Newton County, GA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Newton County, Georgia, shaded from 530 ft on the south side to 970 ft on Cornish Mountain
Elevation
970 ft 295 m860 ft 260 m800 ft 245 m690 ft 210 m580 ft 180 m530 ft 160 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

Newton County averages about 700 ft (215 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 530 ft on the south side to 970 ft on Cornish Mountain.

Average elevation
700 ft 215 m
all land inside the county
Highest
970 ft 295 m
on Cornish Mountain
Lowest
530 ft 160 m
on the south side

Newton County spans about 440 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 land700 ft215 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Cornish Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
970 ft295 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
530 ft160 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Covington.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Newton County, Georgia, shaded from 530 ft on the south side to 970 ft on Cornish Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Georgia, United States
Population
124,010 2024 est.
Land area
273.8 sq mi + 5.4 sq mi water
Density
453 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Walton County810 ft
  2. Rockdale County790 ft
  3. Henry County780 ft
  4. Newton County700 ft
  5. Butts County630 ft
  6. Morgan County610 ft
  7. Jasper County570 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Cornish Mountain970 ft
All 6 towns in Newton County by typical elevation
  1. Social Circle partly850 ft
  2. Mansfield770 ft
  3. Oxford760 ft
  4. Covington720 ft
  5. Newborn710 ft
  6. Porterdale670 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.
  • 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.