Bristol, TN Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

2,190 ft 670 m1,990 ft 605 m1,890 ft 575 m1,690 ft 515 m1,490 ft 455 m1,380 ft 420 m

Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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How to use this mapviews, tools and data

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.
Click or tap anywhere: 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

Bristol sits at about 1,710 ft (520 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

1,710 ft 520 m

most residents: 1,550–1,840 ft

Lowest

1,380 ft 420 m

on the southwest side

Highest

2,190 ft 670 m

on the west side

Average

1,680 ft 510 m

all land inside city limits

Bristol spans about 810 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.

Figure	Elevation
Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower	1,710 ft520 m
Highest point Inside city limits, on the west side	2,190 ft670 m
Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side	1,380 ft420 m
Town center USGS map point for Bristol	1,670 ft510 m
Airport (TRI) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.4 mi southwest of the city limits	1,519 ft463 m
Average of all land	1,680 ft510 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Location: City in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States
Population: 27,867 2024 est.
Land area: 32.9 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density: 848 per sq mi
Coordinates: 36.5951° N, 82.1887° 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 3: 37617 37618 37620

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Abingdon, VA2,120 ft
Bristol, VA1,810 ft
Bristol1,710 ft
Walnut Hill1,700 ft
Biltmore1,660 ft
Blountville1,650 ft
Hunter1,630 ft
Orebank1,530 ft
Bluff City1,500 ft
Mendota, VA1,440 ft
Hiltons, VA1,370 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Tennessee36th highest of 504
Towns in Sullivan Countyhighest of 9

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Unaka Mountain5,170 ft
The Bald4,650 ft
Brumley Mountain4,210 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).
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, 1,380 ft at 36.4979° N, 82.3032° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
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.