Albemarle County, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Albemarle County, Virginia, shaded from 160 ft on the east side to 3,390 ft on Big Flat Mountain
Elevation
3,390 ft 1,030 m2,580 ft 785 m2,180 ft 665 m1,370 ft 420 m570 ft 175 m160 ft 50 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
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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Albemarle County averages about 750 ft (225 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 160 ft on the east side to 3,390 ft on Big Flat Mountain.

Average elevation
750 ft 225 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,390 ft 1,030 m
on Big Flat Mountain
Lowest
160 ft 50 m
on the east side

Albemarle County spans about 3,230 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 land750 ft225 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Big Flat Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
3,390 ft1,030 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
160 ft50 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Crozet.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Albemarle County, Virginia, shaded from 160 ft on the east side to 3,390 ft on Big Flat Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in Virginia, United States
Population
117,313 2024 est.
Land area
720.5 sq mi + 5.5 sq mi water
Density
163 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Piedmont 82%, Blue Ridge 18%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Augusta County1,890 ft
  2. Rockingham County1,710 ft
  3. Greene County1,170 ft
  4. Nelson County1,110 ft
  5. Albemarle County750 ft
  6. Buckingham County490 ft
  7. Charlottesville city450 ft
  8. Orange County430 ft
  9. Fluvanna County370 ft
  10. Louisa County370 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Big Flat Mountain3,390 ft
  • Cedar Mountain, Albemarle County3,320 ft
  • Loft Mountain3,280 ft
  • Heard Mountain2,399 ft
  • Peters Mountain1,800 ft
All 15 towns in Albemarle County by typical elevation
  1. Afton partly1,140 ft
  2. Crozet680 ft
  3. North Garden670 ft
  4. University of Virginia640 ft
  5. Ivy600 ft
  6. Earlysville560 ft
  7. Esmont530 ft
  8. Free Union530 ft
  9. Rio510 ft
  10. Piney Mountain490 ft
  11. Pantops490 ft
  12. Hollymead470 ft
  13. Keswick420 ft
  14. Scottsville370 ft
  15. Rivanna370 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, 96 ft at 38.0149° N, 78.4029° 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.