Chatham County, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chatham County, North Carolina, shaded from 140 ft on the southeast side to 770 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
770 ft 235 m610 ft 185 m530 ft 165 m370 ft 115 m220 ft 65 m140 ft 40 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Chatham County averages about 440 ft (135 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 140 ft on the southeast side to 770 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
440 ft 135 m
all land inside the county
Highest
770 ft 235 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
140 ft 40 m
on the southeast side

Chatham County spans about 630 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land440 ft135 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
770 ft235 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
140 ft40 m

Elevation profile, west to east

33 mi west to east through Siler City.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chatham County, North Carolina, shaded from 140 ft on the southeast side to 770 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in North Carolina, United States
Population
83,874 2024 est.
Land area
681.5 sq mi + 27.3 sq mi water
Density
123 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Randolph County640 ft
  2. Alamance County610 ft
  3. Orange County580 ft
  4. Chatham County440 ft
  5. Moore County420 ft
  6. Durham County380 ft
  7. Lee County330 ft
  8. Wake County330 ft
  9. Harnett County250 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Terrells Mountain750 ft
  • Hickory Mountain, Chatham County710 ft
  • Collins Mountain, Chatham County680 ft
  • Edwards Mountain660 ft
  • Carolina Hill640 ft
All 13 towns in Chatham County by typical elevation
  1. Siler City610 ft
  2. Briar Chapel480 ft
  3. Bennett480 ft
  4. Fearrington Village430 ft
  5. Goldston410 ft
  6. Pittsboro400 ft
  7. Governors Club400 ft
  8. Cary partly390 ft
  9. Apex partly370 ft
  10. Governors Village280 ft
  11. Carolina Meadows280 ft
  12. Gulf260 ft
  13. Moncure220 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.