Pennington Gap, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pennington Gap, Virginia, shaded from 1,330 ft on the east side to 2,030 ft at the foot of the Potato Hill Knobs
Elevation
2,030 ft 620 m1,860 ft 565 m1,770 ft 540 m1,600 ft 485 m1,420 ft 435 m1,330 ft 405 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Pennington Gap sits at about 1,450 ft (440 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,450 ft 440 m
most residents: 1,390–1,550 ft
Lowest
1,330 ft 405 m
on the east side
Highest
2,030 ft 620 m
at the foot of the Potato Hill Knobs
Average
1,450 ft 440 m
all land inside town limits

Pennington Gap spans about 700 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
1,450 ft440 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the Potato Hill Knobs
2,030 ft620 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the east side
1,330 ft405 m
Town center
USGS map point for Pennington Gap
1,390 ft420 m
Average of all land1,450 ft440 m
Nearest peak
Buzzard Roost, 3.7 mi east of the town limits (NGS survey)
3,190 ft972 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pennington Gap, Virginia, shaded from 1,330 ft on the east side to 2,030 ft at the foot of the Potato Hill Knobs
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Lee County, Virginia, United States
Population
1,575 2024 est.
Land area
1.7 sq mi
Density
944 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.7584° N, 83.0271° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Powell River → Clinch River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
24277
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Keokee2,150 ft
  2. Stickleyville1,820 ft
  3. Kenvir, KY1,640 ft
  4. Cawood, KY1,620 ft
  5. St. Charles1,550 ft
  6. Dryden1,490 ft
  7. Jonesville1,490 ft
  8. Pennington Gap1,450 ft
  9. Ages, KY1,420 ft
  10. Duffield1,390 ft
  11. Evarts, KY1,320 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • High Knob4,180 ft
  • Black Mountain4,139 ft
  • White Rocks3,510 ft
  • Buzzard Roost3,190 ft
  • Stocker Knob2,880 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.