115.7 sq mi + 191.7 sq mi water
Density
1,106 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform regions
Cascade-sierra Mountains 51%, Pacific Border 49%
Drains to
Strait of Juan de Fuca
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Chelan County4,030 ft
  2. Kittitas County3,180 ft
  3. Yakima County2,840 ft
  4. Pierce County2,220 ft
  5. Snohomish County2,160 ft
  6. King County1,840 ft
  7. Kitsap County310 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Big Snow Mountain6,650 ft
  • Snoqualmie Mountain6,250 ft
  • Chair Peak6,170 ft
  • Mount Fernow6,140 ft
  • Baring Mountain6,090 ft
All 64 towns in King County by typical elevation
  1. Snoqualmie Pass partly2,870 ft
  2. Wilderness Rim1,020 ft
  3. Skykomish930 ft
  4. Snoqualmie860 ft
  5. Baring780 ft
  6. Enumclaw750 ft
  7. Riverpoint720 ft
  8. Mirrormont660 ft
  9. Ravensdale610 ft
  10. Black Diamond580 ft
  11. Maple Valley560 ft
  12. Maple Heights-Lake Desire560 ft
  13. Hobart550 ft
  14. Shadow Lake540 ft
  15. Union Hill-Novelty Hill530 ft
  16. Riverbend520 ft
  17. Lake Morton-Berrydale490 ft
  18. Fairwood490 ft
  19. East Renton Highlands480 ft
  20. North Bend460 ft
  21. Newcastle440 ft
  22. Sammamish430 ft
  23. Covington430 ft
  24. Lakeland North430 ft
  25. Lake Holm420 ft
  26. Shoreline410 ft
  27. White Center410 ft
  28. Duvall400 ft
  29. Kent400 ft
  30. SeaTac400 ft
  31. Lakeland South380 ft
  32. Renton370 ft
  33. Issaquah370 ft
  34. Cottage Lake360 ft
  35. Burien360 ft
  36. Federal Way350 ft
  37. Ames Lake350 ft
  38. Lake Marcel-Stillwater340 ft
  39. Bryn Mawr-Skyway310 ft
  40. Bellevue300 ft
  41. Auburn290 ft
  42. Milton partly280 ft
  43. Vashon270 ft
  44. Normandy Park260 ft
  45. Des Moines260 ft
  46. Kirkland250 ft
  47. Tukwila240 ft
  48. Woodinville230 ft
  49. Seattle230 ft
  50. Lake Forest Park230 ft
  51. Bothell230 ft
  52. Clyde Hill220 ft
  53. Mercer Island200 ft
  54. Redmond190 ft
  55. Boulevard Park170 ft
  56. Kenmore170 ft
  57. Beaux Arts Village140 ft
  58. Fall City110 ft
  59. Medina98 ft
  60. Yarrow Point91 ft
  61. Carnation86 ft
  62. Pacific76 ft
  63. Algona76 ft
  64. Hunts Point44 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.
  • 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, −2 ft at 47.4849° N, 122.3629° 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: 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.