Andrews, NC Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,160 ft 660 m2,050 ft 625 m1,990 ft 610 m1,880 ft 575 m1,770 ft 540 m1,710 ft 520 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Andrews sits at about 1,780 ft (545 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,780 ft 545 m
most residents: 1,740–1,830 ft
Lowest
1,710 ft 520 m
on the west side
Highest
2,160 ft 660 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,780 ft 545 m
all land inside town limits
Andrews spans about 450 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 1,780 ft545 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside | 2,160 ft660 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the west side | 1,710 ft520 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Andrews | 1,780 ft540 m |
| Airport (RHP) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.9 mi west of the town limits | 1,699 ft518 m |
| Average of all land | 1,780 ft545 m |
| Nearest peak Teyahalee Bald, 3.7 mi northeast of the town limits | 4,710 ft1,435 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.9 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States
- Population
- 1,762 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.5 sq mi
- Density
- 1,155 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.2018° N, 83.8241° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Blue Ridge
- Drains to
- Hiwassee River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Western Carolina Regional (RHP) 1,699 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 28901
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Tate City, GA2,560 ft
- Hiawassee, GA2,020 ft
- Lake Santeetlah2,020 ft
- Robbinsville2,020 ft
- Blairsville, GA1,970 ft
- Young Harris, GA1,900 ft
- Fontana Dam1,870 ft
- Hayesville1,870 ft
- Andrews1,780 ft
- Marble1,710 ft
- Murphy1,630 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Carolina79th highest of 782
- Towns in Cherokee Countyhighest of 3
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Huckleberry Knob5,560 ft
- Signal Bald5,270 ft
- Cheoah Bald5,050 ft
- Chunky Gal Mountain4,990 ft
- Teyahalee Bald4,710 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
- 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. All public domain.