Pike County, KY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pike County, Kentucky, shaded from 610 ft on the north side to 3,090 ft on the south side
Elevation
3,090 ft 940 m2,470 ft 750 m2,160 ft 660 m1,540 ft 470 m920 ft 280 m610 ft 185 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

Pike County averages about 1,320 ft (400 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 610 ft on the north side to 3,090 ft on the south side.

Average elevation
1,320 ft 400 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,090 ft 940 m
on the south side
Lowest
610 ft 185 m
on the north side

Pike County spans about 2,480 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 land1,320 ft400 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the south side
3,090 ft940 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the north side
610 ft185 m

Elevation profile, south to north

33 mi south to north through Pikeville.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pike County, Kentucky, shaded from 610 ft on the north side to 3,090 ft on the south side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Kentucky, United States
Population
55,430 2024 est.
Land area
786.2 sq mi + 2.3 sq mi water
Density
71 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian 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. Wise County, VA2,320 ft
  2. Dickenson County, VA1,950 ft
  3. Buchanan County, VA1,910 ft
  4. Letcher County1,740 ft
  5. Knott County1,360 ft
  6. Pike County1,320 ft
  7. Mingo County, WV1,290 ft
  8. Floyd County1,060 ft
  9. Martin County970 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Dicks Knob2,490 ft
  • Hylton Knob2,370 ft
  • High Knob, Pike County2,270 ft
  • Potatoe Knob2,270 ft
  • Boone Mountain2,270 ft
All 9 towns in Pike County by typical elevation
  1. Phelps1,150 ft
  2. Freeburn990 ft
  3. Virgie980 ft
  4. South Williamson970 ft
  5. Elkhorn City870 ft
  6. Coal Run Village790 ft
  7. McCarr780 ft
  8. Pikeville730 ft
  9. Belfry710 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.