Goshen, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Goshen, Virginia, shaded from 1,380 ft on the southeast side to 1,850 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,850 ft 565 m1,740 ft 530 m1,680 ft 510 m1,560 ft 475 m1,440 ft 440 m1,380 ft 420 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
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

Goshen sits at about 1,450 ft (440 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,450 ft 440 m
most residents: 1,390–1,530 ft
Lowest
1,380 ft 420 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,850 ft 565 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,480 ft 450 m
all land inside town limits

Goshen spans about 470 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
1,450 ft440 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
1,850 ft565 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
1,380 ft420 m
Town center
USGS map point for Goshen
1,400 ft430 m
Average of all land1,480 ft450 m
Nearest peak
Chestnut Ridge, 5.1 mi north of the town limits
3,270 ft995 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Goshen, Virginia, shaded from 1,380 ft on the southeast side to 1,850 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
Population
334 2024 est.
Land area
1.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
193 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.9871° N, 79.4978° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Maury River → James River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
24439
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Warm Springs2,660 ft
  2. Hot Springs2,460 ft
  3. Middlebrook1,930 ft
  4. Millboro1,730 ft
  5. Deerfield1,720 ft
  6. Fairfield1,640 ft
  7. Augusta Springs1,620 ft
  8. Craigsville1,560 ft
  9. Goshen1,450 ft
  10. Lexington1,050 ft
  11. East Lexington1,040 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Hogback4,450 ft
  • Big House Mountain3,630 ft
  • Brushy Mountain3,560 ft
  • Big Butt3,430 ft
  • Chestnut Ridge3,270 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. All public domain.