York County, SC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of York County, South Carolina, shaded from 340 ft on the southwest side to 1,120 ft on Henry Knob
Elevation
1,120 ft 345 m930 ft 285 m830 ft 255 m640 ft 195 m440 ft 135 m340 ft 105 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

York County averages about 620 ft (190 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 340 ft on the southwest side to 1,120 ft on Henry Knob.

Average elevation
620 ft 190 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,120 ft 340 m
on Henry Knob
Lowest
340 ft 105 m
on the southwest side

York County spans about 780 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 land620 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Henry Knob (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
1,120 ft340 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
340 ft105 m

Elevation profile, west to east

35 mi west to east through Rock Hill.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of York County, South Carolina, shaded from 340 ft on the southwest side to 1,120 ft on Henry Knob
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in South Carolina, United States
Population
303,001 2024 est.
Land area
680.6 sq mi + 15.1 sq mi water
Density
445 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. Cleveland County, NC900 ft
  2. Gaston County, NC770 ft
  3. Mecklenburg County, NC700 ft
  4. Cherokee County690 ft
  5. York County620 ft
  6. Lancaster County520 ft
  7. Chester County500 ft
  8. Union County500 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Henry Knob1,120 ft
  • Joes Mountain1,020 ft
  • Nanny Mountain960 ft
  • Bulls Hill740 ft
  • India Hook Hills720 ft
All 16 towns in York County by typical elevation
  1. Clover760 ft
  2. Smyrna720 ft
  3. York720 ft
  4. McConnells660 ft
  5. Lesslie650 ft
  6. Baxter Village650 ft
  7. Newport650 ft
  8. Lake Wylie640 ft
  9. Hickory Grove630 ft
  10. Riverview630 ft
  11. Catawba620 ft
  12. Rock Hill620 ft
  13. Tega Cay610 ft
  14. Sharon610 ft
  15. India Hook600 ft
  16. Fort Mill600 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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, 290 ft at 34.8921° N, 81.0090° 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.