Forest, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Forest, Virginia, shaded from 680 ft on the northeast side to 1,000 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,000 ft 305 m920 ft 280 m880 ft 270 m800 ft 245 m720 ft 220 m680 ft 210 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Forest sits at about 840 ft (255 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
840 ft 255 m
most residents: 790–890 ft
Lowest
680 ft 210 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,000 ft 305 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
840 ft 255 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Forest spans about 320 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
840 ft255 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
1,000 ft305 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
680 ft210 m
Town center
USGS map point for Forest
880 ft270 m
Airport (LYH)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.7 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
938 ft286 m
Average of all land840 ft255 m
Nearest peak
No Business Mountain, 4.4 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
2,750 ft840 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Forest, Virginia, shaded from 680 ft on the northeast side to 1,000 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Bedford County and Lynchburg city, Virginia, United States
Population
11,725 2020 Census
Land area
13.6 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
862 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.3638° N, 79.2897° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
James River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Lynchburg Regional/Preston Glenn Field (LYH) 938 ft
ZIP codes 3
24502 24503 24551
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bedford950 ft
  2. Timberlake900 ft
  3. Rustburg850 ft
  4. Concord850 ft
  5. Forest840 ft
  6. Madison Heights780 ft
  7. Lynchburg760 ft
  8. Big Island700 ft
  9. Amherst690 ft
  10. Hurt660 ft
  11. Altavista660 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Apple Orchard Mountain4,222 ft
  • Peaks of Otter3,980 ft
  • Bluff Mountain3,360 ft
  • Tobacco Row Mountain2,936 ft
  • No Business Mountain2,750 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Forest is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.