Pulaski, VA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,570 ft 785 m2,390 ft 730 m2,300 ft 700 m2,120 ft 645 m1,950 ft 595 m1,860 ft 565 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Pulaski sits at about 2,010 ft (610 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,010 ft 610 m
most residents: 1,950–2,070 ft
Lowest
1,860 ft 565 m
on the east side
Highest
2,570 ft 785 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
2,020 ft 615 m
all land inside town limits
Pulaski spans about 710 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 Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 2,010 ft610 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside | 2,570 ft785 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the east side | 1,860 ft565 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Pulaski | 1,910 ft580 m |
| Airport (PSK) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.5 mi northeast of the town limits | 2,105 ft642 m |
| Average of all land | 2,020 ft615 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
2.2 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Pulaski County, Virginia, United States
- Population
- 8,805 2024 est.
- Land area
- 8.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,091 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 37.0479° N, 80.7798° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Valley and Ridge
- Drains to
- New River → Kanawha River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- New River Valley (PSK) 2,105 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 24301
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Mechanicsburg2,360 ft
- Allisonia2,290 ft
- Fort Chiswell2,170 ft
- Hiwassee2,170 ft
- Dublin2,120 ft
- Max Meadows2,120 ft
- Draper2,110 ft
- Snowville2,020 ft
- Pulaski2,010 ft
- New River1,920 ft
- Radford1,870 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Virginia74th highest of 700
- Towns in Pulaski County7th highest of 10
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Point Lookout Mountain4,540 ft
- Salt Pond Mountain4,330 ft
- Sugar Run Mountain4,083 ft
- Wrights Peak4,070 ft
- Poor Mountain3,920 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.