Carolina Forest, SC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carolina Forest, South Carolina, shaded from 16 ft on the southwest side to 59 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
59 ft 18 m49 ft 15 m43 ft 13 m32 ft 10 m21 ft 7 m16 ft 5 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.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Carolina Forest sits at about 34 ft (10 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
34 ft 10 m
most residents: 29–39 ft
Lowest
16 ft 5 m
on the southwest side
Highest
59 ft 18 m
on the southwest side
Average
35 ft 11 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Carolina Forest spans about 43 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
34 ft10 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
59 ft18 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
16 ft5 m
Airport (MYR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.3 mi south of the CDP boundary
25 ft8 m
Average of all land35 ft11 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carolina Forest, South Carolina, shaded from 16 ft on the southwest side to 59 ft on the southwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Horry County, South Carolina, United States
Population
23,342 2020 Census
Land area
16.8 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
1,389 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.7631° N, 78.9165° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Myrtle Beach International (MYR) 25 ft
ZIP codes 1
29579
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Red Hill39 ft
  2. Conway34 ft
  3. Carolina Forest34 ft
  4. Homewood33 ft
  5. Atlantic Beach26 ft
  6. Briarcliffe Acres24 ft
  7. Myrtle Beach22 ft
  8. Forestbrook21 ft
  9. Surfside Beach16 ft
  10. Socastee15 ft
  11. Bucksport14 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • High Hill60 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 15 ft at 33.7512° N, 78.8715° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Carolina Forest is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.