New Castle, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New Castle, Virginia, shaded from 1,270 ft on the north side to 1,470 ft at the foot of the Peters Mountain
Elevation
1,470 ft 450 m1,420 ft 435 m1,390 ft 425 m1,340 ft 410 m1,300 ft 395 m1,270 ft 385 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

New Castle sits at about 1,310 ft (400 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,310 ft 400 m
most residents: 1,300–1,420 ft
Lowest
1,270 ft 385 m
on the north side
Highest
1,470 ft 450 m
at the foot of the Peters Mountain
Average
1,350 ft 415 m
all land inside town limits

New Castle spans about 200 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
1,310 ft400 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the Peters Mountain
1,470 ft450 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
1,270 ft385 m
Town center
USGS map point for New Castle
1,360 ft415 m
Airport (ROA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 14 mi southeast of the town limits
1,175 ft358 m
Average of all land1,350 ft415 m
Nearest peak
Catawba Mountain, 8.3 mi southeast of the town limits
3,180 ft970 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New Castle, Virginia, shaded from 1,270 ft on the north side to 1,470 ft at the foot of the Peters Mountain
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Craig County, Virginia, United States
Population
122 2024 est.
Land area
0.2 sq mi
Density
739 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.5001° N, 80.1109° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Craig Creek → James River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) (ROA) 1,175 ft
ZIP codes 1
24127
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Troutville1,390 ft
  2. Blue Ridge1,360 ft
  3. Daleville1,340 ft
  4. New Castle1,310 ft
  5. Laymantown1,270 ft
  6. Cloverdale1,270 ft
  7. Fincastle1,230 ft
  8. Glenvar1,130 ft
  9. Hollins1,110 ft
  10. Salem1,100 ft
  11. Roanoke1,040 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Wrights Peak4,070 ft
  • Poor Mountain3,920 ft
  • Fort Lewis Mountain3,280 ft
  • Catawba Mountain3,180 ft
  • Foster Knob2,560 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.