Lafayette, TN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lafayette, Tennessee, shaded from 720 ft on the west side to 1,010 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,010 ft 310 m940 ft 285 m900 ft 275 m830 ft 255 m760 ft 230 m720 ft 220 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.
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

Lafayette sits at about 960 ft (290 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
960 ft 290 m
most residents: 930–990 ft
Lowest
720 ft 220 m
on the west side
Highest
1,010 ft 310 m
on the southeast side
Average
960 ft 290 m
all land inside city limits

Lafayette spans about 290 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
960 ft290 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
1,010 ft310 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
720 ft220 m
Town center
USGS map point for Lafayette
960 ft290 m
Airport (3M7)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
969 ft295 m
Average of all land960 ft290 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lafayette, Tennessee, shaded from 720 ft on the west side to 1,010 ft on the southeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Macon County, Tennessee, United States
Population
5,919 2024 est.
Land area
5.3 sq mi
Density
1,111 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.5212° N, 86.0264° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Barren River → Green River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Lafayette Municipal (3M7) 969 ft
ZIP codes 1
37083
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lafayette960 ft
  2. Westmoreland920 ft
  3. Red Boiling Springs870 ft
  4. Gamaliel, KY820 ft
  5. Bransford810 ft
  6. Fountain Run, KY780 ft
  7. Scottsville, KY770 ft
  8. Fairfield750 ft
  9. Hartsville/Trousdale County620 ft
  10. Castalian Springs610 ft
  11. Bethpage550 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Gravely Hill1,070 ft
  • Hard Scratch Hill1,050 ft
  • Millstone Knob1,050 ft
  • Sandstone Knob1,040 ft
  • Vaden Hill1,010 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. All public domain.