Elevation of Montgomery
238ft
above sea level · 73 m
Montgomery is the capital of Alabama. Of the 50 state capitals, it’s the 17th lowest. The state’s largest city is Huntsville.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 32.37° N · 86.30° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 32° 22′ 0″ N · 86° 18′ 0″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 16S · 565,858 E · 3,581,310 N
- Zone 16 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Central Time
- UTC−6 · UTC−5 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 195,300 people
- 160 sq mi of land · 1,222 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from January 2021: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Montgomery had 195,300 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 2.6% fewer than in April 2020, when it had 200,580. Its 160 sq mi of land work out to 1,222 people/sq mi; the state average is 103 people/sq mi.
It’s the 4th most populous of the 593 places the Census counts in Alabama (cities, towns and CDPs), after Huntsville (233,627), and holds 3.8% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Montgomery County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 2.3 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with other state capitals
Montgomery sits at 238 ft (73 m) above sea level. Of the 50 state capitals, the highest is Santa Fe (6,997 ft) and the lowest is Providence (9 ft). The average is 1,098 ft: Montgomery is 860 ft below it.
The highest point in Alabama is Cheaha Mountain, at 2,407 ft according to the USGS: 2,169 ft above Montgomery, 82 mi away in a straight line.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Montgomery.
What is the elevation of Montgomery?
Montgomery is 238 feet (73 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.
What are the coordinates of Montgomery?
Latitude 32.36681 and longitude -86.29997, in decimal degrees (32° 22′ 0″ N · 86° 18′ 0″ W). In UTM, zone 16: 565,858 E and 3,581,310 N, on NAD83.
How does Montgomery rank among the highest state capitals?
It’s the 17th lowest of the 50 state capitals. The highest is Santa Fe (6,997 ft) and the lowest is Providence (9 ft).
What county is Montgomery in?
Montgomery County, Alabama.
Which is higher, Montgomery or Atlanta?
Atlanta. Montgomery sits at 238 ft and Atlanta at 1,050 ft: a difference of 812 ft, 146 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.
Sources
- USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
- USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
- TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
- timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
- Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).
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