Raeford, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Raeford, North Carolina, shaded from 170 ft on the east side to 310 ft on the west side
Elevation
310 ft 95 m280 ft 85 m260 ft 80 m220 ft 70 m190 ft 55 m170 ft 50 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Raeford sits at about 250 ft (75 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
250 ft 75 m
most residents: 220–270 ft
Lowest
170 ft 50 m
on the east side
Highest
310 ft 95 m
on the west side
Average
250 ft 75 m
all land inside city limits

Raeford spans about 140 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
250 ft75 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
310 ft95 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
170 ft50 m
Town center
USGS map point for Raeford
260 ft80 m
Airport (5W4)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.1 mi northeast of the city limits
304 ft93 m
Average of all land250 ft75 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Raeford, North Carolina, shaded from 170 ft on the east side to 310 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Hoke County, North Carolina, United States
Population
4,578 2024 est.
Land area
4.3 sq mi
Density
1,064 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.9810° N, 79.2242° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
P K Airpark (5W4) 304 ft
ZIP codes 1
28376
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ashley Heights370 ft
  2. Five Points310 ft
  3. Raeford250 ft
  4. Bowmore250 ft
  5. Silver City230 ft
  6. Wagram230 ft
  7. Dundarrach220 ft
  8. Rockfish210 ft
  9. Red Springs200 ft
  10. Shannon190 ft
  11. Lumber Bridge190 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Gaddys Mountain530 ft
  • Johnson Mountain, Hoke County520 ft
  • Sandstone Hill520 ft
  • Blues Mountain500 ft
  • Finlayson Mountain490 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. All public domain.