Light Oak, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Light Oak, North Carolina, shaded from 730 ft on the southeast side to 930 ft on the west side
Elevation
930 ft 285 m880 ft 270 m860 ft 260 m810 ft 245 m760 ft 230 m730 ft 225 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Light Oak sits at about 810 ft (245 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
810 ft 245 m
most residents: 790–860 ft
Lowest
730 ft 225 m
on the southeast side
Highest
930 ft 285 m
on the west side
Average
840 ft 255 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Light Oak spans about 200 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
810 ft245 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
930 ft285 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
730 ft225 m
Town center
USGS map point for Light Oak
820 ft250 m
Airport (EHO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.5 mi west of the CDP boundary
847 ft258 m
Average of all land840 ft255 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Light Oak, North Carolina, shaded from 730 ft on the southeast side to 930 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States
Population
697 2020 Census
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
483 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.2849° N, 81.4768° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Broad River → Santee River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Shelby-Cleveland County Regional (EHO) 847 ft
ZIP codes 1
28152
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fallston980 ft
  2. Kings Mountain930 ft
  3. Cherryville930 ft
  4. Kingstown910 ft
  5. Waco900 ft
  6. Lawndale880 ft
  7. Patterson Springs860 ft
  8. Grover850 ft
  9. Shelby840 ft
  10. Light Oak810 ft
  11. Earl800 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sugarloaf Mountain3,962 ft
  • Hickorynut Mountain3,220 ft
  • White Oak Mountain3,080 ft
  • Icy Knob2,980 ft
  • Youngs Mountain2,712 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Light Oak is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.