Cumberland Gap, TN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, shaded from 1,290 ft on the southwest side to 1,980 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,980 ft 605 m1,810 ft 550 m1,720 ft 525 m1,550 ft 470 m1,370 ft 420 m1,290 ft 390 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Cumberland Gap sits at about 1,460 ft (445 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,460 ft 445 m
most residents: 1,310–1,460 ft
Lowest
1,290 ft 390 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,980 ft 605 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,390 ft 425 m
all land inside town limits

Cumberland Gap spans about 690 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
1,460 ft445 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
1,980 ft605 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
1,290 ft390 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cumberland Gap
1,300 ft395 m
Airport (1A6)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.5 mi west of the town limits
1,154 ft352 m
Average of all land1,390 ft425 m
Nearest peak
Bryson Mountain, 9.1 mi west of the town limits
3,130 ft955 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, shaded from 1,290 ft on the southwest side to 1,980 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States
Population
313 2024 est.
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
951 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.5995° N, 83.6685° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Clinch River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Middlesboro/Bell County (1A6) 1,154 ft
ZIP codes 1
37724
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ewing, VA1,550 ft
  2. New Tazewell1,490 ft
  3. Cumberland Gap1,460 ft
  4. Tazewell1,460 ft
  5. Rose Hill, Lee County, VA1,440 ft
  6. Harrogate1,320 ft
  7. Arjay, KY1,300 ft
  8. Pathfork, KY1,250 ft
  9. Middlesborough, KY1,160 ft
  10. Flat Lick, KY1,120 ft
  11. Pineville, KY1,010 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • White Rocks3,510 ft
  • Buzzard Roost3,190 ft
  • Bryson Mountain3,130 ft
  • Stout Knob2,950 ft
  • Short Mountain2,679 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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, 1,280 ft at 36.5971° N, 83.6701° 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.