Franconia, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franconia, Virginia, shaded from 92 ft on the southwest side to 260 ft near the middle
Elevation
260 ft 80 m220 ft 65 m200 ft 60 m150 ft 45 m110 ft 35 m92 ft 28 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
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

Franconia sits at about 220 ft (70 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
220 ft 70 m
most residents: 190–240 ft
Lowest
92 ft 28 m
on the southwest side
Highest
260 ft 80 m
near the middle
Average
210 ft 65 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Franconia spans about 168 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
220 ft70 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
260 ft80 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
92 ft28 m
Town center
USGS map point for Franconia
250 ft75 m
Airport (DCA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.4 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
14 ft4 m
Average of all land210 ft65 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franconia, Virginia, shaded from 92 ft on the southwest side to 260 ft near the middle
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
Population
18,943 2020 Census
Land area
3.5 sq mi
Density
5,445 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.7821° N, 77.1464° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 14 ft
ZIP codes 2
22310 22315
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. West Springfield280 ft
  2. North Springfield270 ft
  3. Springfield240 ft
  4. Lincolnia240 ft
  5. Franconia220 ft
  6. Kingstowne200 ft
  7. Rose Hill190 ft
  8. Newington180 ft
  9. Groveton150 ft
  10. Hayfield62 ft
  11. Woodlawn34 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sugarloaf3,450 ft
  • Prout Hill450 ft
  • Upton Hill410 ft
  • Munson Hill370 ft
  • Shooters Hill, Alexandria city190 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.
  • Franconia 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. All public domain.