Carte topographique Edgecombe County

Lake Hickory was named after the City of Hickory and runs along its northern edge. The lake covers almost 4,223 acres (17.09 km2) with 105 miles (169 km) of shoreline. Full pond elevation is 935 feet (285 m). Lake Hickory is a reliable source of water for the Cities of Hickory and Conover and the Town of Long…

Altitude moyenne : 317 m

Wake County is located in the northeast central region of North Carolina, where the North American Piedmont and Atlantic Coastal Plain regions meet. This area is known as the "fall line" because it marks the elevation inland at which waterfalls begin to appear in creeks and rivers. As a result, most of Wake…

Altitude moyenne : 96 m

Altitude moyenne : 127 m

Altitude moyenne : 676 m

Altitude moyenne : 93 m

Altitude moyenne : 12 m

Altitude moyenne : 13 m

Altitude moyenne : 16 m

Altitude moyenne : 87 m

Altitude moyenne : 942 m

Altitude moyenne : 103 m

Altitude moyenne : 94 m

Altitude moyenne : 115 m

Altitude moyenne : 81 m

Altitude moyenne : 92 m

Archaeological excavations performed by Dr. David Moore during the early 1980s, revealed artifacts and other evidence that the earliest inhabitants of McDowell County lived there from the Woodland period and Mississippian culture era, from 250 to 1500 AD. Dr. Moore discovered this material in an area close to…

Altitude moyenne : 682 m

Altitude moyenne : 88 m

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 312.00 square miles (808.1 km2), of which 310.02 square miles (802.9 km2) is land and 1.98 square miles (5.1 km2) (0.63%) is water. Charlotte is the twenty-sixth-most expansive city in the United States and lies at an elevation of 751…

Altitude moyenne : 207 m

Altitude moyenne : 93 m

Altitude moyenne : 191 m

Altitude moyenne : 217 m

Morrisville is located in the northeast central region of North Carolina, where the North American Piedmont and Atlantic Coastal Plain regions meet. This area is known as the "Fall Line" because it marks the elevation inland at which waterfalls begin to appear in creeks and rivers. As a result, most of…

Altitude moyenne : 107 m

Altitude moyenne : 15 m

Altitude moyenne : 22 m

Altitude moyenne : 228 m

Altitude moyenne : 997 m

Altitude moyenne : 11 m

Cullasaja Falls is a waterfall in Southwestern North Carolina east of Franklin. The waterfall is located on the Cullasaja River in the Nantahala National Forest and is part of the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway. Cullasaja comes from a Cherokee word meaning "honey locust place." The falls is the last major…

Altitude moyenne : 904 m

West Jefferson is a popular destination among tourists and retirees from Florida, as well as those from the lower elevations of the Carolinas and Georgia.

Altitude moyenne : 1 002 m

Altitude moyenne : 360 m

Altitude moyenne : 4 m

Altitude moyenne : 168 m

Altitude moyenne : 1 m

Highlands was founded in 1875 after its two founders, Samuel Truman Kelsey and Clinton Carter Hutchinson, drew lines from Chicago to Savannah and from New Orleans to New York City. They felt that the place where these lines met would eventually become a great trading center and commercial crossroads. Highlands…

Altitude moyenne : 1 116 m

Altitude moyenne : 16 m

Altitude moyenne : 800 m

Altitude moyenne : 108 m

Altitude moyenne : 203 m

Altitude moyenne : 101 m

Altitude moyenne : 4 m

The height of the falls is given as 200 ft (61 m) in Kevin Adams' book, North Carolina Waterfalls and 250 ft (77.1 m) by NCWaterfalls.com. However, Google Earth gives a height (based on the elevation of the water at the top of the falls and the elevation of the plunge pool at the bottom of the falls) of 137 ft…

Altitude moyenne : 675 m

Altitude moyenne : 64 m

Altitude moyenne : 128 m

Altitude moyenne : 49 m

Raleigh is located in the northeast central region of North Carolina, where the Piedmont and Atlantic coastal plain regions meet. This area is known as the "fall line" because it marks the elevation inland at which waterfalls begin to appear in creeks and rivers. As a result, most of Raleigh features gently…

Altitude moyenne : 103 m

Altitude moyenne : 919 m

Altitude moyenne : 276 m

Altitude moyenne : 242 m

Altitude moyenne : 187 m

Altitude moyenne : 223 m