Shenandoah County, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shenandoah County, Virginia, shaded from 380 ft on the northeast side to 3,300 ft on Mill Mountain
Elevation
3,300 ft 1,005 m2,570 ft 785 m2,200 ft 670 m1,480 ft 450 m750 ft 230 m380 ft 115 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Shenandoah County averages about 1,260 ft (385 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 380 ft on the northeast side to 3,300 ft on Mill Mountain.

Average elevation
1,260 ft 385 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,300 ft 1,005 m
on Mill Mountain
Lowest
380 ft 115 m
on the northeast side

Shenandoah County spans about 2,920 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,260 ft385 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mill Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
3,300 ft1,005 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
380 ft115 m

Elevation profile, west to east

14 mi west to east through Strasburg.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shenandoah County, Virginia, shaded from 380 ft on the northeast side to 3,300 ft on Mill Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in Virginia, United States
Population
45,441 2024 est.
Land area
508.1 sq mi + 3.8 sq mi water
Density
89 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Hardy County, WV1,750 ft
  2. Rockingham County1,710 ft
  3. Page County1,430 ft
  4. Shenandoah County1,260 ft
  5. Warren County930 ft
  6. Frederick County920 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mill Mountain3,300 ft
  • Paddy Mountain3,000 ft
  • Short Mountain, Shenandoah County2,790 ft
  • Powell Mountain, Shenandoah County2,701 ft
  • The Knob, Shenandoah County2,650 ft
All 23 towns in Shenandoah County by typical elevation
  1. Orkney Springs1,510 ft
  2. Basye1,410 ft
  3. Hudson Crossroads1,210 ft
  4. Conicville1,180 ft
  5. Mount Clifton1,110 ft
  6. Alonzaville1,100 ft
  7. Columbia Furnace1,100 ft
  8. Forestville1,090 ft
  9. New Market1,060 ft
  10. Saumsville960 ft
  11. Quicksburg960 ft
  12. Mount Olive930 ft
  13. Bowmans Crossing900 ft
  14. Mount Jackson890 ft
  15. Edinburg860 ft
  16. Woodstock850 ft
  17. Maurertown820 ft
  18. Lebanon Church810 ft
  19. Fishers Hill770 ft
  20. Locust Grove730 ft
  21. Clary730 ft
  22. Toms Brook710 ft
  23. Strasburg640 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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.