Marion, VA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,590 ft 790 m2,460 ft 750 m2,390 ft 730 m2,260 ft 690 m2,120 ft 645 m2,060 ft 625 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Marion sits at about 2,260 ft (690 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,260 ft 690 m
most residents: 2,160–2,340 ft
Lowest
2,060 ft 625 m
on the west side
Highest
2,590 ft 790 m
at the foot of the River Knobs
Average
2,240 ft 685 m
all land inside town limits
Marion spans about 530 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 | 2,260 ft690 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, at the foot of the River Knobs | 2,590 ft790 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the west side | 2,060 ft625 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Marion | 2,170 ft665 m |
| Average of all land | 2,240 ft685 m |
| Nearest peak Glade Mountain, 6.8 mi east of the town limits | 4,090 ft1,245 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
2.3 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Smyth County, Virginia, United States
- Population
- 5,602 2024 est.
- Land area
- 4.8 sq mi
- Density
- 1,169 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 36.8348° N, 81.5148° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Valley and Ridge
- Drains to
- Middle Fork Holston River → South Fork Holston River → Holston River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 24354
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Troutdale3,250 ft
- Sugar Grove2,700 ft
- Rural Retreat2,570 ft
- Atkins2,320 ft
- Adwolf2,300 ft
- Marion2,260 ft
- McMullin2,170 ft
- Glade Spring2,160 ft
- Seven Mile Ford2,070 ft
- Chilhowie2,030 ft
- Saltville1,910 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Virginia37th highest of 700
- Towns in Smyth County4th highest of 9
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Rogers5,711 ft
- Pond Mountain4,940 ft
- High Rock4,660 ft
- Knob Mountain4,472 ft
- Glade Mountain4,090 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, 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 town limits (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.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.