Harlan, KY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Harlan, Kentucky, shaded from 1,160 ft on the north side to 2,080 ft at the foot of the Pine Mountain
Elevation
2,080 ft 635 m1,850 ft 565 m1,740 ft 530 m1,500 ft 460 m1,270 ft 390 m1,160 ft 350 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Harlan sits at about 1,220 ft (375 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,220 ft 375 m
most residents: 1,180–1,490 ft
Lowest
1,160 ft 350 m
on the north side
Highest
2,080 ft 635 m
at the foot of the Pine Mountain
Average
1,330 ft 405 m
all land inside city limits

Harlan spans about 920 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
1,220 ft375 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, at the foot of the Pine Mountain
2,080 ft635 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
1,160 ft350 m
Town center
USGS map point for Harlan
1,190 ft360 m
Airport (I35)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.8 mi northwest of the city limits
1,564 ft477 m
Average of all land1,330 ft405 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Harlan, Kentucky, shaded from 1,160 ft on the north side to 2,080 ft at the foot of the Pine Mountain
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States
Population
1,831 2024 est.
Land area
1.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,065 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.8431° N, 83.3218° 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
40831
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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. Ages1,420 ft
  4. South Wallins1,370 ft
  5. Evarts1,320 ft
  6. Pathfork1,250 ft
  7. Coxton1,230 ft
  8. Harlan1,220 ft
  9. Wallins Creek1,180 ft
  10. Loyall1,170 ft
  11. Coldiron1,120 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 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).
  • 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.