Merrimac, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Merrimac, Virginia, shaded from 1,960 ft on the southwest side to 2,210 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
2,210 ft 675 m2,150 ft 655 m2,120 ft 645 m2,050 ft 625 m1,990 ft 605 m1,960 ft 600 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

Merrimac sits at about 2,100 ft (640 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,100 ft 640 m
most residents: 2,100–2,150 ft
Lowest
1,960 ft 600 m
on the southwest side
Highest
2,210 ft 675 m
on the southeast side
Average
2,100 ft 640 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Merrimac spans about 250 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
2,100 ft640 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
2,210 ft675 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
1,960 ft600 m
Airport (BCB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.7 mi north of the CDP boundary
2,119 ft646 m
Average of all land2,100 ft640 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.6 mi south to north through the middle of Merrimac.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Merrimac, Virginia, shaded from 1,960 ft on the southwest side to 2,210 ft on the southeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States
Population
2,858 2020 Census
Land area
1.7 sq mi
Density
1,664 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.1869° N, 80.4202° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
New River → Kanawha River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Virginia Tech/Montgomery Exec (BCB) 2,119 ft
ZIP codes 1
24060
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Christiansburg2,120 ft
  2. Merrimac2,100 ft
  3. Blacksburg2,100 ft
  4. Riner2,080 ft
  5. Belview2,020 ft
  6. Prices Fork1,960 ft
  7. Plum Creek1,920 ft
  8. New River1,920 ft
  9. Radford1,870 ft
  10. Fairlawn1,870 ft
  11. Shawsville1,460 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Salt Pond Mountain4,330 ft
  • Wrights Peak4,070 ft
  • Poor Mountain3,920 ft
  • Cahas Mountain3,562 ft
  • Fort Lewis Mountain3,280 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, 1,960 ft at 37.1801° N, 80.4329° 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.
  • Merrimac 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.