Rutherford College, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rutherford College, North Carolina, shaded from 1,010 ft on the north side to 1,380 ft at the foot of the Montague Hills
Elevation
1,380 ft 420 m1,290 ft 395 m1,240 ft 380 m1,150 ft 350 m1,050 ft 320 m1,010 ft 305 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

Rutherford College sits at about 1,190 ft (360 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,190 ft 360 m
most residents: 1,160–1,240 ft
Lowest
1,010 ft 305 m
on the north side
Highest
1,380 ft 420 m
at the foot of the Montague Hills
Average
1,200 ft 365 m
all land inside town limits

Rutherford College spans about 370 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
1,190 ft360 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the Montague Hills
1,380 ft420 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
1,010 ft305 m
Airport (MRN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.5 mi northwest of the town limits
1,270 ft387 m
Average of all land1,200 ft365 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.5 mi south to north through the middle of Rutherford College.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rutherford College, North Carolina, shaded from 1,010 ft on the north side to 1,380 ft at the foot of the Montague Hills
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Burke County, North Carolina, United States
Population
1,228 2024 est.
Land area
2.3 sq mi
Density
532 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.7496° N, 81.5290° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Catawba River → Wateree River → Santee River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Foothills Regional (MRN) 1,270 ft
ZIP codes 2
28612 28671
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Cajah's Mountain1,290 ft
  2. Hudson1,220 ft
  3. Connelly Springs1,210 ft
  4. Drexel1,210 ft
  5. Valdese1,200 ft
  6. Rutherford College1,190 ft
  7. Sawmills1,180 ft
  8. Icard1,150 ft
  9. Granite Falls1,140 ft
  10. Hildebran1,130 ft
  11. Rhodhiss1,070 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Calloway Peak5,930 ft
  • Beech Mountain5,506 ft
  • Dobson Knob3,705 ft
  • Icy Knob2,980 ft
  • Pores Knob2,673 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.