Yakima County, WA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Yakima County, Washington, shaded from 410 ft on the east side to 12,281 ft on Mount Adams
Elevation
12,280 ft 3,745 m9,310 ft 2,840 m7,830 ft 2,385 m4,860 ft 1,480 m1,890 ft 575 m410 ft 125 m
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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
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County area
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Elevation Data

Yakima County averages about 2,840 ft (865 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 410 ft on the east side to 12,281 ft on Mount Adams.

Average elevation
2,840 ft 865 m
all land inside the county
Highest
12,281 ft 3,743 m
on Mount Adams
Lowest
410 ft 125 m
on the east side

Yakima County spans about 11,870 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land2,840 ft865 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Adams (NGS survey height)
12,281 ft3,743 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
410 ft125 m

Elevation profile, west to east

73 mi west to east through Yakima.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Yakima County, Washington, shaded from 410 ft on the east side to 12,281 ft on Mount Adams
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 1,000 ft (305 m).
Location
County in Washington, United States
Population
258,523 2024 est.
Land area
4,294.5 sq mi + 15.9 sq mi water
Density
60 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform regions
Columbia Plateau 55%, Cascade-sierra Mountains 45%
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Kittitas County3,180 ft
  2. Skamania County2,900 ft
  3. Yakima County2,840 ft
  4. Pierce County2,220 ft
  5. Klickitat County2,070 ft
  6. Lewis County1,920 ft
  7. King County1,840 ft
  8. Grant County1,390 ft
  9. Benton County990 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Adams12,281 ft
  • Gilbert Peak8,180 ft
  • Mount Aix7,730 ft
  • Darland Mountain6,979 ft
  • Norse Peak6,860 ft
All 28 towns in Yakima County by typical elevation
  1. Cliffdell2,300 ft
  2. Tampico2,280 ft
  3. Nile2,010 ft
  4. Tieton1,950 ft
  5. Cowiche1,740 ft
  6. Naches1,470 ft
  7. Summitview1,440 ft
  8. Eschbach1,290 ft
  9. Gleed1,240 ft
  10. Ahtanum1,220 ft
  11. Selah1,220 ft
  12. Terrace Heights1,170 ft
  13. Yakima1,110 ft
  14. Moxee1,070 ft
  15. Union Gap990 ft
  16. White Swan970 ft
  17. Parker930 ft
  18. Donald870 ft
  19. Wapato850 ft
  20. Harrah830 ft
  21. Zillah830 ft
  22. Grandview810 ft
  23. Buena790 ft
  24. Outlook780 ft
  25. Toppenish760 ft
  26. Sunnyside750 ft
  27. Granger740 ft
  28. Mabton720 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.
  • 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.