Three Lakes, WA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Three Lakes, Washington, shaded from 190 ft on the southwest side to 730 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
730 ft 225 m600 ft 180 m530 ft 160 m400 ft 120 m260 ft 80 m190 ft 60 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Three Lakes sits at about 520 ft (155 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
520 ft 155 m
most residents: 430–690 ft
Lowest
190 ft 60 m
on the southwest side
Highest
730 ft 225 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
500 ft 150 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Three Lakes spans about 540 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
520 ft155 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
730 ft225 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
190 ft60 m
Town center
USGS map point for Three Lakes
480 ft150 m
Airport (PAE)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi west of the CDP boundary
607 ft185 m
Average of all land500 ft150 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Three Lakes, Washington, shaded from 190 ft on the southwest side to 730 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Snohomish County, Washington, United States
Population
3,941 2020 Census
Land area
11.7 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
338 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.9448° N, 122.0115° 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
98290
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lake Roesiger610 ft
  2. Three Lakes520 ft
  3. Cavalero370 ft
  4. Chain Lake370 ft
  5. Lake Stevens310 ft
  6. Monroe North290 ft
  7. Bunk Foss280 ft
  8. Machias190 ft
  9. Fobes Hill150 ft
  10. Snohomish120 ft
  11. Monroe63 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Pilchuck5,300 ft
  • Mount Stickney5,280 ft
  • Green Mountain, Snohomish County4,450 ft
  • Olo Mountain3,490 ft
  • Blue Mountain, Snohomish County3,030 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Three Lakes is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.