Elevation of Bellevue
86ft
above sea level · 26 m
Bellevue is a city in Washington with 154,193 people, the 5th most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 67th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 47.61° N · 122.20° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 47° 36′ 37″ N · 122° 12′ 2″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 10T · 560,073 E · 5,273,306 N
- Zone 10 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Pacific Time
- UTC−8 · UTC−7 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 154,193 people
- 33.5 sq mi of land · 4,606 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from June 2021: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Bellevue had 154,193 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 1.5% more than in April 2020, when it had 151,866. Its 33.5 sq mi of land work out to 4,606 people/sq mi; the state average is 120 people/sq mi.
It’s the 5th most populous of the 639 places the Census counts in Washington (cities, towns and CDPs), after Seattle (784,777), and holds 1.9% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within King County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 2.2 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Bellevue sits at 86 ft (26 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: Bellevue is 776 ft below it.
The state capital, Olympia, is 51 mi away in a straight line and 10 ft higher than Bellevue.
The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is Seattle, 6.1 mi away in a straight line and 87 ft higher.
Of the 10 cities in Washington with a page, Bellevue is the 4th lowest: the highest is Spokane Valley (2,013 ft) and the lowest is Kent (43 ft).
The highest point in Washington is Mount Rainier, at 14,411 ft according to the USGS: 14,325 ft above Bellevue, 56 mi away in a straight line.
- 182 Bellevue 86 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Bellevue.
What is the elevation of Bellevue?
Bellevue is 86 feet (26 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 Bellevue?
Latitude 47.61038 and longitude -122.20068, in decimal degrees (47° 36′ 37″ N · 122° 12′ 2″ W). In UTM, zone 10: 560,073 E and 5,273,306 N, on NAD83.
How does Bellevue rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 67th 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 Bellevue in?
King County, Washington.
Which is higher, Bellevue or Olympia?
Olympia. Bellevue sits at 86 ft and Olympia at 96 ft: a difference of 10 ft, 51 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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