Johnson City, TN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Johnson City, Tennessee, shaded from 1,350 ft on the north side to 2,440 ft on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
2,440 ft 745 m2,170 ft 660 m2,030 ft 620 m1,760 ft 535 m1,490 ft 455 m1,350 ft 410 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Johnson City sits at about 1,670 ft (510 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,670 ft 510 m
most residents: 1,540–1,790 ft
Lowest
1,350 ft 410 m
on the north side
Highest
2,440 ft 745 m
on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,650 ft 505 m
all land inside city limits

Johnson City spans about 1,090 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
1,670 ft510 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
2,440 ft745 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
1,350 ft410 m
Town center
USGS map point for Johnson City
1,630 ft495 m
Airport (TRI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.2 mi north of the city limits
1,519 ft463 m
Average of all land1,650 ft505 m
Nearest peak
Pinnacle Mountain, 3.6 mi south of the city limits
3,520 ft1,075 m

Elevation profile, south to north

8.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Johnson City, Tennessee, shaded from 1,350 ft on the north side to 2,440 ft on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Washington, Carter and Sullivan counties, Tennessee, United States
Population
73,635 2024 est.
Land area
44.0 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
1,674 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.3134° N, 82.3535° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Holston River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Tri-Cities (TRI) 1,519 ft
ZIP codes 7
37601 37604 37614 37615 37659 37686 37694
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Unicoi1,930 ft
  2. Jonesborough1,780 ft
  3. Valley Forge1,700 ft
  4. Pine Crest1,680 ft
  5. Johnson City1,670 ft
  6. Biltmore1,660 ft
  7. Central1,630 ft
  8. Elizabethton1,590 ft
  9. Gray1,530 ft
  10. Watauga1,520 ft
  11. Oak Grove1,510 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cloudland Mountain6,210 ft
  • Unaka Mountain5,170 ft
  • Flattop4,710 ft
  • Pinnacle Mountain3,520 ft
  • Chimneytop Mountain3,114 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.