Elevation of Juneau
34ft
above sea level · 10 m
Juneau is the capital of Alaska. Of the 50 state capitals, it’s the 5th lowest. The state’s largest city is Anchorage.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 58.30° N · 134.42° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 58° 18′ 7″ N · 134° 25′ 11″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 8V · 534,010 E · 6,462,474 N
- Zone 8 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Alaska Time
- UTC−9 · UTC−8 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 31,609 people
- 2,703 sq mi of land · 12 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 3 m grid
- Data from December 2013: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Juneau had 31,609 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 2.0% fewer than in April 2020, when it had 32,255. Its 2,703 sq mi of land work out to 12 people/sq mi; the state average is 1.3 people/sq mi.
It’s the 2nd most populous of the 355 places the Census counts in Alaska (cities, towns and CDPs), after Anchorage (287,155), and holds 4.3% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Juneau City and Borough. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 10 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with other state capitals
Juneau sits at 34 ft (10 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: Juneau is 1,064 ft below it.
The highest point in Alaska is Denali, at 20,310 ft according to the USGS: 20,276 ft above Juneau, 648 mi away in a straight line.
- 46 Juneau 34 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Juneau.
What is the elevation of Juneau?
Juneau is 34 feet (10 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 Juneau?
Latitude 58.30194 and longitude -134.41972, in decimal degrees (58° 18′ 7″ N · 134° 25′ 11″ W). In UTM, zone 8: 534,010 E and 6,462,474 N, on NAD83.
How does Juneau rank among the highest state capitals?
It’s the 5th lowest of the 50 state capitals. The highest is Santa Fe (6,997 ft) and the lowest is Providence (9 ft).
What county is Juneau in?
Juneau City and Borough, Alaska.
Which is higher, Juneau or Anchorage?
Anchorage. Juneau sits at 34 ft and Anchorage at 104 ft: a difference of 70 ft, 573 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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