Sanford, NC Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
510 ft 155 m430 ft 130 m390 ft 120 m320 ft 95 m240 ft 75 m200 ft 60 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Click or tap anywhere
- 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
Sanford sits at about 360 ft (110 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
360 ft 110 m
most residents: 310–430 ft
Lowest
200 ft 60 m
on the north side
Highest
510 ft 155 m
on the southwest side
Average
340 ft 105 m
all land inside city limits
Sanford spans about 310 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 360 ft110 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 510 ft155 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 200 ft60 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Sanford | 360 ft110 m |
| Airport (TTA) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.3 mi northeast of the city limits | 247 ft75 m |
| Average of all land | 340 ft105 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
10 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Lee County, North Carolina, United States
- Population
- 32,971 2024 est.
- Land area
- 34.6 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
- Density
- 954 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.4799° N, 79.1803° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Piedmont
- Drains to
- Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
- Airport
- Raleigh Exec Jetport at Sanford-Lee County (TTA) 247 ft
- ZIP codes 2
- 27330 27332
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Carolina376th highest of 782
- Towns in Lee Countylowest of 2
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Round Top Mountain, Chatham County600 ft
- Cameron Hill490 ft
- Holmes Hill470 ft
- Round Top, Harnett County460 ft
- Fox Hill450 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.