Scott County, VA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,900 ft 1,185 m3,210 ft 980 m2,870 ft 875 m2,180 ft 665 m1,500 ft 455 m1,150 ft 350 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Scott County averages about 1,830 ft (555 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,150 ft on the southwest side to 3,900 ft on the north side.
Average elevation
1,830 ft 555 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,900 ft 1,185 m
on the north side
Lowest
1,150 ft 350 m
on the southwest side
Scott County spans about 2,750 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 1,830 ft555 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on the north side | 3,900 ft1,185 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the southwest side | 1,150 ft350 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
20 mi south to north through Gate City.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Virginia, United States
- Population
- 21,388 2024 est.
- Land area
- 535.8 sq mi + 3.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 40 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Valley and Ridge
- Drains to
- Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Wise County2,320 ft
- Russell County2,260 ft
- Washington County2,170 ft
- Scott County1,830 ft
- Lee County1,760 ft
- Sullivan County, TN1,710 ft
- Hancock County, TN1,540 ft
- Hawkins County, TN1,430 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Virginia21st highest of 94
- Counties in the United States678th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Bowling Knob3,555 ft
- Brushy Knob, Scott County3,430 ft
- Chimney Rock, Scott County3,390 ft
- Cliff Mountain, Scott County3,370 ft
- Big Knob, Scott County3,250 ft
All 7 towns in Scott County by typical elevation
- Nickelsville1,970 ft
- Clinchport1,540 ft
- Gate City1,420 ft
- Duffield1,390 ft
- Weber City1,370 ft
- Hiltons1,370 ft
- Dungannon1,310 ft
How we measure
- Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
- Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
- 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.