Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government, TN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government, Tennessee, shaded from 390 ft on the west side to 1,150 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,150 ft 350 m960 ft 290 m860 ft 260 m670 ft 205 m480 ft 145 m390 ft 120 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government sits at about 550 ft (165 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
550 ft 165 m
most residents: 450–670 ft
Lowest
390 ft 120 m
on the west side
Highest
1,150 ft 350 m
on the southwest side
Average
590 ft 180 m
all land inside city limits

Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government spans about 760 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
550 ft165 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
1,150 ft350 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
390 ft120 m
Airport (BNA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
599 ft183 m
Average of all land590 ft180 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through the middle of Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government, Tennessee, shaded from 390 ft on the west side to 1,150 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Consolidated city and county in Tennessee, United States
Population
704,963 2024 est.
Land area
475.6 sq mi + 21.6 sq mi water
Density
1,482 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.1405° N, 86.7420° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Cumberland River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Nashville International (BNA) 599 ft
ZIP codes 37
37 ZIP codes37013 37015 37027 37064 37072 37076 37080 37086 37115 37122 37135 37138 37143 37189 37201 37203 37204 37205 37206 37207 37208 37209 37210 37211 37212 37213 37214 37215 37216 37217 37218 37219 37220 37221 37228 37232 37238
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Forest Hills760 ft
  2. Brentwood730 ft
  3. Oak Hill630 ft
  4. La Vergne600 ft
  5. Mount Juliet580 ft
  6. Rural Hill570 ft
  7. Green Hill560 ft
  8. Belle Meade550 ft
  9. Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government550 ft
  10. Berry Hill530 ft
  11. Goodlettsville530 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Holt Knob1,060 ft
  • Fosters Hill588 ft
  • Confederate Hill560 ft
  • Capitol Hill555 ft
  • Belmont Terrace545 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 71 ft at 36.2265° N, 86.8074° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.