Harriston, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Harriston, Virginia, shaded from 1,130 ft on the north side to 1,310 ft on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,310 ft 400 m1,270 ft 385 m1,240 ft 380 m1,200 ft 365 m1,150 ft 350 m1,130 ft 345 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.
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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

Harriston sits at about 1,240 ft (380 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,240 ft 380 m
most residents: 1,140–1,250 ft
Lowest
1,130 ft 345 m
on the north side
Highest
1,310 ft 400 m
on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,210 ft 370 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Harriston spans about 180 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
1,240 ft380 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
1,310 ft400 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
1,130 ft345 m
Town center
USGS map point for Harriston
1,170 ft355 m
Airport (SHD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.2 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
1,201 ft366 m
Average of all land1,210 ft370 m
Nearest peak
Big Flat Mountain, 8.2 mi east of the CDP boundary
3,390 ft1,030 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Harriston, Virginia, shaded from 1,130 ft on the north side to 1,310 ft on the south 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 Augusta County, Virginia, United States
Population
948 2020 Census
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
601 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.2174° N, 78.8322° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
South Fork Shenandoah River → Shenandoah River → Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Shenandoah Valley Regional (SHD) 1,201 ft
ZIP codes 1
24441
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fishersville1,370 ft
  2. Dooms1,350 ft
  3. Mount Sidney1,340 ft
  4. Waynesboro1,340 ft
  5. Crimora1,290 ft
  6. Verona1,280 ft
  7. Harriston1,240 ft
  8. New Hope1,240 ft
  9. Weyers Cave1,180 ft
  10. Grottoes1,100 ft
  11. Port Republic1,100 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Devils Knob3,850 ft
  • Hightop3,593 ft
  • Big Flat Mountain3,390 ft
  • Lairds Knob3,270 ft
  • Heard Mountain2,399 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.
  • Harriston 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.