University Center, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of University Center, Virginia, shaded from 180 ft on the north side to 360 ft on the north side
Elevation
360 ft 110 m320 ft 95 m290 ft 90 m250 ft 75 m210 ft 65 m180 ft 55 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.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

University Center sits at about 260 ft (80 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
260 ft 80 m
most residents: 230–360 ft
Lowest
180 ft 55 m
on the north side
Highest
360 ft 110 m
on the north side
Average
250 ft 75 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

University Center spans about 180 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
260 ft80 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
360 ft110 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
180 ft55 m
Town center
USGS map point for University Center
260 ft80 m
Airport (IAD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.0 mi south of the CDP boundary
312 ft95 m
Average of all land250 ft75 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of University Center, Virginia, shaded from 180 ft on the north side to 360 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States
Population
3,969 2020 Census
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
4,324 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.0571° N, 77.4442° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Washington Dulles International (IAD) 312 ft
ZIP codes 1
20147
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Belmont320 ft
  2. Sterling320 ft
  3. Lansdowne320 ft
  4. Dulles Town Center290 ft
  5. Ashburn280 ft
  6. Sugarland Run280 ft
  7. Cascades280 ft
  8. University Center260 ft
  9. Countryside260 ft
  10. One Loudoun230 ft
  11. Kincora230 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sugarloaf3,450 ft
  • Old Rag Mountain3,285 ft
  • High Point2,590 ft
  • Third Hill Mountain2,170 ft
  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • University Center is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.