Independent Hill, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Independent Hill, Virginia, shaded from 220 ft on the east side to 560 ft on the east side
Elevation
560 ft 170 m470 ft 145 m430 ft 130 m350 ft 105 m260 ft 80 m220 ft 65 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.
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

Independent Hill sits at about 300 ft (90 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
300 ft 90 m
most residents: 240–340 ft
Lowest
220 ft 65 m
on the east side
Highest
560 ft 170 m
on the east side
Average
340 ft 105 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Independent Hill spans about 340 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
300 ft90 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
560 ft170 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
220 ft65 m
Town center
USGS map point for Independent Hill
410 ft125 m
Airport (HEF)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.9 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
192 ft59 m
Average of all land340 ft105 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Independent Hill, Virginia, shaded from 220 ft on the east side to 560 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Prince William County, Virginia, United States
Population
10,165 2020 Census
Land area
8.9 sq mi
Density
1,141 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.6360° N, 77.4378° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Washington Manassas/Harry P Davis Field (HEF) 192 ft
ZIP codes 2
20112 22193
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. County Center320 ft
  2. Independent Hill300 ft
  3. Dale City290 ft
  4. Manassas280 ft
  5. Potomac Mills270 ft
  6. Buckhall260 ft
  7. Lake Ridge230 ft
  8. Montclair230 ft
  9. Triangle130 ft
  10. Leesylvania98 ft
  11. Dumfries42 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Stony Man4,011 ft
  • Sugarloaf3,450 ft
  • Old Rag Mountain3,285 ft
  • Peters Mountain1,800 ft
  • Signal Hill360 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).
  • 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, 210 ft at 38.6176° N, 77.3732° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Independent Hill 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.