What's the elevation change in your city?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I live near Albuquerque NM USA and according to http://www.city-data.com/ our elevation is 4955 feet. However, the city limits extend into the foothills of the Sandia Mountains so the highest point is over 6000 feet (my limited search didn’t produce a firm number).

I’m sure there are cities with more elevation change. I thought about wording this differently and putting it in GQ but I thought it would be more fun this way (and I’m too lazy to keep looking for a firm number for our highest point).

So, can anyone beat 1000+ feet? How varied is the terrain where you live?

Mods, if this is better suited to a different forum, please move it.

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My town? Elevation range is 0-59 ft. Your record is safe from me!

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Washington, DC.

Low point: sea level.

High point: 410 ft.

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Where are you getting the figures for highest elevation?

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The city of Los Angeles, California. Portions of it are technically at or below sea level. The highest point in the city is 5,074 ft (1,547 m) Mount Lukens, located at the northeastern end of the San Fernando Valley.

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I googled “washington dc highest elevation” and checked a couple of different sites. They all agreed, so that was the figure I went with.

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That’s going to be hard to beat. I hope people will keep posting, though!

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Your google-fu is awesome (at least compared to mine :smack: )

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“Elevations range from a little over 500 feet (150 m) near the river to more than 720 feet (220 m) in northern parts of the city” - why yes, I live in central Indiana, how could you tell? :smiley:

In fact, I’m so much of a flatlander that my ears pop when heading down one of the main roads that runs from a bluff overlooking the river down to nearly river-level.

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I don’t live in a town, but the elevation of my farm ranges from 577 ft above sea level to 644 feet above sea level.

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401 feet. From only a few feet above sea level to the top of a minor mountain (or major hill).

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My city (St. Louis, Missouri) isn’t that impressive, ranging from 385 to 614 feet, according to the USGS which also shows a lot of other cities (I don’t actually live in the city itself but in a suburb on the south side; this page says I live at 541 feet when I use my actual address; my neighborhood is pretty hilly though).

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0-330 feet, but I have no idea where that hill is.

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That’s what I did, but for my town. Wikipedia was surprisingly helpful, even for our tiny town.

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According to Wikipedia, Albuquerque’s highest point in the foothills is “over 6700 feet” so I’m going with an elevation change of 1800 feet. More than I thought!

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I’m guessing about 100 feet, maybe. I’m talking Portland, ME (though I live across the bridge in South Portland). Highest point in the city is the Munjoy Hill lighthouse, which is right on the east end, maybe a quarter mile from the shore – and the hill ain’t all that steep.

Shit, now I’m curious how off I am. To Wikipedia!
Edit: of by 38 feet. High point: 62 feet.

P.S. Edit: South Portland high point: 23 feet. I’m low.

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Here in Chicago the low point is 577 ft and the high point is 735 ft (an artificial high point, as that is a landfill on the south side).

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Little Rock is 335 ft above sea level

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Mo’ili’ili in Paradise, average 9’ above sea level.

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In Manhattan, we go from sea level to 265 feet. It’s easy to forget about the high points if you’re a typical Manhattanite and rarely go above Central Park; the rest of the island has been thoroughly evened out.