South Cle Elum, WA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,060 ft 630 m2,030 ft 620 m2,010 ft 610 m1,970 ft 600 m1,930 ft 590 m1,910 ft 585 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
South Cle Elum sits at about 1,920 ft (585 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,920 ft 585 m
most residents: 1,920–1,930 ft
Lowest
1,910 ft 585 m
on the north side
Highest
2,060 ft 630 m
on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,940 ft 590 m
all land inside town limits
South Cle Elum spans about 150 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 | 1,920 ft585 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside | 2,060 ft630 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the north side | 1,910 ft585 m |
| Town center USGS map point for South Cle Elum | 1,920 ft585 m |
| Average of all land | 1,940 ft590 m |
| Nearest peak Lookout Mountain, Kittitas County, 7.8 mi east of the town limits | 3,470 ft1,060 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.7 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Kittitas County, Washington, United States
- Population
- 572 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Density
- 1,416 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 47.1857° N, 120.9490° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Cascade-sierra Mountains
- Drains to
- Yakima River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 98943
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Snoqualmie Pass2,870 ft
- Ronald2,340 ft
- Cliffdell2,300 ft
- Roslyn2,300 ft
- Easton2,150 ft
- Nile2,010 ft
- South Cle Elum1,920 ft
- Cle Elum1,920 ft
- Kittitas1,660 ft
- Thorp1,640 ft
- Ellensburg1,590 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Washington70th highest of 639
- Towns in Kittitas County5th highest of 10
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Gallaher Head7,080 ft
- Table Mountain6,364 ft
- Red Mountain, Kittitas County5,890 ft
- Amabilis Mountain4,558 ft
- Lookout Mountain, Kittitas County3,470 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).
- 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.