Ellijay, GA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,630 ft 495 m1,520 ft 465 m1,470 ft 450 m1,370 ft 420 m1,270 ft 385 m1,220 ft 370 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Ellijay sits at about 1,430 ft (435 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,430 ft 435 m
most residents: 1,270–1,510 ft
Lowest
1,220 ft 370 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,620 ft 495 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,370 ft 420 m
all land inside city limits
Ellijay spans about 400 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 1,430 ft435 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side | 1,620 ft495 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 1,220 ft370 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Ellijay | 1,280 ft390 m |
| Airport (49A) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.6 mi southwest of the city limits | 1,486 ft453 m |
| Average of all land | 1,370 ft420 m |
| Nearest peak Big Bald Mountain, 5.7 mi northeast of the city limits | 4,080 ft1,245 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.2 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Gilmer County, Georgia, United States
- Population
- 1,923 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3.6 sq mi
- Density
- 532 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 34.6948° N, 84.4821° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Piedmont
- Drains to
- Coosawattee River → Oostanaula River → Coosa River → Alabama River → Mobile River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Gilmer County (49A) 1,486 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 30540
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Cherry Log1,860 ft
- Morganton1,770 ft
- Epworth1,770 ft
- Blue Ridge1,740 ft
- Ellijay1,430 ft
- Jasper1,410 ft
- East Ellijay1,380 ft
- Talking Rock1,150 ft
- Eton780 ft
- Ranger760 ft
- Chatsworth750 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Georgia28th highest of 676
- Towns in Gilmer County2nd highest of 3
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Big Frog Mountain4,220 ft
- Cowpen Mountain4,151 ft
- Big Bald Mountain4,080 ft
- Burnt Mountain3,280 ft
- Pine Log Mountain2,338 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.