Wake Forest, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wake Forest, North Carolina, shaded from 180 ft on the south side to 460 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
460 ft 140 m390 ft 120 m360 ft 110 m290 ft 85 m220 ft 65 m180 ft 55 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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

Wake Forest sits at about 320 ft (100 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
320 ft 100 m
most residents: 250–390 ft
Lowest
180 ft 55 m
on the south side
Highest
460 ft 140 m
on the northwest side
Average
320 ft 100 m
all land inside town limits

Wake Forest spans about 280 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
320 ft100 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
460 ft140 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the south side
180 ft55 m
Town center
USGS map point for Wake Forest
390 ft120 m
Average of all land320 ft100 m

Elevation profile, south to north

7.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wake Forest, North Carolina, shaded from 180 ft on the south side to 460 ft on the northwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Wake and Franklin counties, North Carolina, United States
Population
56,764 2024 est.
Land area
20.0 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
2,841 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.9799° N, 78.5097° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Neuse River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
27587
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Franklinton410 ft
  2. Youngsville410 ft
  3. Rolesville390 ft
  4. Creedmoor340 ft
  5. Wake Forest320 ft
  6. Raleigh320 ft
  7. Zebulon320 ft
  8. Wendell300 ft
  9. Bunn280 ft
  10. Knightdale270 ft
  11. Louisburg250 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Adam Mountain480 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.