Halifax County, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Halifax County, Virginia, shaded from 150 ft on the south side to 750 ft on the west side
Elevation
750 ft 230 m600 ft 180 m520 ft 160 m370 ft 115 m220 ft 70 m150 ft 45 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Halifax County averages about 460 ft (140 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 150 ft on the south side to 750 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
460 ft 140 m
all land inside the county
Highest
750 ft 230 m
on the west side
Lowest
150 ft 45 m
on the south side

Halifax County spans about 600 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land460 ft140 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
750 ft230 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
150 ft45 m

Elevation profile, south to north

32 mi south to north through South Boston.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Halifax County, Virginia, shaded from 150 ft on the south side to 750 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Virginia, United States
Population
33,448 2024 est.
Land area
817.7 sq mi + 11.8 sq mi water
Density
41 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Pittsylvania County700 ft
  2. Campbell County700 ft
  3. Caswell County, NC580 ft
  4. Person County, NC560 ft
  5. Charlotte County490 ft
  6. Halifax County460 ft
  7. Granville County, NC430 ft
  8. Mecklenburg County360 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 9 towns in Halifax County by typical elevation
  1. Virgilina510 ft
  2. Nathalie510 ft
  3. Mountain Road460 ft
  4. Cluster Springs440 ft
  5. Halifax440 ft
  6. Clover430 ft
  7. South Boston410 ft
  8. Riverdale400 ft
  9. Scottsburg380 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. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 120 ft at 36.7274° N, 78.8440° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.