Randolph County, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Randolph County, West Virginia, shaded from 1,730 ft on the northwest side to 4,770 ft on Mount Porte Crayon
Elevation
4,770 ft 1,455 m4,010 ft 1,220 m3,630 ft 1,105 m2,870 ft 875 m2,110 ft 640 m1,730 ft 525 m
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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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County area
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Elevation Data

Randolph County averages about 2,960 ft (900 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,730 ft on the northwest side to 4,770 ft on Mount Porte Crayon.

Average elevation
2,960 ft 900 m
all land inside the county
Highest
4,770 ft 1,454 m
on Mount Porte Crayon
Lowest
1,730 ft 525 m
on the northwest side

Randolph County spans about 3,040 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 land2,960 ft900 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Porte Crayon (NGS survey height)
4,770 ft1,454 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,730 ft525 m

Elevation profile, west to east

39 mi west to east through Elkins.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Randolph County, West Virginia, shaded from 1,730 ft on the northwest side to 4,770 ft on Mount Porte Crayon
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in West Virginia, United States
Population
27,190 2024 est.
Land area
1,039.7 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
26 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Appalachian Plateaus 87%, Valley and Ridge 13%
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. Pocahontas County3,220 ft
  2. Randolph County2,960 ft
  3. Tucker County2,790 ft
  4. Pendleton County2,590 ft
  5. Webster County2,440 ft
  6. Grant County2,090 ft
  7. Upshur County1,820 ft
  8. Barbour County1,690 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Snyder Knob, Randolph County4,690 ft
  • Beech Flat Knob4,680 ft
  • Job Knob4,460 ft
  • Elk Mountain4,429 ft
  • Back Fork Mountain4,044 ft
All 16 towns in Randolph County by typical elevation
  1. Pickens2,860 ft
  2. Whitmer2,790 ft
  3. Helvetia2,520 ft
  4. Valley Head2,400 ft
  5. Harman2,350 ft
  6. Bowden2,210 ft
  7. Womelsdorf (Coalton)2,170 ft
  8. Norton2,090 ft
  9. Mill Creek2,040 ft
  10. Huttonsville2,020 ft
  11. Montrose2,010 ft
  12. Valley Bend2,000 ft
  13. East Dailey1,990 ft
  14. Dailey1,960 ft
  15. Beverly1,960 ft
  16. Elkins1,930 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; 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.