High Point, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of High Point, North Carolina, shaded from 670 ft on the east side to 980 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
980 ft 295 m900 ft 275 m860 ft 260 m780 ft 240 m710 ft 215 m670 ft 205 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

High Point sits at about 860 ft (260 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
860 ft 260 m
most residents: 820–900 ft
Lowest
670 ft 205 m
on the east side
Highest
980 ft 295 m
on the southwest side
Average
850 ft 260 m
all land inside city limits

High Point spans about 310 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
860 ft260 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
980 ft295 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
670 ft205 m
Town center
USGS map point for High Point
920 ft280 m
Airport (GSO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.1 mi north of the city limits
926 ft282 m
Average of all land850 ft260 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of High Point, North Carolina, shaded from 670 ft on the east side to 980 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Guilford, Davidson and Forsyth counties and 1 more, North Carolina, United States
Population
118,601 2024 est.
Land area
57.5 sq mi + 1.5 sq mi water
Density
2,061 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.9557° N, 80.0053° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Piedmont Triad International (GSO) 926 ft
ZIP codes 9
27235 27260 27262 27263 27265 27268 27282 27409 27410
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Kernersville950 ft
  2. Wallburg880 ft
  3. High Point860 ft
  4. Midway840 ft
  5. Thomasville840 ft
  6. Greensboro820 ft
  7. Trinity820 ft
  8. Welcome810 ft
  9. Archdale800 ft
  10. Pleasant Garden800 ft
  11. Jamestown800 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bull Mountain3,212 ft
  • Pores Knob2,673 ft
  • Moores Knob2,580 ft
  • Shepherd Mountain, Randolph County1,150 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.