Grayson County, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

5,710 ft 1,740 m4,790 ft 1,460 m4,330 ft 1,320 m3,410 ft 1,040 m2,490 ft 760 m2,030 ft 620 m

Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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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.
County area: Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Grayson County averages about 3,020 ft (920 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 2,030 ft on the east side to 5,711 ft on Mount Rogers.

Average elevation

3,020 ft 920 m

all land inside the county

Highest

5,711 ft 1,741 m

on Mount Rogers

Lowest

2,030 ft 620 m

on the east side

Grayson County spans about 3,680 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

Figure	Elevation
Average of all land	3,020 ft920 m
Highest point Inside the county, on Mount Rogers (NGS survey height)	5,711 ft1,741 m
Lowest point Inside the county, on the east side	2,030 ft620 m

Elevation profile, west to east

40 mi west to east through Independence.

Topographic Map

Location: County in Virginia, United States
Population: 15,265 2024 est.
Land area: 441.8 sq mi + 3.8 sq mi water
Density: 35 per sq mi
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region: Blue Ridge
Drains to: Gulf of America

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

Ashe County, NC3,210 ft
Grayson County3,020 ft
Johnson County, TN2,920 ft
Alleghany County, NC2,860 ft
Smyth County2,690 ft
Galax city2,490 ft
Wythe County2,480 ft
Carroll County2,470 ft
Washington County2,170 ft
Surry County, NC1,220 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Counties in Virginiahighest of 94
Counties in the United States380th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

Pine Mountain, Grayson County5,530 ft
Haw Orchard Mountain5,090 ft
Stone Mountain, Grayson County4,930 ft
High Rock4,660 ft
Point Lookout Mountain4,540 ft

All 6 towns in Grayson County by typical elevation

Troutdale3,250 ft
Independence2,680 ft
Baywood2,570 ft
Stevens Creek2,450 ft
Hilltown2,400 ft
Fries2,230 ft

How we measure

Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.