Buxton, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buxton, North Carolina, shaded from sea level level on the Atlantic Ocean to 37 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
37 ft 11 m28 ft 9 m23 ft 7 m14 ft 4 m5 ft 1 m0 ft 0 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

Buxton sits at about 4 ft (1 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
4 ft 1 m
most residents: 2–9 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Atlantic Ocean
Highest
37 ft 11 m
on the southwest side
Average
7 ft 2 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Buxton spans about 37 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.

3% of Buxton's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 14% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
4 ft1 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
37 ft11 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Atlantic Ocean
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Buxton
11 ft3 m
Airport (HSE)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.4 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
16 ft5 m
Average of all land7 ft2 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buxton, North Carolina, shaded from sea level level on the Atlantic Ocean to 37 ft on the southwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Dare County, North Carolina, United States
Population
1,181 2020 Census
Land area
7.8 sq mi + 1.0 sq mi water
Density
151 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.2677° N, 75.5424° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Billy Mitchell (HSE) 16 ft
ZIP codes 1
27920
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Waves4 ft
  2. Salvo4 ft
  3. Buxton4 ft
  4. Rodanthe4 ft
  5. Avon3 ft
  6. Hatteras3 ft
  7. Ocracoke2 ft
  8. Frisco2 ft
  9. Wanchese2 ft
  10. Fairfield2 ft
  11. Engelhard2 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Creeds Hill34 ft
  • Styron Hills20 ft
  • Bare Hill9 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.
  • Buxton 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, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.