Tennessee Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tennessee, shaded from 180 ft on the west side to 6,640 ft on Kuwohi
Elevation
6,640 ft 2,025 m5,030 ft 1,530 m4,220 ft 1,285 m2,600 ft 795 m990 ft 300 m180 ft 55 m
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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.
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Elevation Data

Tennessee averages about 950 ft (290 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 180 ft on the west side to 6,640 ft on Kuwohi.

Average elevation
950 ft 290 m
all land in Tennessee
Highest
6,640 ft 2,025 m
on Kuwohi
Lowest
180 ft 55 m
on the west side

Tennessee spans about 6,460 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 land950 ft290 m
Highest point
In Tennessee, on Kuwohi (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
6,640 ft2,025 m
Lowest point
In Tennessee, on the west side
180 ft55 m

Elevation profile, west to east

422 mi west to east through Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tennessee, shaded from 180 ft on the west side to 6,640 ft on Kuwohi
State boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
State in the East South Central division of the South region, United States
Population
7,227,750 2024 est.
Land area
41,224.9 sq mi + 905.0 sq mi water
Density
175 per sq mi
Counties
92
Time zones
Central UTC−6 / −5, Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Interior Low Plateaus 39%, Coastal Plain 24%, Valley and Ridge 18%, Appalachian Plateaus 13%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring states sharing a border, by average

  1. Virginia1,020 ft
  2. Tennessee950 ft
  3. Missouri850 ft
  4. Kentucky830 ft
  5. North Carolina770 ft
  6. Arkansas530 ft
  7. Georgia510 ft
  8. Alabama460 ft
  9. Mississippi290 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • States in the United States29th highest of 52

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Guyot6,620 ft
  • Mount Le Conte6,590 ft
  • Unaka Mountain5,170 ft
  • Coldspring Mountain4,852 ft
  • The Bald4,650 ft
All 92 counties by average elevation
  1. Johnson County2,920 ft
  2. Unicoi County2,750 ft
  3. Carter County2,670 ft
  4. Sevier County1,980 ft
  5. Cumberland County1,790 ft
  6. Cocke County1,750 ft
  7. Grundy County1,730 ft
  8. Washington County1,720 ft
  9. Sullivan County1,710 ft
  10. Sequatchie County1,650 ft
  11. Campbell County1,610 ft
  12. Bledsoe County1,600 ft
  13. Van Buren County1,580 ft
  14. Hancock County1,540 ft
  15. Scott County1,540 ft
  16. Greene County1,540 ft
  17. Morgan County1,500 ft
  18. Claiborne County1,490 ft
  19. Fentress County1,490 ft
  20. Monroe County1,460 ft
  21. Hawkins County1,430 ft
  22. Blount County1,420 ft
  23. Polk County1,380 ft
  24. Marion County1,330 ft
  25. Anderson County1,310 ft
  26. Grainger County1,300 ft
  27. Hamblen County1,260 ft
  28. Union County1,260 ft
  29. Overton County1,210 ft
  30. White County1,200 ft
  31. Putnam County1,190 ft
  32. Rhea County1,180 ft
  33. Franklin County1,180 ft
  34. Jefferson County1,170 ft
  35. Warren County1,110 ft
  36. Coffee County1,090 ft
  37. Pickett County1,090 ft
  38. Knox County1,010 ft
  39. Cannon County1,000 ft
  40. Hamilton County990 ft
  41. Roane County930 ft
  42. Loudon County930 ft
  43. McMinn County910 ft
  44. DeKalb County890 ft
  45. Lawrence County880 ft
  46. Macon County860 ft
  47. Bradley County860 ft
  48. Lewis County850 ft
  49. Lincoln County840 ft
  50. Bedford County840 ft
  51. Giles County820 ft
  52. Clay County820 ft
  53. Meigs County820 ft
  54. Marshall County820 ft
  55. Jackson County790 ft
  56. Wayne County790 ft
  57. Williamson County780 ft
  58. Maury County740 ft
  59. Dickson County710 ft
  60. Sumner County700 ft
  61. Hickman County690 ft
  62. Rutherford County680 ft
  63. Smith County680 ft
  64. Robertson County670 ft
  65. Wilson County660 ft
  66. Perry County610 ft
  67. Cheatham County600 ft
  68. Houston County580 ft
  69. Humphreys County580 ft
  70. Montgomery County540 ft
  71. Stewart County520 ft
  72. Hardin County510 ft
  73. Henderson County490 ft
  74. McNairy County480 ft
  75. Chester County480 ft
  76. Benton County480 ft
  77. Henry County470 ft
  78. Decatur County470 ft
  79. Carroll County460 ft
  80. Hardeman County460 ft
  81. Madison County440 ft
  82. Fayette County390 ft
  83. Weakley County390 ft
  84. Gibson County370 ft
  85. Obion County350 ft
  86. Crockett County340 ft
  87. Haywood County330 ft
  88. Tipton County320 ft
  89. Lauderdale County310 ft
  90. Dyer County290 ft
  91. Shelby County290 ft
  92. Lake County280 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census state boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 5 arc-second (≈510 ft, 154 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; 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, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring states 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 state 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).
  • Counties: each one's average on its own grid (1 arc-second, coarser for the largest), the same figure its own page shows.
  • 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.