Cliffside, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cliffside, North Carolina, shaded from 670 ft on the southeast side to 900 ft on the east side
Elevation
900 ft 275 m840 ft 255 m810 ft 250 m750 ft 230 m690 ft 210 m670 ft 205 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

Cliffside sits at about 810 ft (245 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
810 ft 245 m
most residents: 770–820 ft
Lowest
670 ft 205 m
on the southeast side
Highest
900 ft 275 m
on the east side
Average
790 ft 240 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Cliffside spans about 230 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
810 ft245 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
900 ft275 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
670 ft205 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cliffside
740 ft225 m
Average of all land790 ft240 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cliffside, North Carolina, shaded from 670 ft on the southeast side to 900 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States
Population
530 2020 Census
Land area
2.3 sq mi
Density
228 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.2382° N, 81.7698° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Broad River → Santee River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
28024 28114
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ellenboro1,010 ft
  2. Forest City980 ft
  3. Bostic920 ft
  4. Lattimore920 ft
  5. Chesnee, SC900 ft
  6. Mooresboro880 ft
  7. Caroleen870 ft
  8. Boiling Springs840 ft
  9. Mayo, SC820 ft
  10. Cliffside810 ft
  11. Henrietta780 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sugarloaf Mountain3,962 ft
  • Hickorynut Mountain3,220 ft
  • White Oak Mountain3,080 ft
  • Icy Knob2,980 ft
  • Youngs Mountain2,712 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).
  • 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.
  • Cliffside 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.