Kittitas County, WA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,970 ft 2,430 m6,100 ft 1,860 m5,160 ft 1,575 m3,290 ft 1,005 m1,420 ft 435 m490 ft 150 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
Kittitas County averages about 3,180 ft (970 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 490 ft on the southeast side to 7,970 ft on Mount Daniel.
Average elevation
3,180 ft 970 m
all land inside the county
Highest
7,970 ft 2,430 m
on Mount Daniel
Lowest
490 ft 150 m
on the southeast side
Kittitas County spans about 7,480 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 | 3,180 ft970 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Mount Daniel (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 7,970 ft2,430 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the southeast side | 490 ft150 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
52 mi west to east through Ellensburg.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Washington, United States
- Population
- 48,172 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2,297.3 sq mi + 35.7 sq mi water
- Density
- 21 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform regions
- Cascade-sierra Mountains 60%, Columbia Plateau 40%
- 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
- Kittitas County3,180 ft
- Yakima County2,840 ft
- Douglas County2,250 ft
- King County1,840 ft
- Grant County1,390 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Washington5th highest of 39
- Counties in the United States350th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Mount Daniel7,970 ft
- Chimney Rock7,610 ft
- Mount Hinman7,500 ft
- Gallaher Head7,080 ft
- Three Queens6,700 ft
All 10 towns in Kittitas County by typical elevation
- Snoqualmie Pass2,870 ft
- Ronald2,340 ft
- Roslyn2,300 ft
- Easton2,150 ft
- South Cle Elum1,920 ft
- Cle Elum1,920 ft
- Kittitas1,660 ft
- Thorp1,640 ft
- Ellensburg1,590 ft
- Vantage710 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.