Hildebran, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hildebran, North Carolina, shaded from 990 ft on the north side to 1,260 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,260 ft 385 m1,190 ft 365 m1,160 ft 355 m1,090 ft 335 m1,030 ft 315 m990 ft 305 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Hildebran sits at about 1,130 ft (345 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,130 ft 345 m
most residents: 1,080–1,180 ft
Lowest
990 ft 305 m
on the north side
Highest
1,260 ft 385 m
near the middle
Average
1,130 ft 345 m
all land inside town limits

Hildebran spans about 270 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
1,130 ft345 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, near the middle
1,260 ft385 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
990 ft305 m
Town center
USGS map point for Hildebran
1,170 ft355 m
Airport (HKY)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.2 mi northeast of the town limits
1,190 ft363 m
Average of all land1,130 ft345 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hildebran, North Carolina, shaded from 990 ft on the north side to 1,260 ft near the middle
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Burke County, North Carolina, United States
Population
1,680 2024 est.
Land area
2.8 sq mi
Density
592 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.7140° N, 81.4220° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Catawba River → Wateree River → Santee River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Hickory Regional (HKY) 1,190 ft
ZIP codes 1
28637
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Connelly Springs1,210 ft
  2. Rutherford College1,190 ft
  3. Icard1,150 ft
  4. Granite Falls1,140 ft
  5. Hildebran1,130 ft
  6. Long View1,110 ft
  7. Hickory1,090 ft
  8. Rhodhiss1,070 ft
  9. Mountain View1,060 ft
  10. Northlakes1,020 ft
  11. Brookford960 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Calloway Peak5,930 ft
  • Dobson Knob3,705 ft
  • Hickorynut Mountain3,220 ft
  • Icy Knob2,980 ft
  • Pores Knob2,673 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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.