Claremont, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Claremont, North Carolina, shaded from 790 ft on the southeast side to 1,010 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,010 ft 305 m950 ft 290 m930 ft 285 m870 ft 265 m820 ft 250 m790 ft 240 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Claremont sits at about 950 ft (290 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
950 ft 290 m
most residents: 930–980 ft
Lowest
790 ft 240 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,010 ft 305 m
near the middle
Average
940 ft 285 m
all land inside city limits

Claremont spans about 220 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
950 ft290 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
1,010 ft305 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
790 ft240 m
Town center
USGS map point for Claremont
980 ft300 m
Average of all land940 ft285 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Claremont, North Carolina, shaded from 790 ft on the southeast side to 1,010 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States
Population
1,753 2024 est.
Land area
3.2 sq mi
Density
555 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.7146° N, 81.1462° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Catawba River → Wateree River → Santee River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
28610
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hickory1,090 ft
  2. St. Stephens1,070 ft
  3. Bethlehem1,050 ft
  4. Stony Point1,020 ft
  5. Conover990 ft
  6. Brookford960 ft
  7. Newton960 ft
  8. Claremont950 ft
  9. Maiden910 ft
  10. Catawba890 ft
  11. Lake Norman of Catawba810 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Calloway Peak5,930 ft
  • Mount Jefferson4,650 ft
  • Dobson Knob3,705 ft
  • Icy Knob2,980 ft
  • Pores Knob2,673 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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.