Pierce County, WA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
14,410 ft 4,390 m10,810 ft 3,295 m9,010 ft 2,745 m5,400 ft 1,645 m1,800 ft 550 m0 ft 0 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
Pierce County averages about 2,220 ft (675 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Salish Sea to 14,410 ft on Mount Rainier.
Average elevation
2,220 ft 675 m
all land inside the county
Highest
14,410 ft 4,390 m
on Mount Rainier
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Salish Sea
Pierce County spans about 14,410 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 | 2,220 ft675 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Mount Rainier (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 14,410 ft4,390 m |
| Lowest point Where the land meets the Salish Sea | 0 ft0 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
33 mi south to north through Tacoma.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Washington, United States
- Population
- 941,170 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1,668.0 sq mi + 137.5 sq mi water
- Density
- 564 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform regions
- Pacific Border 53%, Cascade-sierra Mountains 46%
- Drains to
- Strait of Juan de Fuca 96%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Yakima County2,840 ft
- Pierce County2,220 ft
- Lewis County1,920 ft
- King County1,840 ft
- Mason County1,000 ft
- Thurston County480 ft
- Kitsap County310 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Washington16th highest of 39
- Counties in the United States552nd highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Mount Rainier14,410 ft
- Point Success14,140 ft
- Liberty Cap, Pierce County14,100 ft
- Bearhead Mountain6,093 ft
- Mount Wow6,030 ft
All 74 towns in Pierce County by typical elevation
- Greenwater1,790 ft
- Ashford1,740 ft
- La Grande1,400 ft
- Alder1,320 ft
- Elbe1,210 ft
- Carbonado1,190 ft
- Eatonville830 ft
- Wilkeson800 ft
- Kapowsin760 ft
- Clear Lake730 ft
- Buckley730 ft
- Tehaleh720 ft
- Crocker710 ft
- Prairie Heights660 ft
- Prairie Ridge640 ft
- Bonney Lake590 ft
- Lake Tapps570 ft
- Graham560 ft
- South Hill500 ft
- South Creek500 ft
- Elk Plain470 ft
- Summit View460 ft
- Frederickson450 ft
- South Prairie430 ft
- Summit430 ft
- Clover Creek420 ft
- Midland410 ft
- Spanaway380 ft
- Edgewood360 ft
- Tacoma340 ft
- Fife Heights340 ft
- Roy340 ft
- Waller340 ft
- Purdy330 ft
- Parkland320 ft
- McKenna310 ft
- University Place310 ft
- Canterwood300 ft
- Fircrest300 ft
- Auburn partly290 ft
- Maplewood290 ft
- Fort Lewis280 ft
- Milton280 ft
- McChord AFB270 ft
- Lakewood260 ft
- Gig Harbor260 ft
- Rosedale260 ft
- Stansberry Lake250 ft
- North Fort Lewis250 ft
- DuPont240 ft
- Artondale240 ft
- Wollochet240 ft
- Wauna240 ft
- Dash Point230 ft
- Steilacoom230 ft
- Home220 ft
- Longbranch210 ft
- Anderson Island210 ft
- Key Center190 ft
- Orting180 ft
- Fox Island180 ft
- Puyallup150 ft
- Ketron Island140 ft
- McMillin140 ft
- Ruston130 ft
- Herron Island130 ft
- Vaughn120 ft
- Browns Point93 ft
- Raft Island85 ft
- Alderton82 ft
- Pacific partly76 ft
- Sumner68 ft
- North Puyallup53 ft
- Fife21 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, −7 ft at 47.3393° N, 122.7696° 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.