Arial, SC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Arial, South Carolina, shaded from 940 ft on the west side to 1,370 ft on Arial Mountain
Elevation
1,370 ft 415 m1,260 ft 385 m1,210 ft 370 m1,100 ft 335 m990 ft 300 m940 ft 285 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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Arial sits at about 1,040 ft (315 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,040 ft 315 m
most residents: 990–1,130 ft
Lowest
940 ft 285 m
on the west side
Highest
1,370 ft 415 m
on Arial Mountain
Average
1,050 ft 320 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Arial spans about 430 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
1,040 ft315 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Arial Mountain
1,370 ft415 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
940 ft285 m
Town center
USGS map point for Arial
1,060 ft325 m
Airport (LQK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.9 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
1,013 ft309 m
Average of all land1,050 ft320 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Arial, South Carolina, shaded from 940 ft on the west side to 1,370 ft on Arial Mountain
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Pickens County, South Carolina, United States
Population
2,565 2020 Census
Land area
4.5 sq mi
Density
567 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.8459° N, 82.6415° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Savannah River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Pickens County (LQK) 1,013 ft
ZIP codes 1
29640
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Dacusville1,050 ft
  2. Pickens1,040 ft
  3. Arial1,040 ft
  4. Six Mile1,010 ft
  5. Easley1,010 ft
  6. Berea1,000 ft
  7. Parker990 ft
  8. Liberty980 ft
  9. Norris920 ft
  10. Powdersville910 ft
  11. Cateechee890 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Tray Mountain4,400 ft
  • Yonah Mountain3,160 ft
  • Oakey Mountain3,147 ft
  • Arial Mountain1,370 ft
  • Mauldin Mountain1,310 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.
  • Arial 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.