Rockford, TN Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,390 ft 425 m1,240 ft 380 m1,170 ft 355 m1,030 ft 315 m880 ft 270 m810 ft 245 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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
Rockford sits at about 870 ft (265 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
870 ft 265 m
most residents: 830–1,180 ft
Lowest
810 ft 245 m
on the north side
Highest
1,390 ft 425 m
on Gravelly Mountain
Average
910 ft 275 m
all land inside city limits
Rockford spans about 580 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 870 ft265 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on Gravelly Mountain | 1,390 ft425 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 810 ft245 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Rockford | 830 ft255 m |
| Airport (TYS) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.4 mi west of the city limits | 986 ft301 m |
| Average of all land | 910 ft275 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.0 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Blount County, Tennessee, United States
- Population
- 841 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3.4 sq mi
- Density
- 247 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.8276° N, 83.9407° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Valley and Ridge
- Drains to
- Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Mc Ghee Tyson (TYS) 986 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 37853
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Seymour1,070 ft
- Maryville990 ft
- Knoxville990 ft
- Farragut960 ft
- Walland950 ft
- Wildwood920 ft
- Louisville890 ft
- Eagleton Village890 ft
- Alcoa890 ft
- Friendsville880 ft
- Rockford870 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Tennessee204th highest of 504
- Towns in Blount Countylowest of 9
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Cove Mountain4,084 ft
- Rich Mountain3,701 ft
- Buffalo Mountain3,380 ft
- Bluff Mountain3,073 ft
- Round Top3,070 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.