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West Virginia Physical Map

West Virginia is the only state entirely within the Appalachian Mountains — every part of it is mountainous.

Rendered from SRTM 30m elevation data + Natural Earth rivers/lakes + US Census state boundary. Four versions below, all free.

Highest Point

Spruce Knob

4,861 ft

Lowest Point

Potomac River

240 ft

West Virginia physical map showing the Allegheny Mountains, the Appalachian Plateau, and the New River Gorge, with major peaks and cities labeled. Topographic relief from NASA SRTM elevation data.

Choose your version

Two maps, two versions of each.

The same West Virginia terrain as a classroom map and as wall art. All four are free PDFs.

West Virginia physical map, labeled: the Allegheny Mountains, the Appalachian Plateau, and the New River Gorge, with the capital, cities and highest point marked
Labeled
West Virginia blank physical map: the same terrain with no labels, for labeling practice
Blank
Physical map

West Virginia physical map for the classroom

Elevation in color with shaded relief, plus the surrounding states and water for context. The labeled version marks the capital, major cities and the highest point. The blank version leaves them off so students can label the map themselves.

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West Virginia relief wall art on a dark background
Dark
West Virginia relief wall art on a light background
Light
Wall art

West Virginia relief wall art

West Virginia on its own, with strong shaded relief and no labels. The dark version has the most contrast. The light version uses far less ink on a home printer.

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The physical geography of West Virginia

West Virginia lies entirely within the Appalachian region and has almost no flat land. The western two-thirds is the Allegheny Plateau, cut by streams into steep hills and narrow valleys. The Allegheny Mountains run along the eastern side and include Spruce Knob, the highest point. The Eastern Panhandle is in the Ridge and Valley region, with long parallel ridges. The Ohio River forms the western border, and the New River has cut a deep gorge through the south.

Major rivers

  • Ohio
  • Kanawha
  • New
  • Monongahela
  • Potomac
  • Greenbrier
  • Cheat

Find it on the map

  • Long, straight ridges in the east
  • The state’s two panhandles
  • The Ohio River along the western border
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Built from real data, not stock images.

Every West Virginia physical map on this page was rendered from NASA SRTM 30-meter elevation data, with hydrography from Natural Earth and the shoreline-clipped state outline from the US Census Bureau. Each map is colored over that state’s own elevation range, and the relief shading is exaggerated so gentle terrain still shows.

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West Virginia political map

The blank outline version of West Virginia (state borders, no terrain). Useful for political-geography exercises.

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