Montgomery County, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Montgomery County, Virginia, shaded from 1,160 ft on the east side to 3,760 ft on the east side
Elevation
3,760 ft 1,145 m3,110 ft 950 m2,790 ft 850 m2,140 ft 650 m1,490 ft 455 m1,170 ft 355 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Montgomery County averages about 2,030 ft (620 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,160 ft on the east side to 3,760 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
2,030 ft 620 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,760 ft 1,145 m
on the east side
Lowest
1,160 ft 355 m
on the east side

Montgomery County spans about 2,600 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land2,030 ft620 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
3,760 ft1,145 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,160 ft355 m

Elevation profile, west to east

23 mi west to east through Blacksburg.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Montgomery County, Virginia, shaded from 1,160 ft on the east side to 3,760 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in Virginia, United States
Population
98,998 2024 est.
Land area
386.8 sq mi + 2.4 sq mi water
Density
256 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Valley and Ridge 84%, Blue Ridge 16%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean 54%, Gulf of America 46%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Floyd County2,590 ft
  2. Giles County2,510 ft
  3. Pulaski County2,200 ft
  4. Craig County2,190 ft
  5. Montgomery County2,030 ft
  6. Radford city1,900 ft
  7. Roanoke County1,740 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Bruisers Knob3,440 ft
  • Double Ridge Knob3,080 ft
  • Paris Mountain2,997 ft
  • Gap Mountain3,000 ft
  • Fishers View Mountain2,950 ft
All 10 towns in Montgomery County 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. Shawsville1,460 ft
  9. Elliston1,280 ft
  10. Lafayette1,200 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.