Paris, VA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
840 ft 255 m790 ft 240 m770 ft 235 m720 ft 220 m680 ft 205 m650 ft 200 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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
Paris sits at about 740 ft (225 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
740 ft 225 m
few residents
Lowest
650 ft 200 m
on the south side
Highest
840 ft 255 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
740 ft 225 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Paris spans about 190 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 740 ft225 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside | 840 ft255 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side | 650 ft200 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Paris | 800 ft245 m |
| Average of all land | 740 ft225 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.7 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States
- Population
- 44 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Density
- 174 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.0046° N, 77.9514° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Blue Ridge
- Drains to
- Goose Creek → Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 20130
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Skyland Estates1,340 ft
- Apple Mountain Lake950 ft
- Shenandoah Farms910 ft
- Paris740 ft
- Marshall640 ft
- Berryville600 ft
- Shenandoah Retreat590 ft
- Boyce580 ft
- Shenandoah Shores570 ft
- Upperville540 ft
- Rectortown540 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Virginia265th highest of 700
- Towns in Fauquier Countyhighest of 13
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Stony Man4,011 ft
- Sugarloaf3,450 ft
- Mill Mountain3,300 ft
- Old Rag Mountain3,285 ft
- Third Hill Mountain2,170 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- 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.
- Paris 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.