Pax, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pax, West Virginia, shaded from 1,610 ft on the north side to 1,850 ft at the foot of the Guyandotte Mountain
Elevation
1,850 ft 565 m1,790 ft 545 m1,760 ft 535 m1,700 ft 520 m1,640 ft 500 m1,610 ft 490 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.
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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

Pax sits at about 1,710 ft (520 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,710 ft 520 m
most residents: 1,620–1,710 ft
Lowest
1,610 ft 490 m
on the north side
Highest
1,850 ft 565 m
at the foot of the Guyandotte Mountain
Average
1,670 ft 510 m
all land inside town limits

Pax spans about 240 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
1,710 ft520 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the Guyandotte Mountain
1,850 ft565 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
1,610 ft490 m
Town center
USGS map point for Pax
1,640 ft500 m
Airport (BKW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi southeast of the town limits
2,504 ft763 m
Average of all land1,670 ft510 m
Nearest peak
Pond Knob, 8.8 mi west of the town limits
3,320 ft1,015 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pax, West Virginia, shaded from 1,610 ft on the north side to 1,850 ft at the foot of the Guyandotte Mountain
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States
Population
120 2024 est.
Land area
0.2 sq mi
Density
628 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.9098° N, 81.2643° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Paint Creek → Kanawha River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Raleigh County Memorial (BKW) 2,504 ft
ZIP codes 1
25904
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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. Eccles2,210 ft
  6. Oak Hill1,980 ft
  7. Hilltop1,830 ft
  8. Scarbro1,750 ft
  9. Mount Hope1,740 ft
  10. Pax1,710 ft
  11. Glen Jean1,610 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 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 1,610 ft at 37.9101° N, 81.2626° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.