Sparta, TN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sparta, Tennessee, shaded from 820 ft on the southwest side to 1,120 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,120 ft 340 m1,050 ft 320 m1,010 ft 305 m930 ft 285 m860 ft 260 m820 ft 250 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Sparta sits at about 940 ft (285 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
940 ft 285 m
most residents: 900–990 ft
Lowest
820 ft 250 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,120 ft 340 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
940 ft 285 m
all land inside city limits

Sparta spans about 300 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
940 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
1,120 ft340 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
820 ft250 m
Town center
USGS map point for Sparta
920 ft280 m
Average of all land940 ft285 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sparta, Tennessee, shaded from 820 ft on the southwest side to 1,120 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in White County, Tennessee, United States
Population
4,989 2024 est.
Land area
6.7 sq mi
Density
742 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.9259° N, 85.4641° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Caney Fork → Cumberland River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
38583
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mayland1,980 ft
  2. Monterey1,870 ft
  3. Pleasant Hill1,860 ft
  4. Bon Air1,850 ft
  5. Spencer1,770 ft
  6. Cookeville1,110 ft
  7. Algood1,110 ft
  8. Smithville1,060 ft
  9. Baxter1,040 ft
  10. Doyle950 ft
  11. Sparta940 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Stallion Mountain3,340 ft
  • Hinch Mountain3,041 ft
  • Lone Mountain2,530 ft
  • Dibrell Mountain1,330 ft
  • Miller Mountain, White County1,130 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.