Grundy County, TN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Grundy County, Tennessee, shaded from 880 ft on the north side to 2,390 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
2,390 ft 725 m2,010 ft 610 m1,820 ft 555 m1,440 ft 440 m1,060 ft 325 m880 ft 265 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

Grundy County averages about 1,730 ft (530 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 880 ft on the north side to 2,390 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
1,730 ft 530 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,390 ft 725 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
880 ft 265 m
on the north side

Grundy County spans about 1,510 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 land1,730 ft530 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
2,390 ft725 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the north side
880 ft265 m

Elevation profile, west to east

21 mi west to east through Gruetli-Laager.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Grundy County, Tennessee, shaded from 880 ft on the north side to 2,390 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Tennessee, United States
Population
14,148 2024 est.
Land area
360.4 sq mi + 0.7 sq mi water
Density
39 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Appalachian Plateaus 63%, Interior Low Plateaus 37%
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. Sequatchie County1,650 ft
  3. Marion County1,330 ft
  4. Franklin County1,180 ft
  5. Warren County1,110 ft
  6. Coffee County1,090 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Ross Mountain, Grundy County2,360 ft
  • Stocker Hill2,130 ft
  • West Ramsey2,110 ft
  • Clouse Hill2,090 ft
  • Scott Hill, Grundy County2,050 ft
All 8 towns in Grundy County by typical elevation
  1. Monteagle1,910 ft
  2. Coalmont1,890 ft
  3. Gruetli-Laager1,870 ft
  4. Altamont1,870 ft
  5. Tracy City1,860 ft
  6. Beersheba Springs1,860 ft
  7. Palmer1,850 ft
  8. Pelham1,020 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.
  • 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.