Cawood, KY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cawood, Kentucky, shaded from 1,250 ft on the west side to 2,280 ft at the foot of the Pine Mountain
Elevation
2,280 ft 695 m2,020 ft 615 m1,890 ft 575 m1,630 ft 500 m1,380 ft 420 m1,250 ft 380 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Cawood sits at about 1,620 ft (495 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,620 ft 495 m
most residents: 1,280–1,620 ft
Lowest
1,250 ft 380 m
on the west side
Highest
2,280 ft 695 m
at the foot of the Pine Mountain
Average
1,500 ft 455 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Cawood spans about 1,030 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,620 ft495 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Pine Mountain
2,280 ft695 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
1,250 ft380 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cawood
1,340 ft410 m
Airport (I35)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.8 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
1,564 ft477 m
Average of all land1,500 ft455 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cawood, Kentucky, shaded from 1,250 ft on the west side to 2,280 ft at the foot of the Pine Mountain
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States
Population
630 2020 Census
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
432 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.7840° N, 83.2282° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Cumberland River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Tucker-Guthrie Memorial (I35) 1,564 ft
ZIP codes 1
40815
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Kenvir1,640 ft
  2. Cawood1,620 ft
  3. St. Charles, VA1,550 ft
  4. Jonesville, VA1,490 ft
  5. Rose Hill, Lee County, VA1,440 ft
  6. Ages1,420 ft
  7. South Wallins1,370 ft
  8. Evarts1,320 ft
  9. Coxton1,230 ft
  10. Harlan1,220 ft
  11. Loyall1,170 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Black Mountain4,139 ft
  • White Rocks3,510 ft
  • Buzzard Roost3,190 ft
  • Stocker Knob2,880 ft
  • Short Mountain2,679 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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).
  • 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.
  • Cawood is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.