Terra Alta, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Terra Alta, West Virginia, shaded from 2,260 ft on the southwest side to 2,780 ft on the north side
Elevation
2,780 ft 850 m2,650 ft 810 m2,590 ft 790 m2,460 ft 750 m2,330 ft 710 m2,260 ft 690 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.
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

Terra Alta sits at about 2,590 ft (790 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,590 ft 790 m
most residents: 2,540–2,710 ft
Lowest
2,260 ft 690 m
on the southwest side
Highest
2,780 ft 850 m
on the north side
Average
2,590 ft 790 m
all land inside town limits

Terra Alta spans about 520 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
2,590 ft790 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
2,780 ft850 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
2,260 ft690 m
Town center
USGS map point for Terra Alta
2,570 ft785 m
Average of all land2,590 ft790 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Terra Alta, West Virginia, shaded from 2,260 ft on the southwest side to 2,780 ft on the north side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Preston County, West Virginia, United States
Population
1,413 2024 est.
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
1,192 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.4456° N, 79.5464° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Youghiogheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
26764
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Aurora2,690 ft
  2. Terra Alta2,590 ft
  3. Mountain Lake Park, MD2,480 ft
  4. Loch Lynn Heights, MD2,450 ft
  5. Oakland, MD2,440 ft
  6. Hutton, MD2,440 ft
  7. Crellin, MD2,400 ft
  8. Tunnelton1,930 ft
  9. Kingwood1,790 ft
  10. Rowlesburg1,400 ft
  11. Albright1,280 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Spruce Mountain4,863 ft
  • Job Knob4,460 ft
  • Turkey Mountain2,800 ft
  • Wills Mountain2,770 ft
  • High Knob2,640 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.