Carthage, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carthage, North Carolina, shaded from 310 ft on the south side to 590 ft near the middle
Elevation
590 ft 180 m520 ft 155 m480 ft 145 m410 ft 125 m340 ft 105 m310 ft 95 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Carthage 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: 400–550 ft
Lowest
310 ft 95 m
on the south side
Highest
590 ft 180 m
near the middle
Average
450 ft 135 m
all land inside town limits

Carthage spans about 280 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, near the middle
590 ft180 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the south side
310 ft95 m
Town center
USGS map point for Carthage
580 ft180 m
Airport (SOP)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.5 mi south of the town limits
459 ft140 m
Average of all land450 ft135 m

Elevation profile, south to north

8.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carthage, North Carolina, shaded from 310 ft on the south side to 590 ft near the middle
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Moore County, North Carolina, United States
Population
2,999 2024 est.
Land area
6.8 sq mi
Density
439 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.3460° N, 79.4170° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Moore County (SOP) 459 ft
ZIP codes 2
28326 28327
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Seven Lakes570 ft
  2. Foxfire500 ft
  3. Southern Pines470 ft
  4. Pinehurst470 ft
  5. Carthage460 ft
  6. Taylortown460 ft
  7. Robbins440 ft
  8. Aberdeen410 ft
  9. Cameron380 ft
  10. Whispering Pines360 ft
  11. Vass310 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pine Mountain, Moore County560 ft
  • Johnson Mountain, Hoke County520 ft
  • Sandstone Hill520 ft
  • Cameron Hill490 ft
  • Round Top, Harnett County460 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.