Morgantown, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Morgantown, West Virginia, shaded from 800 ft near the middle to 1,437 ft on Dorsey Knob
Elevation
1,440 ft 440 m1,280 ft 390 m1,200 ft 365 m1,040 ft 315 m880 ft 265 m800 ft 245 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Morgantown sits at about 1,010 ft (310 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,010 ft 310 m
most residents: 900–1,150 ft
Lowest
800 ft 245 m
near the middle
Highest
1,437 ft 438 m
on Dorsey Knob
Average
1,060 ft 325 m
all land inside city limits

Morgantown spans about 640 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
1,010 ft310 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on Dorsey Knob
1,437 ft438 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
800 ft245 m
Town center
USGS map point for Morgantown
890 ft270 m
Airport (MGW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
1,244 ft379 m
Average of all land1,060 ft325 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Morgantown, West Virginia, shaded from 800 ft near the middle to 1,437 ft on Dorsey Knob
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States
Population
30,490 2024 est.
Land area
10.2 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
2,995 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.6295° N, 79.9559° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Monongahela River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field (MGW) 1,244 ft
ZIP codes 4
26501 26505 26506 26508
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Cassville1,300 ft
  2. Brookhaven1,250 ft
  3. Granville1,240 ft
  4. Cheat Lake1,210 ft
  5. Dunkard Township, PA1,160 ft
  6. Booth1,130 ft
  7. Morgantown1,010 ft
  8. Star City950 ft
  9. Westover940 ft
  10. Osage880 ft
  11. Point Marion, PA880 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Job Knob4,460 ft
  • Turkey Mountain2,800 ft
  • High Knob2,640 ft
  • Dorsey Knob1,437 ft
  • Price Hill1,280 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.