Swepsonville, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Swepsonville, North Carolina, shaded from 460 ft near the middle to 630 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
630 ft 190 m580 ft 180 m560 ft 170 m520 ft 160 m480 ft 145 m460 ft 140 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

Swepsonville sits at about 570 ft (170 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
570 ft 170 m
most residents: 520–590 ft
Lowest
460 ft 140 m
near the middle
Highest
630 ft 190 m
on the northeast side
Average
550 ft 170 m
all land inside town limits

Swepsonville spans about 170 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
570 ft170 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
630 ft190 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, near the middle
460 ft140 m
Town center
USGS map point for Swepsonville
520 ft160 m
Airport (BUY)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.9 mi west of the town limits
616 ft188 m
Average of all land550 ft170 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Swepsonville, North Carolina, shaded from 460 ft near the middle to 630 ft on the northeast side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States
Population
2,582 2024 est.
Land area
1.4 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,803 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.0212° N, 79.3614° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Haw River → Cape Fear River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Burlington/Alamance Regional (BUY) 616 ft
ZIP codes 1
27253
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Elon690 ft
  2. Mebane650 ft
  3. Glen Raven640 ft
  4. Green Level630 ft
  5. Burlington630 ft
  6. Woodlawn600 ft
  7. Alamance590 ft
  8. Graham590 ft
  9. Haw River580 ft
  10. Swepsonville570 ft
  11. Saxapahaw500 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Moores Knob2,580 ft
  • Cane Creek Mountains970 ft
  • Bass Mountain870 ft
  • Thompson Mountain723 ft
  • Mitchell Mountain, Orange County710 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.