Washington, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Washington, Virginia, shaded from 620 ft on the southeast side to 700 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
700 ft 215 m680 ft 210 m670 ft 205 m650 ft 200 m630 ft 190 m620 ft 190 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Washington sits at about 680 ft (210 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
680 ft 210 m
most residents: 660–680 ft
Lowest
620 ft 190 m
on the southeast side
Highest
700 ft 215 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
670 ft 205 m
all land inside town limits

Washington spans about 80 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
680 ft210 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
700 ft215 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
620 ft190 m
Town center
USGS map point for Washington
690 ft210 m
Average of all land670 ft205 m
Nearest peak
Sugarloaf, 7.2 mi northwest of the town limits
3,450 ft1,050 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Washington, Virginia, shaded from 620 ft on the southeast side to 700 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Rappahannock County, Virginia, United States
Population
84 2024 est.
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
290 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.7135° N, 78.1594° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Blue Ridge
Drains to
Rappahannock River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
22747
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Chester Gap1,470 ft
  2. Skyland Estates1,340 ft
  3. Apple Mountain Lake950 ft
  4. Shenandoah Farms910 ft
  5. Luray860 ft
  6. Sperryville760 ft
  7. Washington680 ft
  8. Flint Hill620 ft
  9. Front Royal590 ft
  10. Shenandoah Shores570 ft
  11. Culpeper430 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Stony Man4,011 ft
  • Hightop3,593 ft
  • Sugarloaf3,450 ft
  • Mill Mountain3,300 ft
  • Old Rag Mountain3,285 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.