Elevation of Toledo
611ft
above sea level · 186 m
Toledo is a city in Ohio with 263,423 people, the 4th most populous in the state. Of the 91 US cities with more than 250,000 people, it’s the 41st highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 41.66° N · 83.56° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 39′ 50″ N · 83° 33′ 19″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 17T · 287,265 E · 4,615,619 N
- Zone 17 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Eastern Time
- UTC−5 · UTC−4 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 263,423 people
- 80.5 sq mi of land · 3,273 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from March 2016: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Toledo had 263,423 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 2.8% fewer than in April 2020, when it had 270,881. Its 80.5 sq mi of land work out to 3,273 people/sq mi; the state average is 291 people/sq mi.
It’s the 4th most populous of the 1,265 places the Census counts in Ohio (cities, towns and CDPs), after Columbus (938,396), and holds 2.2% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Lucas County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 1.4 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with other big cities
Toledo sits at 611 ft (186 m) above sea level. Of the 91 US cities with more than 250,000 people, the highest is Colorado Springs (6,009 ft) and the lowest is New Orleans (0 ft). The average is 858 ft: Toledo is 247 ft below it.
The state capital, Columbus, is 121 mi away in a straight line and 169 ft higher than Toledo.
Of the 4 cities in Ohio with a page, Toledo is the 2nd lowest. The others are Columbus (780 ft), Cleveland (654 ft), and Cincinnati (552 ft).
The highest point in Ohio is Campbell Hill, at 1,550 ft according to the USGS: 939 ft above Toledo, 90 mi away in a straight line.
- 41 Toledo 611 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Toledo.
What is the elevation of Toledo?
Toledo is 611 feet (186 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 Toledo?
Latitude 41.66394 and longitude -83.55521, in decimal degrees (41° 39′ 50″ N · 83° 33′ 19″ W). In UTM, zone 17: 287,265 E and 4,615,619 N, on NAD83.
How does Toledo rank among the highest big cities?
It’s the 41st highest of the 91 US cities with more than 250,000 people. The highest is Colorado Springs (6,009 ft) and the lowest is New Orleans (0 ft).
What county is Toledo in?
Lucas County, Ohio.
Which is higher, Toledo or Columbus?
Columbus. Toledo sits at 611 ft and Columbus at 780 ft: a difference of 169 ft, 121 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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