Morganton, GA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Morganton, Georgia, shaded from 1,680 ft on the south side to 1,880 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,880 ft 570 m1,830 ft 555 m1,800 ft 550 m1,750 ft 535 m1,710 ft 520 m1,680 ft 515 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Morganton sits at about 1,770 ft (540 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,770 ft 540 m
most residents: 1,760–1,840 ft
Lowest
1,680 ft 515 m
on the south side
Highest
1,880 ft 570 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,790 ft 545 m
all land inside city limits

Morganton spans about 200 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
1,770 ft540 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
1,880 ft570 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
1,680 ft515 m
Average of all land1,790 ft545 m
Nearest peak
Big Bald Mountain, 9.0 mi southwest of the city limits
4,080 ft1,245 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the middle of Morganton.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Morganton, Georgia, shaded from 1,680 ft on the south side to 1,880 ft on the southeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Fannin County, Georgia, United States
Population
294 2024 est.
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
375 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.8767° N, 84.2455° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Blue Ridge
Drains to
Ocoee River → Hiwassee River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
30560
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Blairsville1,970 ft
  2. Cherry Log1,860 ft
  3. Morganton1,770 ft
  4. Epworth1,770 ft
  5. Blue Ridge1,740 ft
  6. Ducktown, TN1,700 ft
  7. Mineral Bluff1,660 ft
  8. McCaysville1,620 ft
  9. Copperhill, TN1,550 ft
  10. Ellijay1,430 ft
  11. East Ellijay1,380 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Big Frog Mountain4,220 ft
  • Cowpen Mountain4,151 ft
  • Big Bald Mountain4,080 ft
  • Ravencliff Knob3,652 ft
  • Little Frog Mountain3,320 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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.