Castle Hayne, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Castle Hayne, North Carolina, shaded from 0 ft on the west side to 54 ft on the east side
Elevation
54 ft 16 m40 ft 12 m34 ft 10 m20 ft 6 m7 ft 2 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

Castle Hayne sits at about 16 ft (5 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
16 ft 5 m
most residents: 10–22 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the west side
Highest
54 ft 16 m
on the east side
Average
12 ft 4 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Castle Hayne spans about 54 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.

2% of Castle Hayne's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 30% 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
16 ft5 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
54 ft16 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Castle Hayne
17 ft5 m
Airport (ILM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.7 mi south of the CDP boundary
32 ft10 m
Average of all land12 ft4 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Castle Hayne, North Carolina, shaded from 0 ft on the west side to 54 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States
Population
1,243 2020 Census
Land area
4.8 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
261 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.3557° N, 77.9000° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Wilmington International (ILM) 32 ft
ZIP codes 1
28429
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Rocky Point53 ft
  2. Murraysville42 ft
  3. Northchase36 ft
  4. Blue Clay Farms34 ft
  5. Kings Grant29 ft
  6. Wrightsboro28 ft
  7. Skippers Corner26 ft
  8. Hightsville25 ft
  9. Ogden19 ft
  10. Bayshore17 ft
  11. Castle Hayne16 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sand Ball Hill40 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −1 ft at 34.3638° N, 77.9346° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Castle Hayne 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.