Hampstead, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hampstead, North Carolina, shaded from sea level level on the Green Channel to 62 ft near the middle
Elevation
62 ft 19 m47 ft 14 m39 ft 12 m23 ft 7 m8 ft 2 m0 ft 0 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
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

Hampstead sits at about 27 ft (8 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
27 ft 8 m
most residents: 17–44 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Green Channel
Highest
62 ft 19 m
near the middle
Average
34 ft 10 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Hampstead spans about 62 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.

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

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
27 ft8 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
62 ft19 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Green Channel
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Hampstead
37 ft11 m
Airport (ILM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.7 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
32 ft10 m
Average of all land34 ft10 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hampstead, North Carolina, shaded from sea level level on the Green Channel to 62 ft near the middle
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Pender County, North Carolina, United States
Population
7,016 2020 Census
Land area
20.2 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
347 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.3677° N, 77.7105° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Wilmington International (ILM) 32 ft
ZIP codes 1
28443
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Rocky Point53 ft
  2. Murraysville42 ft
  3. Northchase36 ft
  4. Blue Clay Farms34 ft
  5. Hampstead27 ft
  6. Porters Neck24 ft
  7. Ogden19 ft
  8. Bayshore17 ft
  9. Castle Hayne16 ft
  10. Surf City10 ft
  11. Topsail Beach7 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sand Ball Hill40 ft
  • Pine Island34 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).
  • 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, −8 ft at 34.3554° N, 77.6915° 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.
  • Hampstead 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.