Opal, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Opal, Virginia, shaded from 360 ft on the southwest side to 510 ft on the north side
Elevation
510 ft 155 m470 ft 145 m450 ft 140 m420 ft 125 m380 ft 115 m360 ft 110 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

Opal sits at about 430 ft (130 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
430 ft 130 m
most residents: 410–460 ft
Lowest
360 ft 110 m
on the southwest side
Highest
510 ft 155 m
on the north side
Average
430 ft 130 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Opal spans about 150 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
430 ft130 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
510 ft155 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
360 ft110 m
Town center
USGS map point for Opal
450 ft135 m
Airport (HWY)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.4 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
336 ft102 m
Average of all land430 ft130 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Opal, Virginia, shaded from 360 ft on the southwest side to 510 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States
Population
678 2020 Census
Land area
3.1 sq mi
Density
216 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.6210° N, 77.8000° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Occoquan River → Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Warrenton/Fauquier (HWY) 336 ft
ZIP codes 2
20186 22712
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Warrenton550 ft
  2. New Baltimore440 ft
  3. Opal430 ft
  4. Culpeper430 ft
  5. Brandy Station340 ft
  6. Midland320 ft
  7. Bealeton300 ft
  8. Remington280 ft
  9. Calverton270 ft
  10. Catlett260 ft
  11. Nokesville240 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Stony Man4,011 ft
  • Hightop3,593 ft
  • Sugarloaf3,450 ft
  • Old Rag Mountain3,285 ft
  • Peters Mountain1,800 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).
  • 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.
  • Opal 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.