Mount Hope, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mount Hope, West Virginia, shaded from 1,670 ft on the northeast side to 2,270 ft on the west side
Elevation
2,270 ft 695 m2,120 ft 645 m2,050 ft 625 m1,900 ft 580 m1,750 ft 530 m1,670 ft 510 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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

Mount Hope sits at about 1,740 ft (530 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,740 ft 530 m
most residents: 1,710–1,890 ft
Lowest
1,670 ft 510 m
on the northeast side
Highest
2,270 ft 695 m
on the west side
Average
1,830 ft 555 m
all land inside city limits

Mount Hope spans about 600 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
1,740 ft530 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
2,270 ft695 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
1,670 ft510 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mount Hope
1,720 ft525 m
Airport (BKW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.9 mi south of the city limits
2,504 ft763 m
Average of all land1,830 ft555 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mount Hope, West Virginia, shaded from 1,670 ft on the northeast side to 2,270 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States
Population
1,252 2024 est.
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
679 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.8954° N, 81.1643° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
New River → Kanawha River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Raleigh County Memorial (BKW) 2,504 ft
ZIP codes 1
25880
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Prosperity2,440 ft
  2. Stanaford2,360 ft
  3. Piney View2,340 ft
  4. Bradley2,230 ft
  5. Oak Hill1,980 ft
  6. Hilltop1,830 ft
  7. Scarbro1,750 ft
  8. Mount Hope1,740 ft
  9. Pax1,710 ft
  10. Glen Jean1,610 ft
  11. Thurmond1,270 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cross Mountain4,180 ft
  • Keeney Knob3,927 ft
  • Pilot Knob3,530 ft
  • Bickett Knob3,330 ft
  • Pond Knob3,320 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.