Forsyth County, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Forsyth County, North Carolina, shaded from 480 ft on the north side to 1,110 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,100 ft 335 m950 ft 290 m870 ft 265 m710 ft 215 m560 ft 170 m480 ft 145 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

Forsyth County averages about 860 ft (260 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 480 ft on the north side to 1,110 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
860 ft 260 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,110 ft 335 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
480 ft 145 m
on the north side

Forsyth 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 land860 ft260 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,110 ft335 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the north side
480 ft145 m

Elevation profile, south to north

18 mi south to north through Winston-Salem.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Forsyth County, North Carolina, shaded from 480 ft on the north side to 1,110 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
398,143 2024 est.
Land area
408.0 sq mi + 4.5 sq mi water
Density
976 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. Surry County1,220 ft
  2. Stokes County970 ft
  3. Yadkin County950 ft
  4. Forsyth County860 ft
  5. Guilford County780 ft
  6. Davie County760 ft
  7. Davidson County750 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Baux Mountain1,000 ft
All 11 towns in Forsyth County by typical elevation
  1. King partly1,040 ft
  2. Tobaccoville970 ft
  3. Rural Hall970 ft
  4. Kernersville950 ft
  5. Walkertown950 ft
  6. Bethania870 ft
  7. Winston-Salem860 ft
  8. High Point partly860 ft
  9. Lewisville850 ft
  10. Clemmons780 ft
  11. Germanton730 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 480 ft at 36.1768° N, 80.2596° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.