Lake Monticello, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake Monticello, Virginia, shaded from 230 ft on the east side to 500 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
500 ft 150 m430 ft 130 m400 ft 120 m330 ft 100 m260 ft 80 m230 ft 70 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

Lake Monticello sits at about 380 ft (115 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
380 ft 115 m
most residents: 340–410 ft
Lowest
230 ft 70 m
on the east side
Highest
500 ft 150 m
on the southwest side
Average
370 ft 115 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Lake Monticello spans about 270 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
380 ft115 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
500 ft150 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
230 ft70 m
Town center
USGS map point for Lake Monticello
380 ft115 m
Average of all land370 ft115 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake Monticello, Virginia, shaded from 230 ft on the east side to 500 ft on the southwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States
Population
10,126 2020 Census
Land area
8.8 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
1,145 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.9232° N, 78.3347° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
James River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
22963
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. University of Virginia640 ft
  2. Rio510 ft
  3. Pantops490 ft
  4. Hollymead470 ft
  5. Charlottesville460 ft
  6. Keswick420 ft
  7. Lake Monticello380 ft
  8. Scottsville370 ft
  9. Rivanna370 ft
  10. Palmyra330 ft
  11. Columbia260 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Devils Knob3,850 ft
  • Hightop3,593 ft
  • Big Flat Mountain3,390 ft
  • Heard Mountain2,399 ft
  • Peters Mountain1,800 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.
  • Lake Monticello 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.