Valley Falls, SC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Valley Falls, South Carolina, shaded from 720 ft on the southeast side to 900 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
900 ft 275 m850 ft 260 m830 ft 255 m780 ft 240 m740 ft 225 m720 ft 220 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

Valley Falls sits at about 820 ft (250 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
820 ft 250 m
most residents: 780–870 ft
Lowest
720 ft 220 m
on the southeast side
Highest
900 ft 275 m
on the southwest side
Average
820 ft 250 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Valley Falls spans about 180 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
820 ft250 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
900 ft275 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
720 ft220 m
Town center
USGS map point for Valley Falls
800 ft245 m
Airport (SPA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.0 mi south of the CDP boundary
802 ft244 m
Average of all land820 ft250 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Valley Falls, South Carolina, shaded from 720 ft on the southeast side to 900 ft on the southwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States
Population
8,012 2020 Census
Land area
5.2 sq mi
Density
1,545 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.0160° N, 81.9748° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Broad River → Santee River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Spartanburg Downtown Memorial/Simpson Field (SPA) 802 ft
ZIP codes 2
29303 29316
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Inman960 ft
  2. Boiling Springs880 ft
  3. Southern Shops880 ft
  4. Saxon840 ft
  5. Arcadia840 ft
  6. Hilltop840 ft
  7. Fairforest840 ft
  8. Valley Falls820 ft
  9. Whitney780 ft
  10. Spartanburg760 ft
  11. Drayton760 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Thicketty Mountain1,258 ft
  • Windmill Hill1,173 ft
  • August Hill1,160 ft
  • Collins Mountain1,150 ft
  • Hayes Hill750 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.
  • Valley Falls 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.