Langston, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Langston, Alabama, shaded from 590 ft on the west side to 950 ft on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
950 ft 290 m860 ft 260 m810 ft 250 m730 ft 220 m640 ft 195 m590 ft 180 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Langston sits at about 630 ft (190 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
630 ft 190 m
most residents: 610–710 ft
Lowest
590 ft 180 m
on the west side
Highest
950 ft 290 m
on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
640 ft 195 m
all land inside town limits

Langston spans about 360 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
630 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
950 ft290 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
590 ft180 m
Town center
USGS map point for Langston
620 ft190 m
Average of all land640 ft195 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Langston, Alabama, shaded from 590 ft on the west side to 950 ft on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States
Population
272 2024 est.
Land area
4.9 sq mi + 3.3 sq mi water
Density
55 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.5390° N, 86.0744° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
35755
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Dutton1,360 ft
  2. Section1,320 ft
  3. Rainsville1,270 ft
  4. Fyffe1,250 ft
  5. Shiloh1,250 ft
  6. Powell1,250 ft
  7. Grant1,220 ft
  8. Lakeview1,150 ft
  9. Langston630 ft
  10. Scottsboro630 ft
  11. Woodville610 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Dugger Mountain2,130 ft
  • Morton Hill2,070 ft
  • Gunters Mountain1,380 ft
  • Godwin Point1,240 ft
  • Hilley Point1,170 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.