Henrico County, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Henrico County, Virginia, shaded from 0 ft on the southeast side to 350 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
350 ft 105 m260 ft 80 m220 ft 65 m130 ft 40 m43 ft 13 m0 ft 0 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

Henrico County averages about 160 ft (50 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 0 ft on the southeast side to 350 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
160 ft 50 m
all land inside the county
Highest
350 ft 105 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the southeast side

Henrico County spans about 350 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 land160 ft50 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
350 ft105 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

14 mi west to east through Tuckahoe.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Henrico County, Virginia, shaded from 0 ft on the southeast side to 350 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Virginia, United States
Population
338,696 2024 est.
Land area
233.7 sq mi + 11.1 sq mi water
Density
1,449 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Piedmont 50%, Coastal Plain 50%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Goochland County280 ft
  2. Chesterfield County210 ft
  3. Hanover County190 ft
  4. Richmond city170 ft
  5. Henrico County160 ft
  6. New Kent County77 ft
  7. Charles City County59 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Marion Hill160 ft
  • Malvern Hill130 ft
All 13 towns in Henrico County by typical elevation
  1. Wyndham260 ft
  2. Innsbrook260 ft
  3. Short Pump250 ft
  4. Laurel230 ft
  5. Tuckahoe230 ft
  6. Dumbarton220 ft
  7. Glen Allen200 ft
  8. Lakeside190 ft
  9. Chamberlayne180 ft
  10. East Highland Park170 ft
  11. Highland Springs160 ft
  12. Sandston160 ft
  13. Montrose160 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, −1 ft at 37.3782° N, 77.3335° 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.