Towns County, GA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Towns County, Georgia, shaded from 1,700 ft on the northwest side to 4,780 ft on Brasstown Bald
Elevation
4,780 ft 1,455 m4,010 ft 1,220 m3,620 ft 1,105 m2,850 ft 870 m2,080 ft 635 m1,700 ft 520 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

Towns County averages about 2,570 ft (785 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,700 ft on the northwest side to 4,780 ft on Brasstown Bald.

Average elevation
2,570 ft 785 m
all land inside the county
Highest
4,780 ft 1,455 m
on Brasstown Bald
Lowest
1,700 ft 520 m
on the northwest side

Towns County spans about 3,080 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 land2,570 ft785 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Brasstown Bald (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
4,780 ft1,455 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,700 ft520 m

Elevation profile, south to north

13 mi south to north through Hiawassee.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Towns County, Georgia, shaded from 1,700 ft on the northwest side to 4,780 ft on Brasstown Bald
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in Georgia, United States
Population
13,184 2024 est.
Land area
166.6 sq mi + 5.2 sq mi water
Density
79 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Blue Ridge
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. Clay County, NC2,730 ft
  2. Towns County2,570 ft
  3. Union County2,370 ft
  4. Rabun County2,310 ft
  5. White County1,780 ft
  6. Habersham County1,540 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Brasstown Bald4,780 ft
  • Hightower Bald4,560 ft
  • Little Bald Mountain, Towns County4,420 ft
  • Eagle Mountain4,250 ft
  • Brier Creek Bald4,180 ft
All 3 towns in Towns County by typical elevation
  1. Tate City2,560 ft
  2. Hiawassee2,020 ft
  3. Young Harris1,900 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.