Monterey, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monterey, Virginia, shaded from 2,830 ft on the east side to 3,050 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
3,040 ft 930 m2,990 ft 910 m2,970 ft 905 m2,910 ft 890 m2,860 ft 870 m2,830 ft 865 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Monterey sits at about 2,910 ft (890 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,910 ft 890 m
most residents: 2,870–2,980 ft
Lowest
2,830 ft 865 m
on the east side
Highest
3,050 ft 930 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
2,910 ft 885 m
all land inside town limits

Monterey spans about 220 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
2,910 ft890 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
3,050 ft930 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the east side
2,830 ft865 m
Town center
USGS map point for Monterey
2,900 ft885 m
Average of all land2,910 ft885 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monterey, Virginia, shaded from 2,830 ft on the east side to 3,050 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Highland County, Virginia, United States
Population
164 2024 est.
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
521 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.4123° N, 79.5806° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
South Branch Potomac River → Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
24465
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Monterey2,910 ft
  2. Durbin, WV2,780 ft
  3. Bartow, WV2,770 ft
  4. Frank, WV2,740 ft
  5. Arbovale, WV2,730 ft
  6. Green Bank, WV2,670 ft
  7. Cass, WV2,590 ft
  8. McDowell2,140 ft
  9. Franklin, WV1,840 ft
  10. Deerfield1,720 ft
  11. Brandywine, WV1,590 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bald Knob4,842 ft
  • Kile Knob4,590 ft
  • Paddy Knob4,476 ft
  • Little Bald Knob4,350 ft
  • Hardscrabble Knob4,281 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.