Greensboro, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Greensboro, North Carolina, shaded from 570 ft on the east side to 980 ft on the west side
Elevation
980 ft 300 m880 ft 270 m830 ft 250 m720 ft 220 m620 ft 190 m570 ft 175 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Greensboro sits at about 820 ft (250 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
820 ft 250 m
most residents: 770–880 ft
Lowest
570 ft 175 m
on the east side
Highest
980 ft 300 m
on the west side
Average
810 ft 250 m
all land inside city limits

Greensboro spans about 410 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
820 ft250 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
980 ft300 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
570 ft175 m
Town center
USGS map point for Greensboro
830 ft250 m
Airport (GSO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.7 mi west of the city limits
926 ft282 m
Average of all land810 ft250 m

Elevation profile, west to east

18 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Greensboro, North Carolina, shaded from 570 ft on the east side to 980 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States
Population
307,381 2024 est.
Land area
135.7 sq mi + 5.2 sq mi water
Density
2,266 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.0726° N, 79.7920° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Haw River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Piedmont Triad International (GSO) 926 ft
ZIP codes 16
27214 27235 27282 27301 27358 27401 27403 27405 27406 27407 27408 27409 27410 27411 27412 27455
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Oak Ridge880 ft
  2. High Point860 ft
  3. Summerfield840 ft
  4. Greensboro820 ft
  5. Pleasant Garden800 ft
  6. Jamestown800 ft
  7. Forest Oaks740 ft
  8. McLeansville720 ft
  9. Sedalia690 ft
  10. Gibsonville680 ft
  11. Whitsett670 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bull Mountain3,212 ft
  • Moores Knob2,580 ft
  • Baux Mountain1,000 ft
  • Cane Creek Mountains970 ft
  • Pisgah Hill950 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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.