Snow Hill, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Snow Hill, North Carolina, shaded from 29 ft on the northeast side to 130 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
130 ft 40 m100 ft 30 m90 ft 27 m66 ft 20 m41 ft 13 m29 ft 9 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
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

Snow Hill sits at about 85 ft (26 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
85 ft 26 m
most residents: 64–96 ft
Lowest
29 ft 9 m
on the northeast side
Highest
130 ft 40 m
on the southeast side
Average
81 ft 25 m
all land inside town limits

Snow Hill spans about 101 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
85 ft26 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
130 ft40 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
29 ft9 m
Town center
USGS map point for Snow Hill
88 ft27 m
Airport (ISO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.2 mi southeast of the town limits
93 ft28 m
Average of all land81 ft25 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Snow Hill, North Carolina, shaded from 29 ft on the northeast side to 130 ft on the southeast side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Greene County, North Carolina, United States
Population
1,576 2024 est.
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
1,013 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.4516° N, 77.6811° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Contentnea Creek → Neuse River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Kinston Regional Jetport at Stallings Field (ISO) 93 ft
ZIP codes 1
28580
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. New Hope130 ft
  2. Walstonburg110 ft
  3. La Grange110 ft
  4. Stantonsburg89 ft
  5. Snow Hill85 ft
  6. Farmville81 ft
  7. Maury78 ft
  8. Bell Arthur77 ft
  9. Kinston74 ft
  10. Hookerton70 ft
  11. Graingers66 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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. All public domain.