York County, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of York County, Virginia, shaded from sea level on Chesapeake Bay to 140 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
140 ft 45 m110 ft 35 m90 ft 27 m54 ft 16 m18 ft 5 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

York County averages about 44 ft (13 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on Chesapeake Bay to 140 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
44 ft 13 m
all land inside the county
Highest
140 ft 45 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Chesapeake Bay

York County spans about 140 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land44 ft13 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
140 ft45 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Chesapeake Bay
0 ft0 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of York County, Virginia, shaded from sea level on Chesapeake Bay to 140 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
County in Virginia, United States
Population
71,410 2024 est.
Land area
104.7 sq mi + 110.3 sq mi water
Density
682 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain 97%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Williamsburg city67 ft
  2. James City County56 ft
  3. Gloucester County47 ft
  4. York County44 ft
  5. Newport News city25 ft
  6. Northampton County15 ft
  7. Hampton city11 ft
  8. Mathews County10 ft
  9. Poquoson city4 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Pigeon Quarter69 ft
All 2 towns in York County by typical elevation
  1. Yorktown54 ft
  2. Bethel Manor19 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, −4 ft at 37.1360° N, 76.4279° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.