Elevation of Sarchí Norte, Alajuela, Costa Rica

Sarchí Norte, Alajuela, Costa Rica is 949 m (3,114 ft) above sea level.

Sarchí Norte's height from sea level is 949 metres, or 3,114 feet. GeoNames reads 973 m at the same point (SRTM).

Ground within 5 km

798 m – 1,335 m

Mean 1,035 m across the 10.1 km square centred on the town, 537 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

17th of 43

among the towns of Alajuela, and 104th of 199 in Costa Rica.

Nearest town

1.4 km to the SE, at 975 m, 26 m higher.

Cross-section through Sarchí Norte

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.5 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Sarchí Norte; the vertical scale is the same on both.

2,210361WE28.5 km
West to east: from 1,077 m at 14 km west to 1,193 m at 14 km east.
2,210361NS28.5 km
North to south: from 2,082 m at 14 km north to 489 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 60 km around Sarchí Norte, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid
Relief, 60 km across, north up; the ring marks the town.

Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.

Towns near Sarchí Norte

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Sarchí Sur 1.4 kmSE 975 m (3,199 ft) +26 m
San Juan 3.5 kmE 1,078 m (3,537 ft) +129 m
Naranjo 3.7 kmW 1,053 m (3,455 ft) +104 m
Grecia 4.8 kmSE 992 m (3,255 ft) +43 m
Esquipulas 8.2 kmW 1,002 m (3,287 ft) +53 m

Peaks and passes near Sarchí Norte

Summit heights from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), within 25 km; only summits higher than the town are listed.

Where Sarchí Norte is

Latitude 10.091248, longitude -84.350441. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Sarchí Norte elevation: 949 m (3,114 ft) above sea level

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About this reading

The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Sarchí Norte's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. GeoNames' reading of 973 m comes from a finer 90 m SRTM grid at the point it records for the town, which may sit a few hundred metres from ours; the two agreeing to within a few metres is the usual case on flat ground, and a larger gap means the ground is steep.