Elevation of Fort Myers
11ft
above sea level · 3 m
Fort Myers is a city in Florida with 101,581 people, the 29th most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 15th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 26.64° N · 81.87° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 26° 38′ 26″ N · 81° 52′ 20″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 17R · 413,178 E · 2,946,929 N
- Zone 17 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Eastern Time
- UTC−5 · UTC−4 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 101,581 people
- 40.1 sq mi of land · 2,534 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from September 2018: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Fort Myers had 101,581 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 18% more than in April 2020, when it had 86,424. Its 40.1 sq mi of land work out to 2,534 people/sq mi; the state average is 437 people/sq mi.
It’s the 29th most populous of the 956 places the Census counts in Florida (cities, towns and CDPs), after Jacksonville (1,017,689), and holds 0.4% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Lee County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 3.0 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Fort Myers sits at 11 ft (3 m) above sea level. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, the highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft). The average is 862 ft: Fort Myers is 851 ft below it.
The state capital, Tallahassee, is 300 mi away in a straight line and 193 ft higher than Fort Myers.
The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is St. Petersburg, 93 mi away in a straight line and 31 ft higher.
Of the 26 cities in Florida with a page, Fort Myers is the 11th lowest: the highest is Tallahassee (204 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).
The highest point in Florida is Britton Hill, at 345 ft according to the USGS: 334 ft above Fort Myers, 402 mi away in a straight line.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Fort Myers.
What is the elevation of Fort Myers?
Fort Myers is 11 feet (3 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 Fort Myers?
Latitude 26.64063 and longitude -81.87231, in decimal degrees (26° 38′ 26″ N · 81° 52′ 20″ W). In UTM, zone 17: 413,178 E and 2,946,929 N, on NAD83.
How does Fort Myers rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 15th lowest of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people. The highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).
What county is Fort Myers in?
Lee County, Florida.
Which is higher, Fort Myers or Tallahassee?
Tallahassee. Fort Myers sits at 11 ft and Tallahassee at 204 ft: a difference of 193 ft, 300 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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