Hyde County, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hyde County, North Carolina, shaded from 3 ft below sea level on the north side to 40 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
40 ft 12 m29 ft 9 m24 ft 7 m13 ft 4 m2 ft 1 m−3 ft −1 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Hyde County averages about 3 ft (1 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 3 ft below sea level on the north side to 40 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
3 ft 1 m
all land inside the county
Highest
40 ft 12 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
−3 ft −1 m
on the north side

Hyde County spans about 43 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

6% of Hyde County's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 64% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Average of all land3 ft1 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
40 ft12 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the north side
−3 ft−1 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hyde County, North Carolina, shaded from 3 ft below sea level on the north side to 40 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
County in North Carolina, United States
Population
4,583 2024 est.
Land area
612.3 sq mi + 846.7 sq mi water
Density
7.5 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain 96%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Beaufort County22 ft
  2. Washington County13 ft
  3. Pamlico County13 ft
  4. Carteret County11 ft
  5. Hyde County3 ft
  6. Dare County3 ft
  7. Tyrrell County3 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Styron Hills20 ft
  • Parkers Hill18 ft
  • The Knoll17 ft
  • Knoll Cedars17 ft
  • Second Grass16 ft
All 4 towns in Hyde County by typical elevation
  1. Ocracoke2 ft
  2. Swan Quarter2 ft
  3. Fairfield2 ft
  4. Engelhard2 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, −3 ft at 35.5626° N, 76.2332° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones; NOAA tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.