Dillwyn, VA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
660 ft 200 m630 ft 190 m610 ft 185 m580 ft 175 m550 ft 165 m530 ft 160 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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
Dillwyn sits at about 600 ft (185 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
600 ft 185 m
most residents: 590–630 ft
Lowest
530 ft 160 m
on the southwest side
Highest
660 ft 200 m
on the west side
Average
600 ft 185 m
all land inside town limits
Dillwyn spans about 130 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 | 600 ft185 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the west side | 660 ft200 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the southwest side | 530 ft160 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Dillwyn | 620 ft190 m |
| Average of all land | 600 ft185 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.1 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Buckingham County, Virginia, United States
- Population
- 439 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Density
- 682 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 37.5429° N, 78.4572° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Piedmont
- Drains to
- Slate River → James River → Atlantic Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 23936
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Pamplin City680 ft
- Dillwyn600 ft
- Esmont530 ft
- Hampden-Sydney520 ft
- Schuyler490 ft
- Yogaville470 ft
- Buckingham Courthouse450 ft
- Cumberland420 ft
- Scottsville370 ft
- Farmville360 ft
- Columbia260 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Virginia294th highest of 700
- Towns in Buckingham Countyhighest of 3
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Chimney Rock, Nelson County3,950 ft
- Devils Knob3,850 ft
- Tobacco Row Mountain2,936 ft
- Heard Mountain2,399 ft
- Peters Mountain1,800 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.