Granite Quarry, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Granite Quarry, North Carolina, shaded from 690 ft on the north side to 950 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
950 ft 290 m880 ft 270 m850 ft 260 m790 ft 240 m720 ft 220 m690 ft 210 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Granite Quarry sits at about 780 ft (240 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
780 ft 240 m
most residents: 740–860 ft
Lowest
690 ft 210 m
on the north side
Highest
950 ft 290 m
on the southeast side
Average
780 ft 240 m
all land inside town limits

Granite Quarry spans about 260 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
780 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
950 ft290 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
690 ft210 m
Town center
USGS map point for Granite Quarry
800 ft245 m
Airport (RUQ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.9 mi northwest of the town limits
772 ft235 m
Average of all land780 ft240 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Granite Quarry, North Carolina, shaded from 690 ft on the north side to 950 ft on the southeast side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States
Population
3,107 2024 est.
Land area
3.1 sq mi
Density
1,016 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.6124° N, 80.4467° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Great Pee Dee River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Mid-Carolina Regional (RUQ) 772 ft
ZIP codes 2
28072 28146
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Faith870 ft
  2. Landis830 ft
  3. China Grove800 ft
  4. Granite Quarry780 ft
  5. Rockwell760 ft
  6. Gold Hill750 ft
  7. Salisbury730 ft
  8. East Spencer710 ft
  9. Spencer710 ft
  10. Southmont660 ft
  11. Misenheimer660 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pores Knob2,673 ft
  • Moores Knob2,580 ft
  • High Rock Mountain1,180 ft
  • Youngs Mountain, Rowan County1,090 ft
  • Dunn Mountain1,011 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.