Carrboro, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carrboro, North Carolina, shaded from 300 ft on the south side to 570 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
570 ft 175 m500 ft 155 m470 ft 145 m400 ft 125 m330 ft 100 m300 ft 90 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
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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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Carrboro sits at about 460 ft (140 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
460 ft 140 m
most residents: 390–500 ft
Lowest
300 ft 90 m
on the south side
Highest
570 ft 175 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
470 ft 140 m
all land inside town limits

Carrboro spans about 270 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
460 ft140 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
570 ft175 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the south side
300 ft90 m
Town center
USGS map point for Carrboro
460 ft140 m
Average of all land470 ft140 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carrboro, North Carolina, shaded from 300 ft on the south side to 570 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Orange County, North Carolina, United States
Population
21,079 2024 est.
Land area
6.5 sq mi
Density
3,256 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.9101° N, 79.0753° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
27510 27516
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hillsborough640 ft
  2. Efland630 ft
  3. Saxapahaw500 ft
  4. Briar Chapel480 ft
  5. Carrboro460 ft
  6. Fearrington Village430 ft
  7. Governors Club400 ft
  8. Chapel Hill400 ft
  9. Durham350 ft
  10. Governors Village280 ft
  11. Carolina Meadows280 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bald Mountain, Orange County760 ft
  • Big Hill630 ft
  • Stony Hill620 ft
  • Laurel Hill530 ft
  • Iron Mine Hill520 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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. All public domain.