Augusta County, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Augusta County, Virginia, shaded from 1,060 ft on the east side to 4,460 ft on Great North Mountain
Elevation
4,460 ft 1,360 m3,610 ft 1,100 m3,190 ft 970 m2,340 ft 715 m1,490 ft 455 m1,060 ft 325 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

Augusta County averages about 1,890 ft (575 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,060 ft on the east side to 4,460 ft on Great North Mountain.

Average elevation
1,890 ft 575 m
all land inside the county
Highest
4,460 ft 1,360 m
on Great North Mountain
Lowest
1,060 ft 325 m
on the east side

Augusta County spans about 3,400 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 land1,890 ft575 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Great North Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
4,460 ft1,360 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,060 ft325 m

Elevation profile, south to north

33 mi south to north through Stuarts Draft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Augusta County, Virginia, shaded from 1,060 ft on the east side to 4,460 ft on Great North Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in Virginia, United States
Population
78,622 2024 est.
Land area
967.1 sq mi + 3.7 sq mi water
Density
81 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Valley and Ridge 88%, Blue Ridge 12%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Highland County2,860 ft
  2. Pendleton County, WV2,590 ft
  3. Bath County2,220 ft
  4. Augusta County1,890 ft
  5. Rockingham County1,710 ft
  6. Rockbridge County1,620 ft
  7. Staunton city1,490 ft
  8. Waynesboro city1,370 ft
  9. Nelson County1,110 ft
  10. Albemarle County750 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Great North Mountain4,460 ft
  • Hogback4,450 ft
  • Little Bald Knob4,350 ft
  • Hardscrabble Knob4,281 ft
  • Crawford Knob3,730 ft
All 20 towns in Augusta County by typical elevation
  1. Wintergreen partly3,130 ft
  2. Middlebrook1,930 ft
  3. Deerfield1,720 ft
  4. Greenville1,690 ft
  5. Augusta Springs1,620 ft
  6. Craigsville1,560 ft
  7. Jolivue1,540 ft
  8. Sherando1,500 ft
  9. Stuarts Draft1,460 ft
  10. Churchville1,430 ft
  11. Lyndhurst1,390 ft
  12. Fishersville1,370 ft
  13. Dooms1,350 ft
  14. Mount Sidney1,340 ft
  15. Crimora1,290 ft
  16. Verona1,280 ft
  17. Harriston1,240 ft
  18. New Hope1,240 ft
  19. Weyers Cave1,180 ft
  20. Grottoes partly1,100 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.
  • 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.