Spindale, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Spindale, North Carolina, shaded from 830 ft on the southwest side to 1,120 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,120 ft 340 m1,050 ft 320 m1,010 ft 310 m940 ft 285 m870 ft 265 m830 ft 255 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

Spindale sits at about 1,040 ft (320 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,040 ft 320 m
most residents: 990–1,090 ft
Lowest
830 ft 255 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,120 ft 340 m
near the middle
Average
1,020 ft 310 m
all land inside town limits

Spindale 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
1,040 ft320 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, near the middle
1,120 ft340 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
830 ft255 m
Town center
USGS map point for Spindale
1,090 ft330 m
Airport (FQD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.1 mi north of the town limits
1,077 ft328 m
Average of all land1,020 ft310 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Spindale, North Carolina, shaded from 830 ft on the southwest side to 1,120 ft near the middle
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States
Population
4,168 2024 est.
Land area
5.5 sq mi
Density
761 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.3601° N, 81.9293° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Broad River → Santee River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Rutherford County/Marchman Field (FQD) 1,077 ft
ZIP codes 1
28160
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Spindale1,040 ft
  2. Ellenboro1,010 ft
  3. Ruth1,000 ft
  4. Forest City980 ft
  5. Rutherfordton960 ft
  6. Bostic920 ft
  7. Chesnee, SC900 ft
  8. Mooresboro880 ft
  9. Caroleen870 ft
  10. Cliffside810 ft
  11. Henrietta780 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sugarloaf Mountain3,962 ft
  • Hickorynut Mountain3,220 ft
  • White Oak Mountain3,080 ft
  • Icy Knob2,980 ft
  • Youngs Mountain2,712 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.