Waxhaw, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Waxhaw, North Carolina, shaded from 480 ft on the northwest side to 720 ft on the east side
Elevation
720 ft 220 m660 ft 200 m630 ft 195 m570 ft 175 m510 ft 155 m480 ft 150 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

Waxhaw sits at about 570 ft (175 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
570 ft 175 m
most residents: 530–630 ft
Lowest
480 ft 150 m
on the northwest side
Highest
720 ft 220 m
on the east side
Average
600 ft 180 m
all land inside town limits

Waxhaw spans about 240 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 ft175 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the east side
720 ft220 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
480 ft150 m
Town center
USGS map point for Waxhaw
660 ft200 m
Airport (N52)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.6 mi south of the town limits
602 ft183 m
Average of all land600 ft180 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Waxhaw, North Carolina, shaded from 480 ft on the northwest side to 720 ft on the east side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Union County, North Carolina, United States
Population
23,178 2024 est.
Land area
13.3 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,747 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.9246° N, 80.7434° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Catawba River → Wateree River → Santee River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Jaars-Townsend (N52) 602 ft
ZIP codes 1
28173
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Weddington670 ft
  2. Indian Trail640 ft
  3. Mineral Springs620 ft
  4. Catawba, SC620 ft
  5. Marvin610 ft
  6. Unity, SC610 ft
  7. Monroe610 ft
  8. Wesley Chapel600 ft
  9. Waxhaw570 ft
  10. Van Wyck, SC560 ft
  11. JAARS540 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Red Hill, Union 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. All public domain.