Paw Paw, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Paw Paw, West Virginia, shaded from 490 ft on the northwest side to 880 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
880 ft 265 m780 ft 240 m730 ft 225 m640 ft 195 m540 ft 165 m490 ft 150 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

Paw Paw sits at about 580 ft (180 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
580 ft 180 m
most residents: 550–590 ft
Lowest
490 ft 150 m
on the northwest side
Highest
880 ft 265 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
570 ft 175 m
all land inside town limits

Paw Paw spans about 390 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
580 ft180 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
880 ft265 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
490 ft150 m
Town center
USGS map point for Paw Paw
580 ft175 m
Average of all land570 ft175 m
Nearest peak
High Point, 7.7 mi southeast of the town limits
2,590 ft790 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Paw Paw, West Virginia, shaded from 490 ft on the northwest side to 880 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Morgan County, West Virginia, United States
Population
410 2024 est.
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
774 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.5320° N, 78.4583° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
25434
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pleasant Grove, MD1,120 ft
  2. Mann Township, PA1,020 ft
  3. Flintstone, MD950 ft
  4. Green Spring730 ft
  5. Springfield720 ft
  6. Spring Gap, MD670 ft
  7. Bath (Berkeley Springs)640 ft
  8. Little Orleans, MD610 ft
  9. Oldtown, MD590 ft
  10. Paw Paw580 ft
  11. Great Cacapon500 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Martin Hill2,770 ft
  • Wills Mountain2,770 ft
  • High Knob2,640 ft
  • High Point2,590 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.