Franklin, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin, West Virginia, shaded from 1,680 ft on the east side to 2,230 ft at the foot of the Allegheny Mountains
Elevation
2,230 ft 680 m2,090 ft 640 m2,020 ft 615 m1,890 ft 575 m1,750 ft 535 m1,680 ft 510 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
⤓ Download this map
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Franklin sits at about 1,840 ft (560 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,840 ft 560 m
most residents: 1,730–2,000 ft
Lowest
1,680 ft 510 m
on the east side
Highest
2,230 ft 680 m
at the foot of the Allegheny Mountains
Average
1,850 ft 565 m
all land inside town limits

Franklin spans about 550 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
1,840 ft560 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the Allegheny Mountains
2,230 ft680 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the east side
1,680 ft510 m
Town center
USGS map point for Franklin
1,730 ft530 m
Average of all land1,850 ft565 m
Nearest peak
Kile Knob, 7.6 mi west of the town limits
4,590 ft1,400 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin, West Virginia, shaded from 1,680 ft on the east side to 2,230 ft at the foot of the Allegheny Mountains
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States
Population
540 2024 est.
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
961 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.6429° N, 79.3312° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
South Branch Potomac River → Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
26807
⤓ Download this map

WebP, 1200 × 900. Free to use: credit “ElevationOf.com” with a link to this page.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Monterey, VA2,910 ft
  2. Whitmer2,790 ft
  3. Bartow2,770 ft
  4. Harman2,350 ft
  5. McDowell, VA2,140 ft
  6. Franklin1,840 ft
  7. Singers Glen, VA1,670 ft
  8. Brandywine1,590 ft
  9. Belmont Estates, VA1,340 ft
  10. Dayton, VA1,240 ft
  11. Bridgewater, VA1,190 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Spruce Mountain4,863 ft
  • Kile Knob4,590 ft
  • Job Knob4,460 ft
  • Little Bald Knob4,350 ft
  • Hardscrabble Knob4,281 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.