Lyman, WA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
270 ft 85 m220 ft 65 m190 ft 60 m140 ft 45 m93 ft 28 m67 ft 20 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Lyman sits at about 95 ft (29 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
95 ft 29 m
most residents: 75–97 ft
Lowest
67 ft 20 m
on the south side
Highest
270 ft 85 m
at the foot of the Cultus Mountains
Average
82 ft 25 m
all land inside town limits
Lyman spans about 203 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 95 ft29 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, at the foot of the Cultus Mountains | 270 ft85 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the south side | 67 ft20 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Lyman | 100 ft30 m |
| Average of all land | 82 ft25 m |
| Nearest peak Haystack Mountain, 5.6 mi south of the town limits | 4,170 ft1,270 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Skagit County, Washington, United States
- Population
- 422 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 629 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 48.5271° N, 122.0618° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Pacific Border
- Drains to
- Strait of Juan de Fuca
- ZIP codes 2
- 98263 98284
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Lake Cavanaugh1,020 ft
- Acme330 ft
- Alger290 ft
- Big Lake260 ft
- Concrete230 ft
- Mount Vernon150 ft
- Hamilton99 ft
- Lyman95 ft
- Sedro-Woolley58 ft
- Clear Lake, Skagit County58 ft
- Burlington35 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Washington557th highest of 639
- Towns in Skagit County11th highest of 19
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Bald Mountain, Whatcom County4,590 ft
- Lyman Hill4,310 ft
- Haystack Mountain4,170 ft
- Mount Josephine3,930 ft
- Anderson Mountain3,370 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town limits (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, 65 ft at 48.5249° N, 122.0713° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
- 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.