Biltmore Forest, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Biltmore Forest, North Carolina, shaded from 1,980 ft on the northwest side to 2,380 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
2,380 ft 725 m2,280 ft 695 m2,230 ft 680 m2,130 ft 650 m2,030 ft 615 m1,980 ft 600 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Biltmore Forest sits at about 2,200 ft (670 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,200 ft 670 m
most residents: 2,140–2,250 ft
Lowest
1,980 ft 600 m
on the northwest side
Highest
2,380 ft 725 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
2,160 ft 660 m
all land inside town limits

Biltmore Forest spans about 400 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
2,200 ft670 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
2,380 ft725 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
1,980 ft600 m
Town center
USGS map point for Biltmore Forest
2,270 ft695 m
Airport (AVL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.2 mi south of the town limits
2,164 ft660 m
Average of all land2,160 ft660 m
Nearest peak
Flat Top, 8.4 mi east of the town limits
4,370 ft1,330 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Biltmore Forest, North Carolina, shaded from 1,980 ft on the northwest side to 2,380 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
Population
1,462 2024 est.
Land area
2.9 sq mi
Density
502 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.5337° N, 82.5285° 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
28803
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fairview, Buncombe County2,370 ft
  2. Royal Pines2,340 ft
  3. Swannanoa2,300 ft
  4. Hoopers Creek2,260 ft
  5. Avery Creek2,230 ft
  6. Biltmore Forest2,200 ft
  7. Bent Creek2,190 ft
  8. Asheville2,160 ft
  9. Fletcher2,140 ft
  10. Woodfin2,140 ft
  11. Emma2,130 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Pisgah5,700 ft
  • Little Pisgah Mountain4,410 ft
  • Flat Top4,370 ft
  • Bearwallow Mountain4,230 ft
  • Sugarloaf Mountain3,962 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 1,970 ft at 35.5637° N, 82.5529° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.