Ruffin, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ruffin, North Carolina, shaded from 460 ft on the southeast side to 750 ft near the middle
Elevation
750 ft 225 m670 ft 205 m640 ft 195 m570 ft 170 m490 ft 150 m460 ft 140 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.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Ruffin sits at about 650 ft (200 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
650 ft 200 m
most residents: 570–690 ft
Lowest
460 ft 140 m
on the southeast side
Highest
750 ft 225 m
near the middle
Average
620 ft 190 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Ruffin spans about 290 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 ft200 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
750 ft225 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
460 ft140 m
Town center
USGS map point for Ruffin
710 ft215 m
Average of all land620 ft190 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ruffin, North Carolina, shaded from 460 ft on the southeast side to 750 ft near the middle
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States
Population
322 2020 Census
Land area
4.6 sq mi
Density
71 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.4471° N, 79.5439° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Dan River → Roanoke River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
27326
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Reidsville800 ft
  2. Wentworth780 ft
  3. Blairs, VA750 ft
  4. Sandy Level, VA700 ft
  5. Altamahaw660 ft
  6. Ruffin650 ft
  7. Ossipee640 ft
  8. Mount Hermon, VA630 ft
  9. Yanceyville620 ft
  10. Eden600 ft
  11. Danville, VA540 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
  • Stony Creek Mountain913 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.
  • Ruffin 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.