Mason County, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mason County, West Virginia, shaded from 520 ft on the southwest side to 1,100 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,100 ft 335 m960 ft 290 m880 ft 270 m740 ft 225 m590 ft 180 m520 ft 160 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Mason County averages about 730 ft (225 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 520 ft on the southwest side to 1,100 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
730 ft 225 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,100 ft 335 m
on the east side
Lowest
520 ft 160 m
on the southwest side

Mason County spans about 580 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 land730 ft225 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,100 ft335 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
520 ft160 m

Elevation profile, west to east

14 mi west to east through Point Pleasant.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mason County, West Virginia, shaded from 520 ft on the southwest side to 1,100 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in West Virginia, United States
Population
24,770 2024 est.
Land area
430.8 sq mi + 13.9 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. Jackson County810 ft
  2. Putnam County810 ft
  3. Cabell County770 ft
  4. Meigs County, OH750 ft
  5. Mason County730 ft
  6. Gallia County, OH730 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 9 towns in Mason County by typical elevation
  1. Leon610 ft
  2. Clifton600 ft
  3. Apple Grove600 ft
  4. Gallipolis Ferry600 ft
  5. Point Pleasant590 ft
  6. New Haven590 ft
  7. Mason580 ft
  8. Hartford City570 ft
  9. Henderson560 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. 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.