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Land Statistics
Land Area
(land) 48,711 sq miles
(water) 5,103 sq miles
(TOTAL) 63,814 sq miles
Land Area (all states)
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Horizontal Width 421 miles from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, east to Roanoke Island.
Vertical Length 182 miles from Sunset Beach, straight north to the Virginia border
Note: Lengths and widths are point-to-point, straight-line measurements from a Mercator map projection, and will vary some using other map projections Bordering States (4) South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia
Counties (100) map here! County (largest by population) Mecklenburg 827,445
Geographic Center about 11 miles to the NW of Sanford in Charham County
 Highest Point Mt. Mitchell, at 6,684 ft.
 Lowest Point Atlantic Ocean, 0 ft.
Latitude and Longitude here!
Mean Elevation 707 ft.
Relative Location here!
Landforms Landforms
North Carolina is divided into four distinct areas; the Outer Banks, Atlantic Coastal Plain, Piedmont Plateau and ranges of the Appalachian Mountains in the far-western reaches of the state.
The Outer Banks are a long string of narrow and sandy (some tree-covered) barrier islands that curve out into the Atlantic Ocean. Cape Hatteras, the eastern-most point of the state, is a frequent target of hurricanes that strike the eastern U.S.
From there the broad and flat Atlantic Coastal Plain extends inland near 65 miles. Swampy along the coast, and especially in the far-northeast, it's criss-crossed by dozens of rivers and covers about 35% of the state.
The land then rises gently into some forested sand hills, and then into the higher rolling hills of the Piedmont Plateau, where average elevations are near 1,150 ft above sea level.
The Appalachian Mountains, about 1,500 miles in length, extend from Georgia through the Carolinas, up through New England and on into the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Quebec.
Two ranges of the Appalachians are found in North Carolina. The thickly-forested Blue Ridge Mountains, famed for a bluish color when seen from a distance, stretch across the southwestern edges of the state. Further west, the Smokey Mountains extend along the state's border with Tennessee. North Carolina's highest point is located there; Mt. Mitchell, at 6,684 ft.
North Carolina is drained by many rivers. Major ones include the Cape Fear, Neuse, Roanoke and Yadkin. In addition, the state contains many somewhat small manmade lakes and reservoirs. The largest of these is Lake Norman, at 32,510 acres.
For a closer look at the topography of North Carolina, view this map
Landforms of America here!
Landforms of North America here!
Rivers of North America here!
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Cape Hatteras, North Carolina (photo by NASA)
