Rural Hall, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rural Hall, North Carolina, shaded from 850 ft on the southwest side to 1,030 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,030 ft 315 m980 ft 300 m960 ft 295 m920 ft 280 m880 ft 265 m850 ft 260 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Rural Hall sits at about 970 ft (295 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
970 ft 295 m
most residents: 940–1,000 ft
Lowest
850 ft 260 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,030 ft 315 m
near the middle
Average
950 ft 290 m
all land inside town limits

Rural Hall spans about 180 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
970 ft295 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, near the middle
1,030 ft315 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
850 ft260 m
Town center
USGS map point for Rural Hall
1,010 ft310 m
Airport (INT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.1 mi southeast of the town limits
969 ft295 m
Average of all land950 ft290 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rural Hall, North Carolina, shaded from 850 ft on the southwest side to 1,030 ft near the middle
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States
Population
3,562 2024 est.
Land area
2.9 sq mi
Density
1,242 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.2404° N, 80.2934° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Town Fork Creek → Dan River → Roanoke River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Smith Reynolds (INT) 969 ft
ZIP codes 1
27045
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. King1,040 ft
  2. East Bend1,030 ft
  3. Pinnacle1,010 ft
  4. Tobaccoville970 ft
  5. Rural Hall970 ft
  6. Walkertown950 ft
  7. Bethania870 ft
  8. Winston-Salem860 ft
  9. Lewisville850 ft
  10. Germanton730 ft
  11. Walnut Cove690 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Point Lookout Mountain4,540 ft
  • Peach Bottom Mountain4,125 ft
  • Bull Mountain3,212 ft
  • Pores Knob2,673 ft
  • Moores Knob2,580 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.