Dumfries, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dumfries, Virginia, shaded from 1 ft on the east side to 260 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
260 ft 80 m200 ft 60 m160 ft 50 m99 ft 30 m33 ft 10 m1 ft 0 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Dumfries sits at about 42 ft (13 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
42 ft 13 m
most residents: 5–89 ft
Lowest
1 ft 0 m
on the east side
Highest
260 ft 80 m
on the northeast side
Average
68 ft 21 m
all land inside town limits

Dumfries spans about 259 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
42 ft13 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
260 ft80 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the east side
1 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Dumfries
41 ft13 m
Average of all land68 ft21 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dumfries, Virginia, shaded from 1 ft on the east side to 260 ft on the northeast side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Prince William County, Virginia, United States
Population
5,978 2024 est.
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
3,894 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.5676° N, 77.3280° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
22026
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Independent Hill300 ft
  2. Dale City290 ft
  3. Potomac Mills270 ft
  4. Montclair230 ft
  5. Triangle130 ft
  6. Cherry Hill110 ft
  7. Quantico Base100 ft
  8. Leesylvania98 ft
  9. Woodbridge92 ft
  10. Dumfries42 ft
  11. Quantico30 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Stony Man4,011 ft
  • Sugarloaf3,450 ft
  • Old Rag Mountain3,285 ft
  • Peters Mountain1,800 ft
  • Signal Hill360 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.