Huntsville, TN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Huntsville, Tennessee, shaded from 1,110 ft on the west side to 1,710 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,710 ft 520 m1,560 ft 475 m1,490 ft 455 m1,340 ft 405 m1,180 ft 360 m1,110 ft 340 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Huntsville sits at about 1,390 ft (425 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,390 ft 425 m
most residents: 1,360–1,470 ft
Lowest
1,110 ft 340 m
on the west side
Highest
1,710 ft 520 m
on the north side
Average
1,430 ft 435 m
all land inside town limits

Huntsville spans about 600 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
1,390 ft425 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
1,710 ft520 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
1,110 ft340 m
Town center
USGS map point for Huntsville
1,320 ft405 m
Airport (SCX)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.3 mi northwest of the town limits
1,545 ft471 m
Average of all land1,430 ft435 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Huntsville, Tennessee, shaded from 1,110 ft on the west side to 1,710 ft on the north side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Scott County, Tennessee, United States
Population
1,741 2024 est.
Land area
8.3 sq mi
Density
210 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.4098° N, 84.4905° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Big South Fork Cumberland River → Cumberland River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Scott Municipal (SCX) 1,545 ft
ZIP codes 2
37755 37756
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Oneida1,480 ft
  2. Helenwood1,470 ft
  3. Elgin1,450 ft
  4. Sunbright1,410 ft
  5. Robbins1,400 ft
  6. Huntsville1,390 ft
  7. Pine Knot, KY1,380 ft
  8. Winfield1,360 ft
  9. Stearns, KY1,320 ft
  10. Caryville1,100 ft
  11. Jacksboro1,100 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cross Mountain3,535 ft
  • Buffalo Mountain3,380 ft
  • Stallion Mountain3,340 ft
  • Stout Knob2,950 ft
  • Lone Mountain2,530 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).
  • 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.