Clifton, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clifton, Virginia, shaded from 170 ft on the west side to 320 ft on the east side
Elevation
320 ft 95 m280 ft 85 m260 ft 80 m230 ft 70 m190 ft 60 m170 ft 55 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Clifton sits at about 260 ft (80 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
260 ft 80 m
most residents: 200–300 ft
Lowest
170 ft 55 m
on the west side
Highest
320 ft 95 m
on the east side
Average
230 ft 70 m
all land inside town limits

Clifton spans about 150 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
260 ft80 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the east side
320 ft95 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
170 ft55 m
Town center
USGS map point for Clifton
200 ft60 m
Airport (IAD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi north of the town limits
312 ft95 m
Average of all land230 ft70 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clifton, Virginia, shaded from 170 ft on the west side to 320 ft on the east side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
Population
242 2024 est.
Land area
0.2 sq mi
Density
988 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.7801° N, 77.3867° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Washington Dulles International (IAD) 312 ft
ZIP codes 1
20124
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Braddock410 ft
  2. Burke Centre370 ft
  3. Union Mill370 ft
  4. Fairfax Station370 ft
  5. Centreville290 ft
  6. Manassas280 ft
  7. Manassas Park260 ft
  8. Buckhall260 ft
  9. Clifton260 ft
  10. Yorkshire210 ft
  11. Loch Lomond190 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Stony Man4,011 ft
  • Sugarloaf3,450 ft
  • Old Rag Mountain3,285 ft
  • Signal Hill360 ft
  • Mount Pone350 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.