Washington County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Washington County, Indiana, shaded from 500 ft on the northwest side to 1,050 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,050 ft 320 m910 ft 280 m840 ft 255 m710 ft 215 m570 ft 175 m500 ft 150 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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 760 ft (230 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 500 ft on the northwest side to 1,050 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
760 ft 230 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,050 ft 320 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
500 ft 150 m
on the northwest side

Washington County spans about 550 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 land760 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,050 ft320 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
500 ft150 m

Elevation profile, south to north

25 mi south to north through Washington Township, Washington County.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Washington County, Indiana, shaded from 500 ft on the northwest side to 1,050 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
28,345 2024 est.
Land area
513.7 sq mi + 2.9 sq mi water
Density
55 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Washington County760 ft
  2. Floyd County730 ft
  3. Harrison County690 ft
  4. Orange County690 ft
  5. Crawford County660 ft
  6. Lawrence County660 ft
  7. Jackson County620 ft
  8. Clark County620 ft
  9. Scott County620 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Williams Knob960 ft
  • Pikes Peak950 ft
  • Smith Hill950 ft
  • Warren Hill940 ft
  • Sand Bank Hill930 ft
All 23 towns in Washington County by typical elevation
  1. Franklin Township, Washington County900 ft
  2. Martinsburg890 ft
  3. Canton850 ft
  4. Campbellsburg830 ft
  5. Polk Township, Washington County820 ft
  6. Vernon Township, Washington County820 ft
  7. Brown Township, Washington County820 ft
  8. Washington Township, Washington County810 ft
  9. Jackson Township, Washington County800 ft
  10. Madison Township, Washington County800 ft
  11. Salem800 ft
  12. Saltillo790 ft
  13. Livonia790 ft
  14. Pierce Township780 ft
  15. Howard Township, Washington County760 ft
  16. Monroe Township, Washington County750 ft
  17. Jefferson Township, Washington County740 ft
  18. New Pekin740 ft
  19. Hardinsburg730 ft
  20. Posey Township, Washington County710 ft
  21. Fredericksburg690 ft
  22. Gibson Township620 ft
  23. Little York570 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.
  • 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.