Bakersville, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bakersville, North Carolina, shaded from 2,430 ft on the west side to 2,690 ft at the foot of the Green Mountains
Elevation
2,690 ft 820 m2,620 ft 800 m2,590 ft 790 m2,520 ft 770 m2,460 ft 750 m2,430 ft 740 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bakersville sits at about 2,550 ft (780 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,550 ft 780 m
most residents: 2,460–2,630 ft
Lowest
2,430 ft 740 m
on the west side
Highest
2,690 ft 820 m
at the foot of the Green Mountains
Average
2,540 ft 775 m
all land inside town limits

Bakersville spans about 260 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
2,550 ft780 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the Green Mountains
2,690 ft820 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
2,430 ft740 m
Town center
USGS map point for Bakersville
2,500 ft760 m
Average of all land2,540 ft775 m
Nearest peak
Cloudland Mountain, 5.6 mi north of the town limits
6,210 ft1,895 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bakersville, North Carolina, shaded from 2,430 ft on the west side to 2,690 ft at the foot of the Green Mountains
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States
Population
453 2024 est.
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
596 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.0157° N, 82.1587° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Blue Ridge
Drains to
North Toe River → Nolichucky River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
28705
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Linville3,690 ft
  2. Newland3,620 ft
  3. Crossnore3,470 ft
  4. Elk Park3,250 ft
  5. Burnsville2,820 ft
  6. Roan Mountain, TN2,740 ft
  7. Spruce Pine2,660 ft
  8. Bakersville2,550 ft
  9. Unicoi, TN1,930 ft
  10. Erwin, TN1,740 ft
  11. Banner Hill, TN1,730 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cloudland Mountain6,210 ft
  • Unaka Mountain5,170 ft
  • Flattop4,710 ft
  • Pig Pen Bluff4,380 ft
  • High Peak4,230 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.