South Boston, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of South Boston, Virginia, shaded from 300 ft on the east side to 530 ft on the north side
Elevation
530 ft 160 m470 ft 145 m440 ft 135 m390 ft 120 m330 ft 100 m300 ft 95 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
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

South Boston sits at about 410 ft (125 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
410 ft 125 m
most residents: 360–470 ft
Lowest
300 ft 95 m
on the east side
Highest
530 ft 160 m
on the north side
Average
420 ft 130 m
all land inside town limits

South Boston spans about 230 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
410 ft125 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
530 ft160 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the east side
300 ft95 m
Town center
USGS map point for South Boston
400 ft120 m
Airport (W78)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.9 mi east of the town limits
420 ft128 m
Average of all land420 ft130 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of South Boston, Virginia, shaded from 300 ft on the east side to 530 ft on the north side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Halifax County, Virginia, United States
Population
7,795 2024 est.
Land area
13.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
597 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.6987° N, 78.9014° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Dan River → Roanoke River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
William M Tuck (W78) 420 ft
ZIP codes 1
24592
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Virgilina510 ft
  2. Nathalie510 ft
  3. Mountain Road460 ft
  4. Cluster Springs440 ft
  5. Halifax440 ft
  6. Clover430 ft
  7. South Boston410 ft
  8. Riverdale400 ft
  9. Milton, NC380 ft
  10. Scottsburg380 ft
  11. Clarksville350 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Apple Orchard Mountain4,222 ft
  • Peaks of Otter3,980 ft
  • Tobacco Row Mountain2,936 ft
  • No Business Mountain2,750 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.