Hiltons, VA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,920 ft 585 m1,750 ft 535 m1,670 ft 510 m1,510 ft 460 m1,350 ft 410 m1,270 ft 390 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Hiltons sits at about 1,370 ft (420 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,370 ft 420 m
most residents: 1,300–1,430 ft
Lowest
1,270 ft 390 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,910 ft 585 m
on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,410 ft 430 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Hiltons spans about 640 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 1,370 ft420 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south edge, below higher ground just outside | 1,910 ft585 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side | 1,270 ft390 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Hiltons | 1,310 ft400 m |
| Airport (TRI) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi south of the CDP boundary | 1,519 ft463 m |
| Average of all land | 1,410 ft430 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.5 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Scott County, Virginia, United States
- Population
- 334 2020 Census
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Density
- 278 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 36.6545° N, 82.4671° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Valley and Ridge
- Drains to
- Holston River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Tri-Cities (TRI) 1,519 ft
- ZIP codes 2
- 24251 24258
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Nickelsville1,970 ft
- Blountville, TN1,650 ft
- Orebank, TN1,530 ft
- Bloomingdale, TN1,460 ft
- Mendota1,440 ft
- Colonial Heights, TN1,430 ft
- Gate City1,420 ft
- Weber City1,370 ft
- Hiltons1,370 ft
- Kingsport, TN1,330 ft
- Dungannon1,310 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Virginia148th highest of 700
- Towns in Scott County6th highest of 7
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Brumley Mountain4,210 ft
- High Knob4,180 ft
- Buzzard Roost3,190 ft
- Chimneytop Mountain3,114 ft
- Stocker Knob2,880 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.
- Hiltons 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.