Anderson County, SC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Anderson County, South Carolina, shaded from 460 ft on the southwest side to 1,050 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,050 ft 320 m910 ft 275 m830 ft 255 m680 ft 210 m540 ft 165 m460 ft 140 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

Anderson County averages about 760 ft (230 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 460 ft on the southwest side to 1,050 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
760 ft 230 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,050 ft 320 m
on the north side
Lowest
460 ft 140 m
on the southwest side

Anderson County spans about 590 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 north side
1,050 ft320 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
460 ft140 m

Elevation profile, south to north

33 mi south to north through Anderson.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Anderson County, South Carolina, shaded from 460 ft on the southwest side to 1,050 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in South Carolina, United States
Population
217,183 2024 est.
Land area
713.9 sq mi + 41.9 sq mi water
Density
304 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Oconee County1,130 ft
  2. Pickens County1,110 ft
  3. Greenville County1,080 ft
  4. Hart County, GA760 ft
  5. Anderson County760 ft
  6. Abbeville County570 ft
  7. Elbert County, GA560 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Little Mountain, Anderson County897 ft
All 19 towns in Anderson County by typical elevation
  1. Easley partly1,010 ft
  2. Powdersville910 ft
  3. Belton850 ft
  4. West Pelzer850 ft
  5. Piedmont830 ft
  6. Williamston830 ft
  7. Pendleton800 ft
  8. Sandy Springs790 ft
  9. Centerville790 ft
  10. Homeland Park790 ft
  11. Pelzer790 ft
  12. Clemson partly790 ft
  13. Fair Play partly780 ft
  14. Honea Path770 ft
  15. La France760 ft
  16. Anderson760 ft
  17. Starr760 ft
  18. Northlake730 ft
  19. Iva700 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, 420 ft at 34.4310° N, 82.6296° 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.