Whitman County, WA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,010 ft 1,220 m3,140 ft 960 m2,710 ft 825 m1,840 ft 560 m970 ft 295 m540 ft 165 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
Whitman County averages about 2,090 ft (640 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 540 ft on the southwest side to 4,010 ft on Tekoa Mountain.
Average elevation
2,090 ft 640 m
all land inside the county
Highest
4,010 ft 1,220 m
on Tekoa Mountain
Lowest
540 ft 165 m
on the southwest side
Whitman County spans about 3,470 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 | 2,090 ft640 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Tekoa Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 4,010 ft1,220 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the southwest side | 540 ft165 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
58 mi south to north through Pullman.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Washington, United States
- Population
- 48,399 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2,159.3 sq mi + 18.6 sq mi water
- Density
- 22 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Columbia Plateau
- Drains to
- Pacific Ocean 96%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Benewah County, ID3,140 ft
- Latah County, ID2,950 ft
- Columbia County2,830 ft
- Asotin County2,810 ft
- Garfield County2,750 ft
- Nez Perce County, ID2,590 ft
- Spokane County2,390 ft
- Lincoln County2,160 ft
- Whitman County2,090 ft
- Adams County1,570 ft
- Franklin County950 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Washington20th highest of 39
- Counties in the United States591st highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Tekoa Mountain4,010 ft
- Kamiak Butte3,645 ft
- Steptoe Butte3,616 ft
- Bald Butte, Whitman County3,447 ft
- Ladow Butte3,300 ft
All 17 towns in Whitman County by typical elevation
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.
- 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.