Tappahannock, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tappahannock, Virginia, shaded from 0 ft on the southwest side to 50 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
50 ft 15 m37 ft 11 m31 ft 9 m19 ft 6 m6 ft 2 m0 ft 0 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
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

Tappahannock sits at about 25 ft (8 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
25 ft 8 m
most residents: 5–27 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the southwest side
Highest
50 ft 15 m
on the southwest side
Average
20 ft 6 m
all land inside town limits

Tappahannock spans about 50 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
25 ft8 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
50 ft15 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Tappahannock
23 ft7 m
Airport (XSA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.0 mi southwest of the town limits
135 ft41 m
Average of all land20 ft6 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tappahannock, Virginia, shaded from 0 ft on the southwest side to 50 ft on the southwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Essex County, Virginia, United States
Population
2,199 2024 est.
Land area
2.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
824 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.9254° N, 76.8591° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Rappahannock River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Tappahannock/Essex County (XSA) 135 ft
ZIP codes 1
22560
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Central Garage150 ft
  2. Montross140 ft
  3. Warsaw120 ft
  4. King William120 ft
  5. Heathsville80 ft
  6. Lancaster74 ft
  7. King and Queen Court House26 ft
  8. Tappahannock25 ft
  9. Colonial Beach18 ft
  10. Rock Point, MD12 ft
  11. Cobb Island, MD9 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bald Eagle Hill170 ft
  • Rock Springs Hill150 ft
  • Sexton Hill150 ft
  • Smith Hill, Richmond County150 ft
  • Richmond Hill120 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −1 ft at 37.9185° N, 76.8618° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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. All public domain.