Henderson, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Henderson, North Carolina, shaded from 330 ft on the southwest side to 520 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
520 ft 160 m470 ft 145 m450 ft 135 m400 ft 125 m360 ft 110 m330 ft 100 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Henderson sits at about 470 ft (140 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
470 ft 140 m
most residents: 420–500 ft
Lowest
330 ft 100 m
on the southwest side
Highest
520 ft 160 m
on the southwest side
Average
460 ft 140 m
all land inside city limits

Henderson spans about 190 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
470 ft140 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
520 ft160 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
330 ft100 m
Town center
USGS map point for Henderson
510 ft155 m
Airport (HNZ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.6 mi west of the city limits
526 ft160 m
Average of all land460 ft140 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Henderson, North Carolina, shaded from 330 ft on the southwest side to 520 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Vance County, North Carolina, United States
Population
14,807 2024 est.
Land area
8.6 sq mi
Density
1,715 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.3296° N, 78.3992° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Roanoke River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Henderson/Oxford (HNZ) 526 ft
ZIP codes 2
27536 27537
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. South Henderson490 ft
  2. Oxford470 ft
  3. Middleburg470 ft
  4. Henderson470 ft
  5. Stovall460 ft
  6. Kittrell430 ft
  7. Norlina420 ft
  8. Franklinton410 ft
  9. Warrenton380 ft
  10. Macon360 ft
  11. Louisburg250 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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. All public domain.