Mechanicsburg, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

2,920 ft 890 m2,740 ft 835 m2,640 ft 805 m2,460 ft 750 m2,280 ft 695 m2,180 ft 665 m

Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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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

Mechanicsburg sits at about 2,360 ft (720 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)

2,360 ft 720 m

few residents

Lowest

2,180 ft 665 m

near the middle

Highest

2,920 ft 890 m

on the north side

Average

2,400 ft 730 m

all land inside the CDP boundary

Mechanicsburg spans about 740 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by	2,360 ft720 m
Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side	2,920 ft890 m
Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle	2,180 ft665 m
Town center USGS map point for Mechanicsburg	2,230 ft680 m
Average of all land	2,400 ft730 m
Nearest peak Sugar Run Mountain, 7.7 mi northeast of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)	4,083 ft1,244 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Location: Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Bland County, Virginia, United States
Population: 81 2020 Census
Land area: 0.5 sq mi
Density: 170 per sq mi
Coordinates: 37.1482° N, 80.9412° W
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region: Valley and Ridge
Drains to: Walker Creek → New River → Kanawha River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1: 24315

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Bland2,480 ft
Mechanicsburg2,360 ft
Bastian2,210 ft
Fort Chiswell2,170 ft
Dublin2,120 ft
Max Meadows2,120 ft
Draper2,110 ft
Rocky Gap2,010 ft
Pulaski2,010 ft
Oakvale, WV1,790 ft
Narrows1,660 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Virginia30th highest of 700
Towns in Bland County2nd highest of 4

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Chimney Rock, Tazewell County4,380 ft
Salt Pond Mountain4,330 ft
Glade Mountain4,090 ft
Sugar Run Mountain4,083 ft
Wrights Peak4,070 ft

How we measure

Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
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.
Mechanicsburg 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.