Moore County, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Moore County, North Carolina, shaded from 160 ft on the east side to 730 ft on the west side
Elevation
730 ft 225 m590 ft 180 m520 ft 160 m370 ft 115 m230 ft 70 m160 ft 50 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
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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Moore County averages about 420 ft (130 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 160 ft on the east side to 730 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
420 ft 130 m
all land inside the county
Highest
730 ft 225 m
on the west side
Lowest
160 ft 50 m
on the east side

Moore County spans about 570 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land420 ft130 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
730 ft225 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
160 ft50 m

Elevation profile, west to east

32 mi west to east through Pinehurst.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Moore County, North Carolina, shaded from 160 ft on the east side to 730 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in North Carolina, United States
Population
108,417 2024 est.
Land area
697.6 sq mi + 8.1 sq mi water
Density
155 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont 94%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Randolph County640 ft
  2. Montgomery County520 ft
  3. Chatham County440 ft
  4. Moore County420 ft
  5. Richmond County340 ft
  6. Lee County330 ft
  7. Hoke County280 ft
  8. Harnett County250 ft
  9. Cumberland County150 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Pine Mountain, Moore County560 ft
All 13 towns in Moore County by typical elevation
  1. Seven Lakes570 ft
  2. Jackson Springs510 ft
  3. Foxfire500 ft
  4. Southern Pines470 ft
  5. Pinehurst470 ft
  6. Carthage460 ft
  7. Taylortown460 ft
  8. Robbins440 ft
  9. Aberdeen410 ft
  10. Pinebluff400 ft
  11. Cameron380 ft
  12. Whispering Pines360 ft
  13. Vass310 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 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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. All public domain.