Franklin County, TN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin County, Tennessee, shaded from 620 ft on the southeast side to 2,040 ft on the east side
Elevation
2,040 ft 620 m1,680 ft 515 m1,510 ft 460 m1,150 ft 350 m800 ft 245 m620 ft 190 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Franklin County averages about 1,180 ft (360 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 620 ft on the southeast side to 2,040 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
1,180 ft 360 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,040 ft 620 m
on the east side
Lowest
620 ft 190 m
on the southeast side

Franklin County spans about 1,420 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 land1,180 ft360 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
2,040 ft620 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
620 ft190 m

Elevation profile, west to east

25 mi west to east through Winchester.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin County, Tennessee, shaded from 620 ft on the southeast side to 2,040 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Tennessee, United States
Population
45,137 2024 est.
Land area
554.5 sq mi + 21.3 sq mi water
Density
81 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Interior Low Plateaus 55%, Appalachian Plateaus 45%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Grundy County1,730 ft
  2. Marion County1,330 ft
  3. Franklin County1,180 ft
  4. Coffee County1,090 ft
  5. Jackson County, AL1,070 ft
  6. Moore County980 ft
  7. Lincoln County840 ft
  8. Madison County, AL790 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Claibornes View1,920 ft
  • Otey View1,920 ft
  • High Top, Franklin County1,890 ft
  • Cape of Good Hope1,890 ft
  • Flat Top1,890 ft
All 10 towns in Franklin County by typical elevation
  1. Sewanee1,920 ft
  2. Monteagle partly1,910 ft
  3. Tullahoma partly1,060 ft
  4. Cowan980 ft
  5. Belvidere980 ft
  6. Decherd970 ft
  7. Winchester950 ft
  8. Estill Springs950 ft
  9. Huntland930 ft
  10. Sherwood710 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, 620 ft at 34.9943° N, 85.9024° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties 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 county 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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.