Castalia, NC Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
320 ft 95 m300 ft 95 m300 ft 90 m280 ft 85 m270 ft 80 m260 ft 80 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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
Castalia sits at about 290 ft (90 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
290 ft 90 m
most residents: 290–310 ft
Lowest
260 ft 80 m
on the north side
Highest
320 ft 95 m
on the northwest side
Average
290 ft 90 m
all land inside town limits
Castalia spans about 60 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 290 ft90 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the northwest side | 320 ft95 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the north side | 260 ft80 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Castalia | 310 ft95 m |
| Average of all land | 290 ft90 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.8 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Nash County, North Carolina, United States
- Population
- 275 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Density
- 364 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 36.0818° N, 78.0575° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Piedmont
- Drains to
- Tar River → Pamlico River → Atlantic Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 27816
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Castalia290 ft
- Bunn280 ft
- Centerville270 ft
- Spring Hope260 ft
- Momeyer260 ft
- Louisburg250 ft
- Hollister240 ft
- Lake Royale230 ft
- Red Oak190 ft
- Nashville180 ft
- Dortches170 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Carolina400th highest of 782
- Towns in Nash Countyhighest of 11
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Medoc Mountain320 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.