Talladega County, AL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Talladega County, Alabama, shaded from 280 ft on the southwest side to 1,924 ft on Horn Mountain
Elevation
1,920 ft 585 m1,510 ft 460 m1,310 ft 400 m890 ft 270 m480 ft 145 m280 ft 85 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Talladega County averages about 620 ft (190 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 280 ft on the southwest side to 1,924 ft on Horn Mountain.

Average elevation
620 ft 190 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,924 ft 587 m
on Horn Mountain
Lowest
280 ft 85 m
on the southwest side

Talladega County spans about 1,640 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land620 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Horn Mountain (NGS survey height)
1,924 ft587 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
280 ft85 m

Elevation profile, west to east

23 mi west to east through Talladega.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Talladega County, Alabama, shaded from 280 ft on the southwest side to 1,924 ft on Horn Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Alabama, United States
Population
81,375 2024 est.
Land area
736.8 sq mi + 23.5 sq mi water
Density
110 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Piedmont 51%, Valley and Ridge 49%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Cleburne County1,060 ft
  2. Clay County1,010 ft
  3. Calhoun County750 ft
  4. St. Clair County690 ft
  5. Coosa County640 ft
  6. Talladega County620 ft
  7. Shelby County560 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Horn Mountain1,924 ft
  • The Pinnacle1,650 ft
  • Flagpole Mountain, Talladega County1,557 ft
  • Renfroe Mountain1,300 ft
  • Kahatchee Mountain1,300 ft
All 12 towns in Talladega County by typical elevation
  1. Waldo740 ft
  2. Oxford partly640 ft
  3. Munford630 ft
  4. Talladega590 ft
  5. Sylacauga560 ft
  6. Oak Grove560 ft
  7. Mignon520 ft
  8. Lincoln520 ft
  9. Talladega Springs490 ft
  10. Fayetteville440 ft
  11. Childersburg430 ft
  12. Bon Air430 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 260 ft at 33.1543° N, 86.2899° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.