Madison, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Madison, North Carolina, shaded from 540 ft on the northeast side to 750 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
750 ft 230 m690 ft 210 m670 ft 205 m620 ft 190 m560 ft 170 m540 ft 165 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.
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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Madison sits at about 630 ft (190 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
630 ft 190 m
most residents: 600–660 ft
Lowest
540 ft 165 m
on the northeast side
Highest
750 ft 230 m
on the southeast side
Average
620 ft 190 m
all land inside town limits

Madison spans about 210 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
630 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
750 ft230 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
540 ft165 m
Town center
USGS map point for Madison
610 ft185 m
Airport (SIF)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.4 mi northeast of the town limits
694 ft212 m
Average of all land620 ft190 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Madison, North Carolina, shaded from 540 ft on the northeast side to 750 ft on the southeast side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States
Population
2,176 2024 est.
Land area
3.5 sq mi
Density
615 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.3854° N, 79.9595° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Dan River → Roanoke River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Rockingham County Nc Shiloh (SIF) 694 ft
ZIP codes 1
27025
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Danbury900 ft
  2. Stokesdale900 ft
  3. Oak Ridge880 ft
  4. Ridgeway, VA880 ft
  5. Summerfield840 ft
  6. Wentworth780 ft
  7. Stoneville780 ft
  8. Walnut Cove690 ft
  9. Mayodan650 ft
  10. Madison630 ft
  11. Eden600 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Poor Mountain3,920 ft
  • Cahas Mountain3,562 ft
  • Bull Mountain3,212 ft
  • Moores Knob2,580 ft
  • Cedder Mountain998 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.