Damascus, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Damascus, Virginia, shaded from 1,870 ft on the northwest side to 2,330 ft at the foot of the Iron Mountains
Elevation
2,330 ft 710 m2,210 ft 675 m2,150 ft 655 m2,040 ft 620 m1,930 ft 585 m1,870 ft 570 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
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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Damascus sits at about 1,970 ft (600 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,970 ft 600 m
most residents: 1,930–2,270 ft
Lowest
1,870 ft 570 m
on the northwest side
Highest
2,330 ft 710 m
at the foot of the Iron Mountains
Average
2,000 ft 610 m
all land inside town limits

Damascus spans about 460 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
1,970 ft600 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the Iron Mountains
2,330 ft710 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
1,870 ft570 m
Town center
USGS map point for Damascus
1,950 ft595 m
Average of all land2,000 ft610 m
Nearest peak
Pond Mountain, 7.8 mi southeast of the town limits
4,940 ft1,505 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Damascus, Virginia, shaded from 1,870 ft on the northwest side to 2,330 ft at the foot of the Iron Mountains
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Washington County, Virginia, United States
Population
790 2024 est.
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
991 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.6337° N, 81.7837° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Blue Ridge
Drains to
South Fork Holston River → Holston River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
24236
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mountain City, TN2,470 ft
  2. Adwolf2,300 ft
  3. Meadowview2,240 ft
  4. McMullin2,170 ft
  5. Glade Spring2,160 ft
  6. Emory2,120 ft
  7. Abingdon2,120 ft
  8. Seven Mile Ford2,070 ft
  9. Chilhowie2,030 ft
  10. Damascus1,970 ft
  11. Saltville1,910 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Rogers5,711 ft
  • Three Top Mountain5,010 ft
  • Pond Mountain4,940 ft
  • The Bald4,650 ft
  • Brumley Mountain4,210 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.