Shepherdstown, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

470 ft 145 m430 ft 130 m410 ft 125 m360 ft 110 m320 ft 95 m290 ft 90 m

Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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How to use this mapviews, tools and data

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.
Click or tap anywhere: 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

Shepherdstown sits at about 430 ft (130 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

430 ft 130 m

most residents: 400–440 ft

Lowest

290 ft 90 m

on the northeast side

Highest

470 ft 145 m

on the west side

Average

400 ft 125 m

all land inside town limits

Shepherdstown spans about 180 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.

Figure	Elevation
Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower	430 ft130 m
Highest point Inside town limits, on the west side	470 ft145 m
Lowest point Inside town limits, on the northeast side	290 ft90 m
Town center USGS map point for Shepherdstown	400 ft120 m
Average of all land	400 ft125 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Location: Town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States
Population: 1,524 2024 est.
Land area: 0.4 sq mi
Density: 3,800 per sq mi
Coordinates: 39.4301° N, 77.8042° W
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region: Valley and Ridge
Drains to: Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1: 25443

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in West Virginialowest of 439
Towns in Jefferson Countylowest of 8

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Martin Hill2,770 ft
High Point2,590 ft
Big Mountain2,460 ft
Rays Hill2,440 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.