How do I find the elevation of an address or property?

Type the address and click Get elevation. The value is the ground height at that point from a 90 metre elevation grid, so treat it as the height of the area around the building rather than a surveyed floor level.

How accurate is the elevation?

On open, gently sloping ground the value is usually within a few metres. Errors grow on steep slopes and cliffs, where a 90 metre grid cell covers big height changes, and in forests or dense city centres, where the surface model includes trees and buildings.

Why does my phone or GPS watch show a different altitude?

GPS measures height less precisely than horizontal position, and barometric altimeters drift as the air pressure changes. Some devices also report height above the GPS ellipsoid instead of sea level. This tool reads a fixed terrain model, so its value does not change with the weather.

How do I see the elevation profile of a route?

Switch to the Elevation profile tab and click points along the route on the map. The chart shows elevation against distance, with the highest and lowest points and the total ascent and descent. Add points at each bend, because the profile follows straight lines between your points.

What does elevation above sea level mean?

It is the height of a point above mean sea level, the average level of the oceans extended under the land. Mont Blanc reads about 4,792 m in this model, while the Dead Sea shore reads about -427 m.

Is the elevation finder free?

Yes, with no signup and no location data stored. Coordinates are used only to look up the elevation and nearest address for your point or path.

Elevation Finder: Height Above Sea Level for Any Location

Use your current location, search an address, or click the map to see the elevation above sea level in metres and feet. Switch to Elevation profile to chart the climb and descent along a path.

Address or place

Or click the map, or drag the pin to fine-tune.

How to find the elevation of your location

Click Use my location and allow location access, and the tool shows the height above sea level where you are, in metres and feet. For another place, type an address or place name and click Get elevation, or click the spot on the map. Drag the pin to fine-tune the point. Each result also shows the nearest address and the coordinates, so you can copy them. To see how the ground rises and falls along a path, switch to the Elevation profile tab.

Where the elevation data comes from

Elevations come from the Copernicus GLO-90 digital elevation model, built from TanDEM-X radar satellite data on a grid of about 90 metres. Heights are measured from mean sea level, not from the GPS ellipsoid, and are rounded to the nearest metre. Because the model records the surface, dense forest and large buildings can raise a value above bare ground. Over open sea the value is 0, and places below sea level return negative values: the Dead Sea shore reads about -427 m.

How point and profile lookups work

In Point mode an address is first converted to coordinates with the MapAtlas Geocoding API. The tool then reads the elevation at that coordinate and converts it to feet by multiplying by 3.28084. In Elevation profile mode, click points A, B, C on the map. The tool splits the straight lines between them into 96 equal steps, reads the elevation at each step and charts height against distance. Total ascent adds up every rise between steps and total descent every drop, so short bumps on a long path are smoothed out.

When elevation matters

Check whether a house sits low compared with a nearby river before you buy, as a first look rather than a flood assessment. Plan the climb on a hike or bike ride with the profile, and compare two routes by total ascent. Set a safe drone altitude over hilly ground. Adjust a recipe for high altitude, where water boils about 1°C lower for every 300 metres. Place an antenna, weather station or solar array on the highest part of a site.

Elevation reference points

Famous altitude reference points around the world. Paste any coordinate into the tool to verify.

Resolved location	Coordinates	Elevation (metric)
Mount Everest summit, Nepal	27.9881, 86.9250	8,849 m
K2 summit, Pakistan-China border	35.8825, 76.5133	8,611 m
Mont Blanc summit, France-Italy	45.8326, 6.8652	4,808 m
Kilimanjaro summit, Tanzania	-3.0674, 37.3556	5,895 m
Dead Sea surface, Jordan-Israel	31.5590, 35.4732	-431 m
Mariana Trench (Challenger Deep)	11.3733, 142.5917	-10,994 m

Frequently asked questions

Click Use my location and allow location access. The tool finds your position and shows the elevation above sea level in metres and feet, with the nearest address. On a phone it works the same way.

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