Balfour, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Balfour, North Carolina, shaded from 2,070 ft on the northeast side to 2,790 ft on Stoney Mountain
Elevation
2,790 ft 850 m2,610 ft 795 m2,520 ft 770 m2,340 ft 715 m2,160 ft 655 m2,070 ft 630 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Balfour sits at about 2,180 ft (665 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,180 ft 665 m
most residents: 2,120–2,530 ft
Lowest
2,070 ft 630 m
on the northeast side
Highest
2,790 ft 850 m
on Stoney Mountain
Average
2,240 ft 685 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Balfour spans about 720 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
2,180 ft665 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Stoney Mountain
2,790 ft850 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
2,070 ft630 m
Airport (AVL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.8 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
2,164 ft660 m
Average of all land2,240 ft685 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.4 mi west to east through the middle of Balfour.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Balfour, North Carolina, shaded from 2,070 ft on the northeast side to 2,790 ft on Stoney Mountain
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States
Population
1,325 2020 Census
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
819 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.3459° N, 82.4789° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Blue Ridge
Drains to
French Broad River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Asheville Regional (AVL) 2,164 ft
ZIP codes 1
28791
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Laurel Park2,340 ft
  2. Flat Rock2,260 ft
  3. Dana2,190 ft
  4. Mills River2,190 ft
  5. Valley Hill2,180 ft
  6. Balfour2,180 ft
  7. Horse Shoe2,170 ft
  8. Mountain Home2,160 ft
  9. East Flat Rock2,150 ft
  10. Hendersonville2,140 ft
  11. Barker Heights2,110 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Pisgah5,700 ft
  • Little Pisgah Mountain4,410 ft
  • Bearwallow Mountain4,230 ft
  • Sugarloaf Mountain3,962 ft
  • White Oak Mountain3,080 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Balfour is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.