Carroll County, VA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,560 ft 1,085 m2,950 ft 900 m2,640 ft 805 m2,020 ft 615 m1,410 ft 430 m1,100 ft 335 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Carroll County averages about 2,470 ft (750 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,100 ft on the southeast side to 3,560 ft on Fisher Peak.
Average elevation
2,470 ft 750 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,560 ft 1,085 m
on Fisher Peak
Lowest
1,100 ft 335 m
on the southeast side
Carroll County spans about 2,460 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 2,470 ft750 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Fisher Peak (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 3,560 ft1,085 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the southeast side | 1,100 ft335 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
22 mi south to north through Hillsville.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Virginia, United States
- Population
- 29,242 2024 est.
- Land area
- 474.7 sq mi + 2.9 sq mi water
- Density
- 62 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Blue Ridge 92%
- Drains to
- Gulf of America 88%, Atlantic Ocean 13%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Grayson County3,020 ft
- Floyd County2,590 ft
- Galax city2,490 ft
- Wythe County2,480 ft
- Carroll County2,470 ft
- Pulaski County2,200 ft
- Patrick County1,590 ft
- Surry County, NC1,220 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Virginia9th highest of 94
- Counties in the United States496th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Rich Mountain, Carroll County3,530 ft
- Horse Knob3,490 ft
- Beamer Knob3,370 ft
- Ewing Mountain3,370 ft
- Mitchell Knob3,230 ft
All 5 towns in Carroll County by typical elevation
- Fancy Gap2,930 ft
- Woodlawn, Carroll County2,600 ft
- Hillsville2,500 ft
- Hilltown partly2,400 ft
- Cana1,320 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.