Paint Rock, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Paint Rock, Alabama, shaded from 580 ft on the east side to 1,130 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,130 ft 345 m990 ft 300 m920 ft 280 m790 ft 240 m650 ft 200 m580 ft 180 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
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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

Paint Rock 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: 600–710 ft
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the east side
Highest
1,130 ft 345 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
690 ft 210 m
all land inside town limits

Paint Rock spans about 550 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 west edge, below higher ground just outside
1,130 ft345 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the east side
580 ft175 m
Town center
USGS map point for Paint Rock
610 ft185 m
Average of all land690 ft210 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Paint Rock, Alabama, shaded from 580 ft on the east side to 1,130 ft on the west 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
181 2024 est.
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
410 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.6606° N, 86.3289° 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
35764
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Skyline1,590 ft
  2. Pleasant Groves1,530 ft
  3. Grant1,220 ft
  4. Moores Mill760 ft
  5. Huntsville660 ft
  6. Gurley650 ft
  7. Langston630 ft
  8. Paint Rock630 ft
  9. Woodville610 ft
  10. New Hope590 ft
  11. Owens Cross Roads590 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Keel Mountain1,590 ft
  • Candlestand1,520 ft
  • Splitrock Mountain1,500 ft
  • Gurley Mountain, Madison County1,150 ft
  • Evans Mountain860 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.