Jefferson County topographic maps

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Harpers Ferry

United States > West Virginia > Jefferson County

The town was "easy to seize, and hard to hold", because of its topography: surrounded on three sides by high ground – Bolivar Heights to the west, Loudoun Heights to the south, and Maryland Heights to the east – and surrounded by the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, anyone who controlled the heights…

Average elevation: 174 m