Bethany, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bethany, West Virginia, shaded from 770 ft on the west side to 1,210 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,210 ft 370 m1,100 ft 335 m1,050 ft 320 m940 ft 285 m830 ft 250 m770 ft 235 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

Bethany sits at about 910 ft (280 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
910 ft 280 m
most residents: 840–1,100 ft
Lowest
770 ft 235 m
on the west side
Highest
1,210 ft 370 m
on the north side
Average
930 ft 280 m
all land inside town limits

Bethany spans about 440 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
910 ft280 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
1,210 ft370 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
770 ft235 m
Town center
USGS map point for Bethany
850 ft260 m
Airport (HLG)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.3 mi southwest of the town limits
1,194 ft364 m
Average of all land930 ft280 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bethany, West Virginia, shaded from 770 ft on the west side to 1,210 ft on the north side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Brooke County, West Virginia, United States
Population
753 2024 est.
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
1,027 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.2056° N, 80.5567° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Wheeling Ohio County (HLG) 1,194 ft
ZIP codes 1
26032
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. West Middletown, PA1,240 ft
  2. Jefferson Township, Washington County, PA1,180 ft
  3. Independence Township, Washington County, PA1,160 ft
  4. West Liberty1,060 ft
  5. Windsor Heights1,000 ft
  6. Avella, PA990 ft
  7. Bethany910 ft
  8. Beech Bottom740 ft
  9. Brilliant, OH710 ft
  10. Rayland, OH680 ft
  11. Wellsburg670 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mechling Hill1,290 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.