Star, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Star, North Carolina, shaded from 540 ft on the south side to 660 ft near the middle
Elevation
660 ft 200 m630 ft 190 m610 ft 185 m580 ft 180 m550 ft 170 m540 ft 165 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.
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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Star sits at about 620 ft (190 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
620 ft 190 m
most residents: 580–640 ft
Lowest
540 ft 165 m
on the south side
Highest
660 ft 200 m
near the middle
Average
620 ft 190 m
all land inside town limits

Star spans about 120 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
620 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, near the middle
660 ft200 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the south side
540 ft165 m
Town center
USGS map point for Star
640 ft195 m
Airport (43A)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.1 mi south of the town limits
633 ft193 m
Average of all land620 ft190 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Star, North Carolina, shaded from 540 ft on the south side to 660 ft near the middle
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States
Population
822 2024 est.
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
568 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.4021° N, 79.7842° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Deep River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Montgomery County (43A) 633 ft
ZIP codes 1
27356
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Candor730 ft
  2. Seagrove720 ft
  3. Star620 ft
  4. Norman610 ft
  5. Troy600 ft
  6. Biscoe570 ft
  7. Seven Lakes570 ft
  8. Jackson Springs510 ft
  9. Bennett480 ft
  10. Robbins440 ft
  11. Mount Gilead390 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Flint Hill, Montgomery County910 ft
  • Abner Mountain900 ft
  • Jenny Wright Mountain890 ft
  • Needhams Mountain832 ft
  • Cottonstone Mountain830 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.