Fayette County, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fayette County, West Virginia, shaded from 610 ft on the northwest side to 3,460 ft on Myles Knob
Elevation
3,460 ft 1,055 m2,750 ft 840 m2,390 ft 730 m1,680 ft 510 m970 ft 295 m610 ft 185 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

Fayette County averages about 2,000 ft (610 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 610 ft on the northwest side to 3,460 ft on Myles Knob.

Average elevation
2,000 ft 610 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,460 ft 1,055 m
on Myles Knob
Lowest
610 ft 185 m
on the northwest side

Fayette County spans about 2,850 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 land2,000 ft610 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Myles Knob (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
3,460 ft1,055 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
610 ft185 m

Elevation profile, west to east

32 mi west to east through Oak Hill.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fayette County, West Virginia, shaded from 610 ft on the northwest side to 3,460 ft on Myles Knob
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in West Virginia, United States
Population
38,600 2024 est.
Land area
662.0 sq mi + 6.7 sq mi water
Density
58 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Greenbrier County2,630 ft
  2. Raleigh County2,290 ft
  3. Summers County2,200 ft
  4. Nicholas County2,080 ft
  5. Fayette County2,000 ft
  6. Kanawha County1,050 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Myles Knob3,460 ft
  • Walnut Knob, Fayette County3,440 ft
  • Ford Knob, Fayette County3,370 ft
  • Fork Mountain, Fayette County3,310 ft
  • Buster Knob3,270 ft
All 30 towns in Fayette County by typical elevation
  1. Meadow Bridge2,440 ft
  2. Hico2,130 ft
  3. Gatewood2,050 ft
  4. Oak Hill1,980 ft
  5. Garten1,930 ft
  6. Prince1,870 ft
  7. Fayetteville1,850 ft
  8. Hilltop1,830 ft
  9. Scarbro1,750 ft
  10. Mount Hope1,740 ft
  11. Pax1,710 ft
  12. Cunard1,640 ft
  13. Glen Jean1,610 ft
  14. Powellton1,600 ft
  15. Ansted1,340 ft
  16. Beards Fork1,270 ft
  17. Thurmond1,270 ft
  18. Kincaid1,200 ft
  19. Page1,130 ft
  20. Gauley Bridge1,110 ft
  21. Kimberly1,050 ft
  22. Charlton Heights930 ft
  23. Dixie partly770 ft
  24. Glen Ferris660 ft
  25. Boomer660 ft
  26. Falls View660 ft
  27. Deep Water650 ft
  28. Montgomery640 ft
  29. Smithers640 ft
  30. Mount Carbon640 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; 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; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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.