Holly Springs, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Holly Springs, North Carolina, shaded from 230 ft on the west side to 480 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
480 ft 145 m420 ft 130 m390 ft 120 m320 ft 100 m260 ft 80 m230 ft 70 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Holly Springs sits at about 380 ft (115 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
380 ft 115 m
most residents: 320–440 ft
Lowest
230 ft 70 m
on the west side
Highest
480 ft 145 m
on the southwest side
Average
370 ft 110 m
all land inside town limits

Holly Springs spans about 250 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
380 ft115 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
480 ft145 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
230 ft70 m
Town center
USGS map point for Holly Springs
440 ft135 m
Airport (5W5)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.3 mi east of the town limits
243 ft74 m
Average of all land370 ft110 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Holly Springs, North Carolina, shaded from 230 ft on the west side to 480 ft on the southwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States
Population
48,674 2024 est.
Land area
20.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
2,421 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.6513° N, 78.8336° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Southern Wake Regional (5W5) 243 ft
ZIP codes 2
27539 27540
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Cary390 ft
  2. Fuquay-Varina380 ft
  3. Holly Springs380 ft
  4. Apex370 ft
  5. Morrisville340 ft
  6. Raleigh320 ft
  7. Garner320 ft
  8. Mamers300 ft
  9. Angier290 ft
  10. Moncure220 ft
  11. Buies Creek190 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Edwards Mountain660 ft
  • Red Hill, Chatham County600 ft
  • Boothe Hill600 ft
  • Burnett Mountain600 ft
  • Lambeth Mountain590 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. All public domain.