Bluff City, TN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bluff City, Tennessee, shaded from 1,370 ft on the southwest side to 1,710 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,710 ft 520 m1,620 ft 495 m1,580 ft 480 m1,500 ft 455 m1,410 ft 430 m1,370 ft 420 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
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Elevation Data

Bluff City sits at about 1,500 ft (455 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,500 ft 455 m
most residents: 1,430–1,550 ft
Lowest
1,370 ft 420 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,710 ft 520 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,510 ft 460 m
all land inside city limits

Bluff City spans about 340 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
1,500 ft455 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
1,710 ft520 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
1,370 ft420 m
Town center
USGS map point for Bluff City
1,460 ft445 m
Airport (TRI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.0 mi west of the city limits
1,519 ft463 m
Average of all land1,510 ft460 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bluff City, Tennessee, shaded from 1,370 ft on the southwest side to 1,710 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States
Population
1,838 2024 est.
Land area
1.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,052 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.4743° N, 82.2610° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Holston River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Tri-Cities (TRI) 1,519 ft
ZIP codes 1
37618
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bristol, VA1,810 ft
  2. Bristol1,710 ft
  3. Walnut Hill1,700 ft
  4. Biltmore1,660 ft
  5. Blountville1,650 ft
  6. Hunter1,630 ft
  7. Central1,630 ft
  8. Elizabethton1,590 ft
  9. Watauga1,520 ft
  10. Oak Grove1,510 ft
  11. Bluff City1,500 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cloudland Mountain6,210 ft
  • Unaka Mountain5,170 ft
  • The Bald4,650 ft
  • Pinnacle Mountain3,520 ft
  • Chimneytop Mountain3,114 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.