Barbecue, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Barbecue, North Carolina, shaded from 210 ft near the middle to 470 ft on Holmes Hill
Elevation
470 ft 140 m400 ft 125 m370 ft 115 m310 ft 95 m240 ft 75 m210 ft 65 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Barbecue sits at about 320 ft (95 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
320 ft 95 m
most residents: 290–440 ft
Lowest
210 ft 65 m
near the middle
Highest
470 ft 140 m
on Holmes Hill
Average
340 ft 100 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Barbecue spans about 260 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
320 ft95 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Holmes Hill
470 ft140 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
210 ft65 m
Town center
USGS map point for Barbecue
250 ft75 m
Average of all land340 ft100 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Barbecue, North Carolina, shaded from 210 ft near the middle to 470 ft on Holmes Hill
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Harnett County, North Carolina, United States
Population
4,443 2020 Census
Land area
5.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
783 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.3360° N, 79.0386° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Upper Little River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Broadway470 ft
  2. Cameron380 ft
  3. Sanford360 ft
  4. Barbecue320 ft
  5. Vass310 ft
  6. Mamers300 ft
  7. Spout Springs280 ft
  8. Anderson Creek270 ft
  9. Spring Lake220 ft
  10. Lillington200 ft
  11. Bunnlevel140 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cameron Hill490 ft
  • Holmes Hill470 ft
  • Alabama Hills460 ft
  • Fox Hill450 ft
  • Mathis Hill450 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Barbecue is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.