North Myrtle Beach, SC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, shaded from sea level level on the Atlantic Ocean to 77 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
77 ft 24 m58 ft 18 m48 ft 15 m29 ft 9 m10 ft 3 m0 ft 0 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
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

North Myrtle Beach sits at about 21 ft (7 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
21 ft 7 m
most residents: 8–31 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Atlantic Ocean
Highest
77 ft 24 m
on the northwest side
Average
26 ft 8 m
all land inside city limits

North Myrtle Beach spans about 77 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.

4% of North Myrtle Beach's land lies below the average daily high tide (MHHW, NOAA), and 3% lies less than 3 ft above it. Check flood zones on FEMA's map

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
21 ft7 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
77 ft24 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Atlantic Ocean
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for North Myrtle Beach
8 ft2 m
Airport (CRE)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
32 ft10 m
Average of all land26 ft8 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, shaded from sea level level on the Atlantic Ocean to 77 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Horry County, South Carolina, United States
Population
20,798 2024 est.
Land area
22.2 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
935 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.8160° N, 78.6800° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Grand Strand (CRE) 32 ft
ZIP codes 3
29566 29568 29582
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Carolina Shores, NC42 ft
  2. Little River39 ft
  3. Carolina Forest34 ft
  4. Calabash, NC33 ft
  5. Atlantic Beach26 ft
  6. Sunset Beach, NC26 ft
  7. Briarcliffe Acres24 ft
  8. Myrtle Beach22 ft
  9. North Myrtle Beach21 ft
  10. Forestbrook21 ft
  11. Ocean Isle Beach, NC5 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city limits (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, −1 ft at 33.8435° N, 78.6040° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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 tidal surfaces (MHHW). All public domain.