Cedar Rock, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cedar Rock, North Carolina, shaded from 1,140 ft on the northwest side to 1,960 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,960 ft 600 m1,760 ft 535 m1,650 ft 505 m1,450 ft 440 m1,240 ft 380 m1,140 ft 345 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.
Village area
Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Cedar Rock sits at about 1,230 ft (375 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,230 ft 375 m
most residents: 1,160–1,450 ft
Lowest
1,140 ft 345 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,960 ft 600 m
on the south side
Average
1,310 ft 400 m
all land inside village limits

Cedar Rock spans about 820 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
1,230 ft375 m
Highest point
Inside village limits, on the south side
1,960 ft600 m
Lowest point
Inside village limits, on the northwest side
1,140 ft345 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cedar Rock
1,190 ft360 m
Average of all land1,310 ft400 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cedar Rock, North Carolina, shaded from 1,140 ft on the northwest side to 1,960 ft on the south side
Village limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Village in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States
Population
299 2024 est.
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
262 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.9443° N, 81.4581° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Catawba River → Wateree River → Santee River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
28645
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Cajah's Mountain1,290 ft
  2. Cedar Rock1,230 ft
  3. Hudson1,220 ft
  4. Lenoir1,200 ft
  5. Rutherford College1,190 ft
  6. Sawmills1,180 ft
  7. Granite Falls1,140 ft
  8. Gamewell1,120 ft
  9. Rhodhiss1,070 ft
  10. Bethlehem1,050 ft
  11. Northlakes1,020 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Calloway Peak5,930 ft
  • Elk Knob5,550 ft
  • Beech Mountain5,506 ft
  • Icy Knob2,980 ft
  • Pores Knob2,673 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the village 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 village 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.