West Falls Church, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Falls Church, Virginia, shaded from 220 ft on the southeast side to 410 ft on the east side
Elevation
410 ft 125 m360 ft 110 m340 ft 105 m290 ft 90 m240 ft 75 m220 ft 65 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

West Falls Church sits at about 310 ft (95 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
310 ft 95 m
most residents: 280–360 ft
Lowest
220 ft 65 m
on the southeast side
Highest
410 ft 125 m
on the east side
Average
310 ft 95 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

West Falls Church spans about 190 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
310 ft95 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
410 ft125 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
220 ft65 m
Airport (IAD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 14 mi west of the CDP boundary
312 ft95 m
Average of all land310 ft95 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.0 mi south to north through the middle of West Falls Church.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Falls Church, Virginia, shaded from 220 ft on the southeast side to 410 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
Population
30,243 2020 Census
Land area
5.0 sq mi
Density
6,058 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.8666° N, 77.1907° 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
22042
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Dunn Loring420 ft
  2. Idylwood410 ft
  3. Pimmit Hills360 ft
  4. Merrifield350 ft
  5. Woodburn330 ft
  6. Falls Church330 ft
  7. Seven Corners320 ft
  8. West Falls Church310 ft
  9. Annandale310 ft
  10. Lake Barcroft290 ft
  11. Bailey's Crossroads250 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sugarloaf3,450 ft
  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • Prout Hill450 ft
  • Upton Hill410 ft
  • Munson Hill370 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.
  • West Falls Church 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. All public domain.