West Virginia Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

4,860 ft 1,480 m3,710 ft 1,130 m3,130 ft 955 m1,980 ft 605 m830 ft 250 m250 ft 75 m

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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.
Click or tap anywhere: The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure: Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
State area: Fades everything outside the official state boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

West Virginia averages about 1,680 ft (510 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 250 ft on the east side to 4,863 ft on Spruce Mountain.

Average elevation

1,680 ft 510 m

all land in West Virginia

Highest

4,863 ft 1,482 m

on Spruce Mountain

Lowest

250 ft 75 m

on the east side

West Virginia spans about 4,610 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.

Figure	Elevation
Average of all land	1,680 ft510 m
Highest point In West Virginia, on Spruce Mountain (NGS survey height)	4,863 ft1,482 m
Lowest point In West Virginia, on the east side	250 ft75 m

Elevation profile, west to east

153 mi west to east through Charleston.

Topographic Map

Location: State in the South Atlantic division of the South region, United States
Population: 1,769,979 2024 est.
Land area: 24,041.4 sq mi + 188.6 sq mi water
Density: 74 per sq mi
Counties: 55
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions: Appalachian Plateaus 81%, Valley and Ridge 19%
Drains to: Gulf of America 81%, Atlantic Ocean 19%

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring states sharing a border, by average

West Virginia1,680 ft
Pennsylvania1,260 ft
Virginia1,020 ft
Ohio930 ft
Kentucky830 ft
Maryland440 ft

Rankings by average elevation

States in the United States18th highest of 52

Peaks and hills highest inside

Spruce Mountain4,863 ft
Bald Knob4,842 ft
Red Lick Mountain4,680 ft
Black Mountain4,590 ft
Kile Knob4,590 ft

All 55 counties by average elevation

Pocahontas County3,220 ft
Randolph County2,960 ft
Tucker County2,790 ft
Greenbrier County2,630 ft
Pendleton County2,590 ft
Mercer County2,500 ft
Webster County2,440 ft
Monroe County2,310 ft
Raleigh County2,290 ft
Summers County2,200 ft
Grant County2,090 ft
Nicholas County2,080 ft
Preston County2,050 ft
Fayette County2,000 ft
McDowell County1,940 ft
Wyoming County1,940 ft
Upshur County1,820 ft
Hardy County1,750 ft
Barbour County1,690 ft
Logan County1,400 ft
Boone County1,380 ft
Taylor County1,350 ft
Monongalia County1,320 ft
Mineral County1,300 ft
Mingo County1,290 ft
Hampshire County1,230 ft
Marion County1,220 ft
Lewis County1,220 ft
Braxton County1,210 ft
Clay County1,190 ft
Harrison County1,190 ft
Wetzel County1,160 ft
Marshall County1,130 ft
Ohio County1,100 ft
Doddridge County1,070 ft
Hancock County1,050 ft
Kanawha County1,050 ft
Brooke County1,030 ft
Gilmer County1,020 ft
Calhoun County990 ft
Ritchie County950 ft
Roane County950 ft
Tyler County950 ft
Lincoln County930 ft
Morgan County890 ft
Pleasants County880 ft
Wayne County870 ft
Wirt County860 ft
Jackson County810 ft
Putnam County810 ft
Wood County790 ft
Cabell County770 ft
Mason County730 ft
Berkeley County650 ft
Jefferson County530 ft

How we measure

Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census state boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 6 arc-second (≈610 ft, 185 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; 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, 170 ft at 39.2993° N, 77.7993° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
Nearby Places: neighboring states 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 state 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).
Counties: each one's average on its own grid (1 arc-second, coarser for the largest), the same figure its own page shows.
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.