Governors Village, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Governors Village, North Carolina, shaded from 230 ft on the south side to 300 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
300 ft 90 m280 ft 85 m270 ft 85 m260 ft 80 m240 ft 75 m230 ft 70 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
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

Governors Village sits at about 280 ft (85 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
280 ft 85 m
most residents: 250–290 ft
Lowest
230 ft 70 m
on the south side
Highest
300 ft 90 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
270 ft 80 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Governors Village spans about 70 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
280 ft85 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
300 ft90 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
230 ft70 m
Airport (RDU)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi east of the CDP boundary
435 ft133 m
Average of all land270 ft80 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.7 mi west to east through the middle of Governors Village.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Governors Village, North Carolina, shaded from 230 ft on the south side to 300 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States
Population
1,512 2020 Census
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
3,398 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.8528° N, 79.0241° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Raleigh-Durham International (RDU) 435 ft
ZIP codes 1
27517
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Briar Chapel480 ft
  2. Carrboro460 ft
  3. Fearrington Village430 ft
  4. Pittsboro400 ft
  5. Governors Club400 ft
  6. Chapel Hill400 ft
  7. Apex370 ft
  8. Durham350 ft
  9. Morrisville340 ft
  10. Governors Village280 ft
  11. Carolina Meadows280 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Edwards Mountain660 ft
  • Bennett Mountain610 ft
  • McCauley Mount610 ft
  • Boothe Hill600 ft
  • High Hill, Orange County470 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.
  • Governors Village 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. All public domain.