McDonough, GA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of McDonough, Georgia, shaded from 680 ft on the northeast side to 910 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
910 ft 275 m850 ft 260 m820 ft 250 m770 ft 235 m710 ft 215 m680 ft 205 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
⤓ Download this map
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

McDonough sits at about 830 ft (250 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
830 ft 250 m
most residents: 770–860 ft
Lowest
680 ft 205 m
on the northeast side
Highest
910 ft 275 m
on the southwest side
Average
820 ft 250 m
all land inside city limits

McDonough spans about 230 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
830 ft250 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
910 ft275 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
680 ft205 m
Town center
USGS map point for McDonough
860 ft265 m
Average of all land820 ft250 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of McDonough, Georgia, shaded from 680 ft on the northeast side to 910 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Henry County, Georgia, United States
Population
32,803 2024 est.
Land area
13.4 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
2,450 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.4473° N, 84.1469° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Ocmulgee River → Altamaha River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
30252 30253
⤓ Download this map

WebP, 1200 × 900. Free to use: credit “ElevationOf.com” with a link to this page.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lovejoy940 ft
  2. Sunny Side920 ft
  3. Bonanza900 ft
  4. Jonesboro900 ft
  5. Irondale880 ft
  6. Hampton860 ft
  7. McDonough830 ft
  8. Stockbridge800 ft
  9. Heron Bay800 ft
  10. Jenkinsburg770 ft
  11. Locust Grove760 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Barrow Hill991 ft
  • Arabia Mountain954 ft
  • Panola Mountain950 ft
  • Elijah Mountain920 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.