Mount Holly, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mount Holly, North Carolina, shaded from 560 ft on the south side to 790 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
790 ft 240 m730 ft 225 m700 ft 215 m650 ft 200 m590 ft 180 m560 ft 170 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Mount Holly sits at about 650 ft (195 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
650 ft 195 m
most residents: 610–710 ft
Lowest
560 ft 170 m
on the south side
Highest
790 ft 240 m
on the northeast side
Average
660 ft 200 m
all land inside city limits

Mount Holly spans about 230 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
650 ft195 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
790 ft240 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
560 ft170 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mount Holly
610 ft185 m
Airport (CLT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.7 mi southeast of the city limits
748 ft228 m
Average of all land660 ft200 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mount Holly, North Carolina, shaded from 560 ft on the south side to 790 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States
Population
18,723 2024 est.
Land area
11.3 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,656 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.2982° N, 81.0159° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Catawba River → Wateree River → Santee River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 748 ft
ZIP codes 2
28012 28120
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Alexis850 ft
  2. Stanley810 ft
  3. Lowesville780 ft
  4. Ranlo770 ft
  5. Springdale760 ft
  6. Dallas760 ft
  7. Lowell730 ft
  8. Belmont670 ft
  9. Mount Holly650 ft
  10. Cramerton640 ft
  11. McAdenville620 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Dobson Knob3,705 ft
  • Icy Knob2,980 ft
  • Pores Knob2,673 ft
  • Spencer Mountain1,267 ft
  • Berry Mountain, Gaston County920 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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.