Washington County, GA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Washington County, Georgia, shaded from 190 ft on the southwest side to 550 ft on the north side
Elevation
550 ft 170 m460 ft 140 m420 ft 125 m320 ft 100 m230 ft 70 m190 ft 55 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

Washington County averages about 360 ft (110 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 190 ft on the southwest side to 550 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
360 ft 110 m
all land inside the county
Highest
550 ft 170 m
on the north side
Lowest
190 ft 55 m
on the southwest side

Washington County spans about 360 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 land360 ft110 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
550 ft170 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
190 ft55 m

Elevation profile, west to east

29 mi west to east through Sandersville.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Washington County, Georgia, shaded from 190 ft on the southwest side to 550 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Georgia, United States
Population
19,834 2024 est.
Land area
678.5 sq mi + 5.8 sq mi water
Density
29 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Hancock County480 ft
  2. Glascock County430 ft
  3. Baldwin County390 ft
  4. Washington County360 ft
  5. Jefferson County330 ft
  6. Wilkinson County330 ft
  7. Johnson County310 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 8 towns in Washington County by typical elevation
  1. Tennille480 ft
  2. Warthen470 ft
  3. Sandersville440 ft
  4. Riddleville410 ft
  5. Harrison390 ft
  6. Davisboro340 ft
  7. Deepstep310 ft
  8. Oconee250 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, 180 ft at 32.9412° N, 83.0510° 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.