Mountlake Terrace, WA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
530 ft 165 m470 ft 145 m440 ft 135 m370 ft 115 m300 ft 90 m270 ft 80 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Mountlake Terrace sits at about 430 ft (130 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
430 ft 130 m
most residents: 350–480 ft
Lowest
270 ft 80 m
on the southeast side
Highest
530 ft 165 m
on the north side
Average
410 ft 125 m
all land inside city limits
Mountlake Terrace spans about 260 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 | 430 ft130 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 530 ft165 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side | 270 ft80 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Mountlake Terrace | 460 ft140 m |
| Airport (PAE) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.7 mi north of the city limits | 607 ft185 m |
| Average of all land | 410 ft125 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.2 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Snohomish County, Washington, United States
- Population
- 25,198 2024 est.
- Land area
- 4.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 6,211 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 47.7882° N, 122.3087° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Pacific Border
- Drains to
- Strait of Juan de Fuca
- Airport
- Seattle Paine Field International (PAE) 607 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 98043
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Esperance430 ft
- Mountlake Terrace430 ft
- Lynnwood430 ft
- Shoreline410 ft
- Brier380 ft
- Edmonds360 ft
- Alderwood Manor360 ft
- Bothell West320 ft
- Woodway280 ft
- Lake Forest Park230 ft
- Kenmore170 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Washington297th highest of 639
- Towns in Snohomish County19th highest of 66
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Pilchuck5,300 ft
- Tiger Mountain3,004 ft
- Mount Walker2,800 ft
- Squak Mountain2,020 ft
- Gold Mountain, Kitsap County1,760 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.