Sumner County, TN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sumner County, Tennessee, shaded from 410 ft on the southwest side to 1,070 ft on Wolf Hill
Elevation
1,070 ft 325 m910 ft 275 m820 ft 250 m660 ft 200 m490 ft 150 m410 ft 125 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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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Sumner County averages about 700 ft (215 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 410 ft on the southwest side to 1,070 ft on Wolf Hill.

Average elevation
700 ft 215 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,070 ft 325 m
on Wolf Hill
Lowest
410 ft 125 m
on the southwest side

Sumner County spans about 660 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land700 ft215 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Wolf Hill
1,070 ft325 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
410 ft125 m

Elevation profile, south to north

21 mi south to north through Hendersonville.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sumner County, Tennessee, shaded from 410 ft on the southwest side to 1,070 ft on Wolf Hill
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Tennessee, United States
Population
211,721 2024 est.
Land area
529.5 sq mi + 13.8 sq mi water
Density
400 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Macon County860 ft
  2. Allen County, KY710 ft
  3. Sumner County700 ft
  4. Simpson County, KY670 ft
  5. Robertson County670 ft
  6. Wilson County660 ft
  7. Trousdale County620 ft
  8. Davidson County590 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Wolf Hill, Sumner County1,070 ft
  • County House Hill920 ft
  • Pitt Hill910 ft
  • O'Ryan Knob910 ft
  • Kirk Hill900 ft
All 18 towns in Sumner County by typical elevation
  1. Graball940 ft
  2. Westmoreland920 ft
  3. New Deal880 ft
  4. Walnut Grove860 ft
  5. Oak Grove, Sumner County860 ft
  6. White House840 ft
  7. Bransford810 ft
  8. Portland800 ft
  9. Mitchellville760 ft
  10. Fairfield750 ft
  11. Millersville690 ft
  12. Cottontown640 ft
  13. Castalian Springs610 ft
  14. Shackle Island600 ft
  15. Bethpage550 ft
  16. Goodlettsville partly530 ft
  17. Gallatin530 ft
  18. Hendersonville500 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Highest ground: the single highest 3DEP cell, 1,080 ft at 36.4649° N, 86.2482° W, has no federal (GNIS) summit name within 980 ft (300 m), so the high point shown is the highest of the 25 highest cells with a GNIS summit within 1,640 ft (500 m).
  • 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, 300 ft at 36.3499° N, 86.5374° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.