Gloucester, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gloucester, North Carolina, shaded from sea level level on Whitehurst Creek to 9 ft on the north side
Elevation
33 ft 10 m25 ft 8 m21 ft 6 m12 ft 4 m4 ft 1 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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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Measure
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Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Gloucester sits at about 6 ft (2 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
6 ft 2 m
few residents
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Whitehurst Creek
Highest
9 ft 3 m
on the north side
Average
6 ft 2 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Gloucester is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 9 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

Under 1% of Gloucester's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 7% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
6 ft2 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
9 ft3 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Whitehurst Creek
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Gloucester
7 ft2 m
Airport (MRH)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.1 mi west of the CDP boundary
10 ft3 m
Average of all land6 ft2 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gloucester, North Carolina, shaded from sea level level on Whitehurst Creek to 9 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States
Population
495 2020 Census
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
345 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.7263° N, 76.5410° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Onslow Bay
Airport
Michael J Smith Field (MRH) 10 ft
ZIP codes 1
28528
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Newport25 ft
  2. Brandywine Bay19 ft
  3. Morehead City13 ft
  4. Beaufort9 ft
  5. Pine Knoll Shores9 ft
  6. Atlantic8 ft
  7. Atlantic Beach8 ft
  8. Harkers Island7 ft
  9. Gloucester6 ft
  10. Marshallberg4 ft
  11. Davis2 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • High Hill, Carteret County22 ft
  • Bald Hill10 ft
  • Diamond City Hills6 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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).
  • 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, −2 ft at 34.7254° N, 76.5429° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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.
  • Gloucester 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.