Alamance, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Alamance, North Carolina, shaded from 480 ft on the north side to 660 ft on the south side
Elevation
660 ft 200 m610 ft 185 m590 ft 180 m550 ft 165 m500 ft 155 m480 ft 145 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.
Village area
Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Alamance sits at about 590 ft (180 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
590 ft 180 m
most residents: 540–620 ft
Lowest
480 ft 145 m
on the north side
Highest
660 ft 200 m
on the south side
Average
590 ft 180 m
all land inside village limits

Alamance spans about 180 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
590 ft180 m
Highest point
Inside village limits, on the south side
660 ft200 m
Lowest point
Inside village limits, on the north side
480 ft145 m
Town center
USGS map point for Alamance
560 ft170 m
Airport (BUY)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.0 mi northeast of the village limits
616 ft188 m
Average of all land590 ft180 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Alamance, North Carolina, shaded from 480 ft on the north side to 660 ft on the south side
Village limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Village in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States
Population
1,043 2024 est.
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
1,312 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.0351° N, 79.4859° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Haw River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Burlington/Alamance Regional (BUY) 616 ft
ZIP codes 2
27201 27215
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sedalia690 ft
  2. Elon690 ft
  3. Gibsonville680 ft
  4. Whitsett670 ft
  5. Ossipee640 ft
  6. Glen Raven640 ft
  7. Burlington630 ft
  8. Alamance590 ft
  9. Graham590 ft
  10. Haw River580 ft
  11. Swepsonville570 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bull Mountain3,212 ft
  • Moores Knob2,580 ft
  • Cane Creek Mountains970 ft
  • Bass Mountain870 ft
  • Mitchell Mountain, Orange County710 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the village 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 village 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.