Atlanta topographic map

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Atlanta

Atlanta occupies a high, rolling part of the Georgia Piedmont, a physiographic region described as a landscape of low hills and narrow valleys between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Upper Coastal Plain. Around downtown and Fulton County, the terrain is gently dissected rather than flat, with broad urban ridges, shallow creek valleys, and a generally elevated plateau-like character; the city is commonly described as lying just over 1,000 feet (about 300 meters) above sea level, while lower ground appears along drainage corridors such as Peachtree Creek, Proctor Creek, Utoy Creek, and the Chattahoochee River system. The local relief is moderate but persistent, producing a landscape of undulating neighborhoods, wooded slopes, and stream-cut troughs rather than dramatic mountains, while isolated higher features such as Stone Mountain to the east emphasize the Piedmont’s pattern of rounded uplands and occasional resistant rock masses. The overall physical character is therefore that of an elevated, humid, forested urban Piedmont terrain: a city built across ridgelines and rolling hills, with elevation gradually stepping down toward its creeks and river valleys.

About this map

Name: Atlanta topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 30303, United States (33.58899 -84.55026 33.90899 -84.23026)

Average elevation: 285 m

Minimum elevation: 221 m

Maximum elevation: 359 m