Fulton County, GA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fulton County, Georgia, shaded from 700 ft on the southwest side to 1,290 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,290 ft 395 m1,140 ft 350 m1,070 ft 325 m920 ft 280 m770 ft 235 m700 ft 210 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Fulton County averages about 940 ft (285 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 700 ft on the southwest side to 1,290 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
940 ft 285 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,290 ft 395 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
700 ft 210 m
on the southwest side

Fulton County spans about 590 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 land940 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,290 ft395 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
700 ft210 m

Elevation profile, south to north

33 mi south to north through Atlanta.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fulton County, Georgia, shaded from 700 ft on the southwest side to 1,290 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Georgia, United States
Population
1,090,354 2024 est.
Land area
526.9 sq mi + 7.9 sq mi water
Density
2,070 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Gulf of America 96%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Forsyth County1,150 ft
  2. Cherokee County1,080 ft
  3. Carroll County1,070 ft
  4. Douglas County1,000 ft
  5. Cobb County1,000 ft
  6. Gwinnett County990 ft
  7. Fulton County940 ft
  8. DeKalb County920 ft
  9. Clayton County880 ft
  10. Fayette County860 ft
  11. Coweta County840 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Dabneys Hill1,040 ft
All 15 towns in Fulton County by typical elevation
  1. Alpharetta1,080 ft
  2. Milton1,060 ft
  3. Johns Creek1,050 ft
  4. Roswell1,030 ft
  5. College Park1,000 ft
  6. City of Mountain Park1,000 ft
  7. Sandy Springs990 ft
  8. Palmetto990 ft
  9. Hapeville980 ft
  10. Fairburn980 ft
  11. East Point950 ft
  12. Atlanta940 ft
  13. Union City940 ft
  14. South Fulton900 ft
  15. Chattahoochee Hills880 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. 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, 490 ft at 33.6060° N, 84.4885° 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.