Preston County, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Preston County, West Virginia, shaded from 880 ft on the northwest side to 3,420 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
3,420 ft 1,040 m2,780 ft 850 m2,470 ft 750 m1,830 ft 560 m1,200 ft 365 m880 ft 270 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
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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Preston County averages about 2,050 ft (625 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 880 ft on the northwest side to 3,420 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
2,050 ft 625 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,420 ft 1,040 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
880 ft 270 m
on the northwest side

Preston County spans about 2,540 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 land2,050 ft625 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
3,420 ft1,040 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
880 ft270 m

Elevation profile, west to east

22 mi west to east through Kingwood.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Preston County, West Virginia, shaded from 880 ft on the northwest side to 3,420 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in West Virginia, United States
Population
34,055 2024 est.
Land area
648.8 sq mi + 2.6 sq mi water
Density
52 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. Tucker County2,790 ft
  2. Garrett County, MD2,470 ft
  3. Grant County2,090 ft
  4. Preston County2,050 ft
  5. Barbour County1,690 ft
  6. Fayette County, PA1,520 ft
  7. Taylor County1,350 ft
  8. Monongalia County1,320 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Brushy Knobs3,250 ft
  • Shaffer Mountain3,210 ft
  • Gregg Knob, Preston County3,140 ft
  • Snaggy Mountain3,103 ft
  • Pine Swamp Knob3,100 ft
All 12 towns in Preston County by typical elevation
  1. Aurora2,690 ft
  2. Terra Alta2,590 ft
  3. Tunnelton1,930 ft
  4. Masontown1,810 ft
  5. Brandonville1,790 ft
  6. Kingwood1,790 ft
  7. Reedsville1,740 ft
  8. Arthurdale1,720 ft
  9. Bruceton Mills1,520 ft
  10. Rowlesburg1,400 ft
  11. Newburg1,370 ft
  12. Albright1,280 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.