Snohomish County, WA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
10,540 ft 3,215 m7,910 ft 2,410 m6,590 ft 2,010 m3,950 ft 1,205 m1,320 ft 400 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Snohomish County averages about 2,160 ft (655 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Salish Sea to 10,540 ft on Glacier Peak.
Average elevation
2,160 ft 655 m
all land inside the county
Highest
10,540 ft 3,215 m
on Glacier Peak
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Salish Sea
Snohomish County spans about 10,540 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 | 2,160 ft655 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Glacier Peak (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 10,540 ft3,215 m |
| Lowest point Where the land meets the Salish Sea | 0 ft0 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
55 mi west to east through Everett.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Washington, United States
- Population
- 864,113 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2,086.5 sq mi + 109.2 sq mi water
- Density
- 414 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform regions
- Cascade-sierra Mountains 57%, Pacific Border 43%
- 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
- Chelan County4,030 ft
- Skagit County2,430 ft
- Snohomish County2,160 ft
- King County1,840 ft
- Kitsap County310 ft
- Island County200 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Washington18th highest of 39
- Counties in the United States569th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Glacier Peak10,540 ft
- Plummer Mountain7,840 ft
- Sloan Peak7,830 ft
- Kyes Peak7,240 ft
- Mount Pugh7,190 ft
All 67 towns in Snohomish County by typical elevation
- Verlot990 ft
- Lake Bosworth620 ft
- Lake Roesiger610 ft
- Darrington560 ft
- Index540 ft
- Larch Way520 ft
- Three Lakes520 ft
- North Lynnwood510 ft
- Lake Stickney500 ft
- Picnic Point500 ft
- Meadowdale490 ft
- Mukilteo460 ft
- Canyon Creek460 ft
- Swede Heaven450 ft
- Silver Firs450 ft
- Lake Goodwin440 ft
- Everett430 ft
- Esperance430 ft
- Mountlake Terrace430 ft
- Clearview430 ft
- Martha Lake430 ft
- Lynnwood430 ft
- High Bridge420 ft
- Sisco Heights420 ft
- Mill Creek420 ft
- Granite Falls410 ft
- Eastmont410 ft
- Maltby390 ft
- Brier380 ft
- Cavalero370 ft
- Chain Lake370 ft
- Mill Creek East370 ft
- Lake Cassidy370 ft
- Edmonds360 ft
- Alderwood Manor360 ft
- Kayak Point360 ft
- Bothell East330 ft
- Woods Creek330 ft
- Bothell West320 ft
- Arlington Heights310 ft
- Lake Stevens310 ft
- Sunday Lake300 ft
- Monroe North290 ft
- Bunk Foss280 ft
- Woodway280 ft
- Cathcart280 ft
- Lochsloy270 ft
- Oso260 ft
- May Creek240 ft
- Lake Ketchum230 ft
- Bothell partly230 ft
- Gold Bar200 ft
- Machias190 ft
- Hat Island190 ft
- Warm Beach180 ft
- Arlington160 ft
- Fobes Hill150 ft
- Bryant150 ft
- Startup140 ft
- Stanwood140 ft
- North Sultan140 ft
- Sultan140 ft
- Northwest Stanwood130 ft
- Snohomish120 ft
- Marysville84 ft
- Monroe63 ft
- Silvana35 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, 0 ft at 47.7876° N, 122.3907° 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.