Georgia Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Georgia, shaded from sea level on the Atlantic Ocean to 4,780 ft on Brasstown Bald
Elevation
4,780 ft 1,455 m3,580 ft 1,090 m2,990 ft 910 m1,790 ft 545 m600 ft 180 m0 ft 0 m
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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.
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Elevation Data

Georgia averages about 510 ft (155 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Atlantic Ocean to 4,780 ft on Brasstown Bald.

Average elevation
510 ft 155 m
all land in Georgia
Highest
4,780 ft 1,455 m
on Brasstown Bald
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Atlantic Ocean

Georgia spans about 4,780 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.

Under 1% of Georgia's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and under 1% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land510 ft155 m
Highest point
In Georgia, on Brasstown Bald (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
4,780 ft1,455 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Atlantic Ocean
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, south to north

297 mi south to north through Atlanta.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Georgia, shaded from sea level on the Atlantic Ocean to 4,780 ft on Brasstown Bald
State boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
State in the South Atlantic division of the South region, United States
Population
11,180,878 2024 est.
Land area
57,717.6 sq mi + 1,705.4 sq mi water
Density
194 per sq mi
Counties
151
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Coastal Plain 61%, Piedmont 30%
Drains to
Gulf of America 54%, Atlantic Ocean 46%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring states sharing a border, by average

  1. Tennessee950 ft
  2. North Carolina770 ft
  3. Georgia510 ft
  4. Alabama460 ft
  5. South Carolina330 ft
  6. Florida63 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • States in the United States41st highest of 52

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Brasstown Bald4,780 ft
  • Blood Mountain4,459 ft
  • Tray Mountain4,400 ft
  • Cowpen Mountain4,151 ft
  • Big Bald Mountain4,080 ft
All 151 counties by average elevation
  1. Towns County2,570 ft
  2. Union County2,370 ft
  3. Rabun County2,310 ft
  4. Fannin County2,120 ft
  5. Gilmer County1,830 ft
  6. White County1,780 ft
  7. Lumpkin County1,680 ft
  8. Habersham County1,540 ft
  9. Dawson County1,500 ft
  10. Pickens County1,410 ft
  11. Dade County1,290 ft
  12. Haralson County1,160 ft
  13. Forsyth County1,150 ft
  14. Hall County1,140 ft
  15. Murray County1,090 ft
  16. Walker County1,090 ft
  17. Cherokee County1,080 ft
  18. Carroll County1,070 ft
  19. Paulding County1,040 ft
  20. Douglas County1,000 ft
  21. Cobb County1,000 ft
  22. Gwinnett County990 ft
  23. Fulton County940 ft
  24. DeKalb County920 ft
  25. Stephens County920 ft
  26. Polk County920 ft
  27. Clayton County880 ft
  28. Chattooga County880 ft
  29. Banks County870 ft
  30. Barrow County870 ft
  31. Fayette County860 ft
  32. Bartow County850 ft
  33. Catoosa County850 ft
  34. Whitfield County850 ft
  35. Heard County840 ft
  36. Coweta County840 ft
  37. Meriwether County820 ft
  38. Spalding County810 ft
  39. Jackson County810 ft
  40. Walton County810 ft
  41. Pike County810 ft
  42. Rockdale County790 ft
  43. Henry County780 ft
  44. Hart County760 ft
  45. Franklin County750 ft
  46. Gordon County750 ft
  47. Floyd County740 ft
  48. Lamar County740 ft
  49. Troup County730 ft
  50. Madison County710 ft
  51. Newton County700 ft
  52. Harris County700 ft
  53. Oconee County690 ft
  54. Upson County660 ft
  55. Butts County630 ft
  56. Talbot County630 ft
  57. Morgan County610 ft
  58. Oglethorpe County610 ft
  59. Jasper County570 ft
  60. Greene County570 ft
  61. Elbert County560 ft
  62. Marion County560 ft
  63. Monroe County550 ft
  64. Taliaferro County540 ft
  65. Taylor County510 ft
  66. Wilkes County500 ft
  67. Warren County490 ft
  68. Jones County490 ft
  69. Putnam County490 ft
  70. Schley County490 ft
  71. Crawford County480 ft
  72. Hancock County480 ft
  73. Peach County450 ft
  74. McDuffie County450 ft
  75. Glascock County430 ft
  76. Stewart County420 ft
  77. Lincoln County420 ft
  78. Baldwin County390 ft
  79. Twiggs County390 ft
  80. Randolph County390 ft
  81. Macon County380 ft
  82. Sumter County380 ft
  83. Columbia County370 ft
  84. Washington County360 ft
  85. Turner County360 ft
  86. Houston County360 ft
  87. Dooly County350 ft
  88. Bleckley County350 ft
  89. Crisp County340 ft
  90. Terrell County330 ft
  91. Jefferson County330 ft
  92. Wilkinson County330 ft
  93. Worth County330 ft
  94. Tift County320 ft
  95. Irwin County310 ft
  96. Johnson County310 ft
  97. Clay County300 ft
  98. Wilcox County300 ft
  99. Dodge County290 ft
  100. Ben Hill County290 ft
  101. Colquitt County280 ft
  102. Pulaski County270 ft
  103. Laurens County270 ft
  104. Lee County260 ft
  105. Burke County260 ft
  106. Emanuel County260 ft
  107. Treutlen County250 ft
  108. Calhoun County240 ft
  109. Berrien County240 ft
  110. Cook County230 ft
  111. Grady County230 ft
  112. Coffee County230 ft
  113. Jeff Davis County220 ft
  114. Mitchell County220 ft
  115. Early County210 ft
  116. Montgomery County210 ft
  117. Jenkins County210 ft
  118. Candler County210 ft
  119. Thomas County210 ft
  120. Telfair County210 ft
  121. Dougherty County200 ft
  122. Atkinson County200 ft
  123. Wheeler County190 ft
  124. Lanier County190 ft
  125. Bacon County180 ft
  126. Toombs County180 ft
  127. Brooks County180 ft
  128. Lowndes County180 ft
  129. Appling County170 ft
  130. Decatur County170 ft
  131. Baker County170 ft
  132. Miller County160 ft
  133. Bulloch County160 ft
  134. Clinch County150 ft
  135. Tattnall County150 ft
  136. Screven County150 ft
  137. Evans County140 ft
  138. Ware County140 ft
  139. Seminole County120 ft
  140. Pierce County110 ft
  141. Charlton County98 ft
  142. Wayne County90 ft
  143. Effingham County73 ft
  144. Brantley County72 ft
  145. Long County63 ft
  146. Bryan County43 ft
  147. Liberty County36 ft
  148. Camden County14 ft
  149. McIntosh County11 ft
  150. Chatham County10 ft
  151. Glynn County10 ft
All 2 tribal lands by average elevation
  1. Georgia Tribe of Eastern Cherokee SDTSA1,440 ft
  2. Tama (state) Reservation190 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census state boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 7 arc-second (≈710 ft, 216 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; 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, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; 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, −190 ft at 33.5385° N, 82.0387° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring states 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 state 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).
  • Counties: each one's average on its own grid (1 arc-second, coarser for the largest), the same figure its own page shows.
  • 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; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.