Ashland, VA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
240 ft 70 m210 ft 65 m190 ft 60 m170 ft 50 m140 ft 40 m120 ft 40 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Ashland sits at about 220 ft (65 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
220 ft 65 m
most residents: 210–220 ft
Lowest
120 ft 40 m
on the north side
Highest
240 ft 70 m
on the southeast side
Average
210 ft 65 m
all land inside town limits
Ashland spans about 120 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 | 220 ft65 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the southeast side | 240 ft70 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the north side | 120 ft40 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Ashland | 220 ft65 m |
| Airport (OFP) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.1 mi southeast of the town limits | 207 ft63 m |
| Average of all land | 210 ft65 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
3.6 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Hanover County, Virginia, United States
- Population
- 7,910 2024 est.
- Land area
- 7.2 sq mi
- Density
- 1,099 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 37.7590° N, 77.4800° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Piedmont
- Drains to
- Pamunkey River → York River → Atlantic Ocean
- Airport
- Hanover County Municipal (OFP) 207 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 23005
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Wyndham260 ft
- Innsbrook260 ft
- Short Pump250 ft
- Laurel230 ft
- Ashland220 ft
- Dumbarton220 ft
- Glen Allen200 ft
- Lakeside190 ft
- Chamberlayne180 ft
- Mechanicsville170 ft
- Hanover100 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Virginia513th highest of 700
- Towns in Hanover Countyhighest of 3
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Peters Mountain1,800 ft
- Shooters Hill, Goochland County230 ft
- Sliding Hill220 ft
- Turkey Hill, Hanover County190 ft
- Gambles Hill190 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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.