Dallas, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dallas, North Carolina, shaded from 640 ft on the northeast side to 830 ft on the west side
Elevation
830 ft 250 m780 ft 240 m760 ft 230 m710 ft 215 m660 ft 200 m640 ft 195 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.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Dallas sits at about 760 ft (230 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
760 ft 230 m
most residents: 720–790 ft
Lowest
640 ft 195 m
on the northeast side
Highest
830 ft 250 m
on the west side
Average
760 ft 230 m
all land inside town limits

Dallas spans about 190 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
760 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
830 ft250 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
640 ft195 m
Town center
USGS map point for Dallas
790 ft240 m
Airport (CLT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi southeast of the town limits
748 ft228 m
Average of all land760 ft230 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dallas, North Carolina, shaded from 640 ft on the northeast side to 830 ft on the west side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States
Population
6,270 2024 est.
Land area
3.1 sq mi
Density
2,010 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.3165° N, 81.1762° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Catawba River → Wateree River → Santee River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 748 ft
ZIP codes 1
28034
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bessemer City880 ft
  2. Alexis850 ft
  3. Stanley810 ft
  4. Ranlo770 ft
  5. Springdale760 ft
  6. High Shoals760 ft
  7. Gastonia760 ft
  8. Dallas760 ft
  9. Lowell730 ft
  10. Cramerton640 ft
  11. McAdenville620 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Dobson Knob3,705 ft
  • Hickorynut Mountain3,220 ft
  • Icy Knob2,980 ft
  • Youngs Mountain2,712 ft
  • Pores Knob2,673 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.