Athens, TN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Athens, Tennessee, shaded from 790 ft on the west side to 1,170 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,170 ft 355 m1,070 ft 325 m1,020 ft 310 m930 ft 285 m830 ft 255 m790 ft 240 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Athens sits at about 940 ft (290 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
940 ft 290 m
most residents: 890–1,020 ft
Lowest
790 ft 240 m
on the west side
Highest
1,170 ft 355 m
on the north side
Average
930 ft 285 m
all land inside city limits

Athens spans about 380 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
940 ft290 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
1,170 ft355 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
790 ft240 m
Town center
USGS map point for Athens
870 ft265 m
Airport (MMI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.6 mi southeast of the city limits
874 ft266 m
Average of all land930 ft285 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Athens, Tennessee, shaded from 790 ft on the west side to 1,170 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States
Population
15,050 2024 est.
Land area
15.6 sq mi
Density
967 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.4429° N, 84.5930° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Hiwassee River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Mcminn County (MMI) 874 ft
ZIP codes 1
37303
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Niota1,010 ft
  2. Madisonville980 ft
  3. Sweetwater980 ft
  4. Athens940 ft
  5. Etowah850 ft
  6. Englewood850 ft
  7. Riceville850 ft
  8. Decatur800 ft
  9. Delano800 ft
  10. Charleston750 ft
  11. Calhoun740 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Big Frog Mountain4,220 ft
  • Little Frog Mountain3,320 ft
  • Hinch Mountain3,041 ft
  • Oswald Dome3,022 ft
  • Chestnut Mountain2,610 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.