Sky Valley, GA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,180 ft 1,275 m3,680 ft 1,120 m3,430 ft 1,045 m2,930 ft 895 m2,430 ft 740 m2,180 ft 665 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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
Sky Valley sits at about 3,220 ft (980 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,220 ft 980 m
most residents: 3,030–3,460 ft
Lowest
2,180 ft 665 m
on the west side
Highest
4,180 ft 1,275 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
3,180 ft 970 m
all land inside city limits
Sky Valley spans about 2,000 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 | 3,220 ft980 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside | 4,180 ft1,275 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the west side | 2,180 ft665 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Sky Valley | 3,330 ft1,015 m |
| Average of all land | 3,180 ft970 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.1 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,220 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
206.0 °F96.7 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
89% of sea level
26.6 inHg (90.1 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.6% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+6% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Rabun County, Georgia, United States
- Population
- 491 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Density
- 162 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 34.9876° N, 83.3332° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Blue Ridge
- Drains to
- Little Tennessee River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 30537
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Highlands, NC3,830 ft
- Glenville, NC3,660 ft
- Cashiers, NC3,520 ft
- Sky Valley3,220 ft
- Tate City2,560 ft
- Mountain City2,250 ft
- Dillard2,160 ft
- Franklin, NC2,110 ft
- Tiger1,980 ft
- Clayton1,970 ft
- Longcreek, SC1,640 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Georgiahighest of 676
- Towns in Rabun Countyhighest of 6
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Brasstown Bald4,780 ft
- Tray Mountain4,400 ft
- Ravencliff Knob3,652 ft
- Yonah Mountain3,160 ft
- Oakey Mountain3,147 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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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.