Fuquay-Varina, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, shaded from 240 ft on the northeast side to 480 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
480 ft 150 m420 ft 130 m390 ft 120 m330 ft 100 m270 ft 85 m240 ft 75 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
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

Fuquay-Varina sits at about 380 ft (115 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
380 ft 115 m
most residents: 340–420 ft
Lowest
240 ft 75 m
on the northeast side
Highest
480 ft 150 m
on the northwest side
Average
380 ft 115 m
all land inside town limits

Fuquay-Varina spans about 240 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
380 ft115 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
480 ft150 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
240 ft75 m
Town center
USGS map point for Fuquay-Varina
390 ft120 m
Airport (5W5)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.6 mi northeast of the town limits
243 ft74 m
Average of all land380 ft115 m

Elevation profile, west to east

11 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, shaded from 240 ft on the northeast side to 480 ft on the northwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States
Population
46,317 2024 est.
Land area
20.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
2,308 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.5843° N, 78.8000° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Southern Wake Regional (5W5) 243 ft
ZIP codes 5
27526 27539 27540 27592 27603
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Cary390 ft
  2. Fuquay-Varina380 ft
  3. Holly Springs380 ft
  4. Apex370 ft
  5. Raleigh320 ft
  6. Garner320 ft
  7. Mamers300 ft
  8. Angier290 ft
  9. Coats290 ft
  10. Lillington200 ft
  11. Buies Creek190 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Spring Hill350 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. All public domain.