Helen, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Helen, West Virginia, shaded from 1,630 ft on the southwest side to 2,260 ft at the foot of the Guyandotte Mountain
Elevation
2,260 ft 690 m2,100 ft 640 m2,020 ft 615 m1,860 ft 570 m1,710 ft 520 m1,630 ft 495 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.
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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Helen sits at about 1,640 ft (500 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,640 ft 500 m
most residents: 1,630–1,790 ft
Lowest
1,630 ft 495 m
on the southwest side
Highest
2,260 ft 690 m
at the foot of the Guyandotte Mountain
Average
1,780 ft 545 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Helen spans about 630 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
1,640 ft500 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Guyandotte Mountain
2,260 ft690 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
1,630 ft495 m
Town center
USGS map point for Helen
1,630 ft500 m
Airport (BKW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 14 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
2,504 ft763 m
Average of all land1,780 ft545 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Helen, West Virginia, shaded from 1,630 ft on the southwest side to 2,260 ft at the foot of the Guyandotte Mountain
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States
Population
137 2020 Census
Land area
0.2 sq mi
Density
576 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.6348° N, 81.3140° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Guyandotte River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Raleigh County Memorial (BKW) 2,504 ft
ZIP codes 1
25853
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Coal City2,540 ft
  2. Crab Orchard2,430 ft
  3. Sophia2,380 ft
  4. Glen White2,160 ft
  5. Itmann2,140 ft
  6. Lester2,050 ft
  7. Rhodell1,640 ft
  8. Helen1,640 ft
  9. Bud1,580 ft
  10. Mullens1,490 ft
  11. Corinne1,450 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Chimney Rock, Tazewell County4,380 ft
  • Sugar Run Mountain4,083 ft
  • Keeney Knob3,927 ft
  • Pilot Knob3,530 ft
  • Pond Knob3,320 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Helen is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.