Guilford County, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Guilford County, North Carolina, shaded from 440 ft on the southeast side to 1,000 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,000 ft 305 m860 ft 265 m790 ft 240 m650 ft 200 m510 ft 155 m440 ft 135 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Guilford County averages about 780 ft (240 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 440 ft on the southeast side to 1,000 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
780 ft 240 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,000 ft 305 m
on the west side
Lowest
440 ft 135 m
on the southeast side

Guilford County spans about 560 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land780 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,000 ft305 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
440 ft135 m

Elevation profile, west to east

28 mi west to east through Greensboro.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Guilford County, North Carolina, shaded from 440 ft on the southeast side to 1,000 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in North Carolina, United States
Population
558,816 2024 est.
Land area
646.0 sq mi + 11.7 sq mi water
Density
865 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Forsyth County860 ft
  2. Guilford County780 ft
  3. Davidson County750 ft
  4. Rockingham County720 ft
  5. Randolph County640 ft
  6. Alamance County610 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Pisgah Hill950 ft
All 15 towns in Guilford County by typical elevation
  1. Kernersville partly950 ft
  2. Stokesdale900 ft
  3. Oak Ridge880 ft
  4. High Point860 ft
  5. Summerfield840 ft
  6. Greensboro820 ft
  7. Archdale partly800 ft
  8. Pleasant Garden800 ft
  9. Jamestown800 ft
  10. Forest Oaks740 ft
  11. McLeansville720 ft
  12. Sedalia690 ft
  13. Gibsonville680 ft
  14. Whitsett670 ft
  15. Burlington partly630 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, 430 ft at 36.0090° N, 79.7493° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.