Wayne County, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wayne County, North Carolina, shaded from 38 ft on the southeast side to 210 ft on the south side
Elevation
210 ft 65 m170 ft 50 m150 ft 45 m100 ft 30 m60 ft 18 m38 ft 12 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Wayne County averages about 120 ft (40 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 38 ft on the southeast side to 210 ft on the south side.

Average elevation
120 ft 40 m
all land inside the county
Highest
210 ft 65 m
on the south side
Lowest
38 ft 12 m
on the southeast side

Wayne County spans about 172 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land120 ft40 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the south side
210 ft65 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
38 ft12 m

Elevation profile, south to north

28 mi south to north through Goldsboro.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wayne County, North Carolina, shaded from 38 ft on the southeast side to 210 ft on the south side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in North Carolina, United States
Population
120,338 2024 est.
Land area
553.9 sq mi + 3.8 sq mi water
Density
217 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Johnston County190 ft
  2. Sampson County130 ft
  3. Wilson County130 ft
  4. Wayne County120 ft
  5. Duplin County95 ft
  6. Greene County81 ft
  7. Lenoir County77 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 11 towns in Wayne County by typical elevation
  1. Brogden170 ft
  2. Dudley170 ft
  3. Mount Olive160 ft
  4. Fremont140 ft
  5. Pikeville140 ft
  6. New Hope130 ft
  7. Mar-Mac120 ft
  8. Goldsboro110 ft
  9. Elroy110 ft
  10. Walnut Creek100 ft
  11. Seven Springs53 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.