Elevation of Grecia, Alajuela, Costa Rica

Grecia, Alajuela, Costa Rica is 992 m (3,255 ft) above sea level.

Grecia's height from sea level is 992 metres, or 3,255 feet. GeoNames reads 1,003 m at the same point (SRTM).

Ground within 5 km

738 m – 1,267 m

Mean 961 m across the 10.1 km square centred on the town, 529 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

15th of 43

among the towns of Alajuela, and 101st of 199 in Costa Rica.

Nearest town

3.2 km to the N, at 1,078 m, 86 m higher.

Cross-section through Grecia

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 Grecia; the vertical scale is the same on both.

2,088490WE28.5 km
West to east: from 1,029 m at 14 km west to 1,282 m at 14 km east.
2,088490NS28.5 km
North to south: from 1,812 m at 14 km north to 609 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 60 km around Grecia, 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 Grecia

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
San Juan 3.2 kmN 1,078 m (3,537 ft) +86 m
Sarchí Sur 3.4 kmNW 975 m (3,199 ft) −17 m
Sarchí Norte 4.8 kmNW 949 m (3,114 ft) −43 m
Carrillos 6.4 kmSE 904 m (2,966 ft) −88 m
San Pedro 7.1 kmE 1,112 m (3,648 ft) +120 m

Peaks and passes near Grecia

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

Where Grecia is

Latitude 10.0722222, longitude -84.3111111. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Grecia elevation: 992 m (3,255 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 Grecia'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 1,003 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.