am around 0 feet. maybe 2 to 10 feet above. I live in Rotterdam and the water of the river (which a few kilometers further ends up in the north sea) sometimes comes up to 1 feet under the docks.
Posted by Jaap on February 6, 2007 at 5:12 PMRight now I am at around 5000. My hometown is 3000 and the place where I now reside is about 4000.
I don't know what method to give for this except for remembering what I've read and heard.
Posted by Destini on January 5, 2007 at 10:33 PMFeet? I've been trying to figure that out. I'm about two thirds of a large tree up above sea level. That tree sits just above high tide where it presents itself as a REALLY BIG TREE. However, from my porch, it doesn't seem so impressive at all. So I am at that hight above sea level at which REALLY BIG TREES have only the thin, skinny bit showing. I know that if I could walk out a hundred feet or so and shoot the angle to the top of the tree, I could figure out just how tall the tree was, and by extension, how high above sea leavel I am right now. However, to do that I'd need to walk out over the surface of the sea, and if I could do that, I'd probably already know how tall the tree was (along with everything else) - if I went in for that kind of thing.
Posted by Timothy Cahill on October 31, 2006 at 3:34 AM300
Posted by Anita schneider on October 23, 2006 at 3:01 PMAt work, about 2,250 feet above Sea Level. At home I would guess about 100' higher
Posted by Chris on August 17, 2006 at 3:51 AMCheck the telephone poles in your neighborhood. (USA) One of them will have an elevation mark and height posted. My property is 25' above mean sea level however we were flooded 3' deep by hurricane Katrina. A bit more technical way is to go to http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/, then A) click on datasheets; B) click datasheets on this page; C) click county; D) select state of choice; E) select county, click and get a list of stations in that county ; F) find one nearest to your site; G) Try to figure out what you get next; H) Go back to looking at telephone poles.
Posted by Bryan Ladnier on August 16, 2006 at 4:26 AMAbout 150 feet above sea level. Known because I look at maps.
Posted by Christopher Swan on July 20, 2006 at 3:26 PM4 meters
Posted by gabrielsilva on July 18, 2006 at 5:17 PM641 Sq. Mi. Lake Pontchatrain is 3' above sea level and we are 2 feet below that. That Gives Metairie, La. 70003 an average of 1" above Sea Level.
Posted by Bobby on July 13, 2006 at 2:37 PMCheck the nearest airport information or aeronavigational information / maps, or ask a pilot. You have to set the pressure altitude each time taking off, so knowing the exact height is crucial to any airplane.
Posted by Jüri Kaljundi on July 13, 2006 at 8:54 AMI would use an elevation map for this question, however, I personally know my home is located at approximately 4,537 above sea level because we recently had a survey completed of our land.
Posted by Lynne on July 12, 2006 at 11:58 PMThis information is located on a state map of Montana that is available free in many locations or for a minimal fee from local convenience stores. Helena is at 4157 feet above sea level. While Montana is on the northern tier, geographically for the United States, it is not very high compared to states to the south (Wyoming and Colorado). Nonetheless, we have no places in Montana that are below or at sea level.
Posted by Bobbie on July 12, 2006 at 11:22 PM420' (+/-) according to my Handheld GPS
Posted by George Locke on July 12, 2006 at 6:48 PMI'm at -1 actually (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiden)
Posted by Mirthe on July 12, 2006 at 12:27 PM5280.
I live in the Mile High City of Denver, CO.
Not much. Maybe 100m.
I have near visual access to the ocean. If you're landlocked, I'm sorry to say I don't have any good suggestions that don't involve the Internet. If you live in a town, many "welcome to such and such" signs state the elevation. Maybe you could measure gravity precisely and reverse engineer that to get the elevation (since gravity changes slightly with elevation), or maybe air pressure could give a rough indication. No idea. I give up.
(And I was wrong. Google Earth reports ~32m. Vancouver's GIS system agrees.)
Posted by David Zeibin on July 12, 2006 at 4:23 AMI'm gonna estimate 30 for back bay boston where my office is--the fens are right at sea level and we're filled up slightly above; has to be enough for the two stories of underground garage the hancock building has, but it can't be much more. If you want you could add 91 to that to account for my 7th floor office.
Posted by jack phelps on July 12, 2006 at 1:10 AMThe lowest point in Michigan is 572 feet above sea level where Michigan meets Lake Erie
Posted by David M. on May 5, 2006 at 2:54 AMThere's the town and then there's "us." I think the town says that they're about 80 ft., but we're above that (guestimating 75 ft.).
I think I can get that information from various places.
There are road signs, like "Welcome to Our Town, Population ___, Elevation ___ ft."
The local newspapers. The local farm bureau. The local library. GPS units that include altitude measurements.
Posted by Jane on February 18, 2006 at 8:51 PMhmmm. don't know exactly without looking it up but I think around 500-600 ft.
The small nook-valley I camp in is at 600+
980 ft. St. Louis Park, suburb of Minneapolis, MN. Former pilot and this info required to set altimeter before takeoff or at least it was when I was flying.
Posted by Bill Kellett on December 17, 2005 at 5:48 PMAround 1240' in Becket according to the USGS map for East Lee, MA
Posted by Douglas Reveley on December 17, 2005 at 2:18 AMI don't think the "250 miles" is correct. I'm pretty sure 250 "feet" was meant.
I often drive by the mile high marker in the center of Albuquerque, NM, which is 5,280 feet. Living at the base of our mountains, which peak at 10,678 feet, my house is at 6,050 feet. Albuquerque's elevation is fairly equivalent to Denver's. But Santa Fe, about 70 miles northwest of us, is the highest State Capital in the US at 6,348 feet.
Posted by T.R. Watson on October 17, 2005 at 8:42 PMCath Perry has been posting the most succinct and helpful anwers to these questions, so I was really hoping that Google (City+sea level) would work, but it did not. Google Earth + TopoZone looks promising. Of course, Google should just add the topo, which I suspect it will soon.
Posted by Kevin Kelly on October 3, 2005 at 5:56 PM480'
topozone.com
USGS topological maps
Posted by John S. Quarterman on September 18, 2005 at 4:45 AMI think it's about 250 miles. Not sure why.
Posted by path on September 15, 2005 at 1:39 AM1. Use an atlas
2. Google search (City name)+sea level
3. Wikipedia your city name
4. Local meteorological sire on the web
5. Ring the local council and ask about flood maps and your area's height
I'd say 100. Lemme check: 110.
Mighty pain in the ass. In Bayonne, we were effectively sea level so this was easy to figure.
I found it exactly through a combo of Google Earth for long/lat coordinates to my exact house, then a trip to TopoZone to show height. I know how to read a topo map, so 110. Surprising.
I just had a gut feel on the 100. Can't explain how I knew, I just knew.
Posted by Christopher Wanko on September 12, 2005 at 7:44 PM
Ask a pilot. I would suggest everyone to go to their local air field or airport and find a pilot. I am sure he or she would be glad to tell you your elevation and even explain how it was arrived at. You may even talk them or get talked into taking a plane ride to see your home, surrounding topographical areas and maybe get a birds-eye view of this wonderous planet we live on. I fly commerically alot(25yrs) and am still glued to a window every flight.
Posted by Norman Smith on February 19, 2007 at 1:09 AM