Gatlinburg, TN Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,450 ft 1,050 m2,880 ft 880 m2,600 ft 790 m2,030 ft 620 m1,460 ft 445 m1,170 ft 355 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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
Gatlinburg sits at about 1,690 ft (515 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,690 ft 515 m
most residents: 1,390–1,850 ft
Lowest
1,170 ft 355 m
on the north side
Highest
3,450 ft 1,050 m
at the foot of the Great Smoky Mountains
Average
1,720 ft 525 m
all land inside city limits
Gatlinburg spans about 2,280 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 | 1,690 ft515 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, at the foot of the Great Smoky Mountains | 3,450 ft1,050 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 1,170 ft355 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Gatlinburg | 1,290 ft395 m |
| Average of all land | 1,720 ft525 m |
| Nearest peak Mount Le Conte, 4.8 mi southeast of the city limits | 6,590 ft2,010 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
3.4 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States
- Population
- 3,703 2024 est.
- Land area
- 10.4 sq mi
- Density
- 355 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.7143° N, 83.5102° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Blue Ridge
- Drains to
- Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 37738
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Cherokee, NC2,470 ft
- Bryson City, NC1,870 ft
- Gatlinburg1,690 ft
- Cosby1,630 ft
- Pittman Center1,480 ft
- Fairgarden1,230 ft
- Townsend1,110 ft
- Seymour1,070 ft
- Pigeon Forge1,060 ft
- Sevierville970 ft
- Walland950 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Tennessee41st highest of 504
- Towns in Sevier Countyhighest of 6
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Le Conte6,590 ft
- Cove Mountain4,084 ft
- Webb Mountain3,090 ft
- Bluff Mountain3,073 ft
- Round Top3,070 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.