Raleigh County, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Raleigh County, West Virginia, shaded from 820 ft on the northwest side to 3,560 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
3,560 ft 1,085 m2,880 ft 875 m2,530 ft 770 m1,850 ft 565 m1,160 ft 355 m820 ft 250 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

Raleigh County averages about 2,290 ft (700 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 820 ft on the northwest side to 3,560 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
2,290 ft 700 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,560 ft 1,085 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
820 ft 250 m
on the northwest side

Raleigh County spans about 2,740 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 land2,290 ft700 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
3,560 ft1,085 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
820 ft250 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Beckley.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Raleigh County, West Virginia, shaded from 820 ft on the northwest side to 3,560 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
72,379 2024 est.
Land area
605.0 sq mi + 4.0 sq mi water
Density
120 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. Mercer County2,500 ft
  2. Raleigh County2,290 ft
  3. Summers County2,200 ft
  4. Fayette County2,000 ft
  5. Wyoming County1,940 ft
  6. Boone County1,380 ft
  7. Kanawha County1,050 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Bald Knob, Raleigh County3,430 ft
  • Coal River Mountain3,370 ft
  • Pond Knob3,320 ft
  • Swell Mountain3,290 ft
  • Lick Knob, Raleigh County3,240 ft
All 24 towns in Raleigh County by typical elevation
  1. Ghent2,960 ft
  2. Shady Spring2,760 ft
  3. Coal City2,540 ft
  4. Prosperity2,440 ft
  5. Crab Orchard2,430 ft
  6. MacArthur2,430 ft
  7. Sophia2,380 ft
  8. Beckley2,380 ft
  9. Daniels2,370 ft
  10. Stanaford2,360 ft
  11. Piney View2,340 ft
  12. Mabscott2,340 ft
  13. Sprague2,330 ft
  14. Beaver2,300 ft
  15. Raleigh2,230 ft
  16. Bradley2,230 ft
  17. Eccles2,210 ft
  18. Glen White2,160 ft
  19. Bolt2,070 ft
  20. Lester2,050 ft
  21. Rhodell1,640 ft
  22. Helen1,640 ft
  23. Colcord1,070 ft
  24. Dorothy1,020 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.