Harpers Ferry, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, shaded from 250 ft on the southeast side to 560 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
560 ft 170 m480 ft 150 m450 ft 135 m370 ft 110 m290 ft 90 m250 ft 75 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
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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

Harpers Ferry sits at about 460 ft (140 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
460 ft 140 m
most residents: 370–500 ft
Lowest
250 ft 75 m
on the southeast side
Highest
560 ft 170 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
400 ft 125 m
all land inside town limits

Harpers Ferry spans about 310 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
460 ft140 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
560 ft170 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
250 ft75 m
Town center
USGS map point for Harpers Ferry
490 ft150 m
Average of all land400 ft125 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, shaded from 250 ft on the southeast side to 560 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States
Population
263 2024 est.
Land area
0.5 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
492 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.3254° N, 77.7389° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
25425
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Yarrowsburg, MD670 ft
  2. Brownsville, MD580 ft
  3. Shenandoah Junction560 ft
  4. Dargan, MD540 ft
  5. Garretts Mill, MD540 ft
  6. Bolivar490 ft
  7. Rosemont, MD480 ft
  8. Harpers Ferry460 ft
  9. Brunswick, MD430 ft
  10. Sandy Hook, MD420 ft
  11. Antietam, MD330 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sugarloaf3,450 ft
  • Mill Mountain3,300 ft
  • High Point2,590 ft
  • Big Mountain2,460 ft
  • Third Hill Mountain2,170 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. All public domain.