Black Mountain, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Black Mountain, North Carolina, shaded from 2,230 ft on the west side to 3,420 ft at the foot of the Swannanoa Mountains
Elevation
3,420 ft 1,045 m3,120 ft 950 m2,970 ft 905 m2,680 ft 815 m2,380 ft 725 m2,230 ft 680 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
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

Black Mountain sits at about 2,410 ft (735 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,410 ft 735 m
most residents: 2,320–2,550 ft
Lowest
2,230 ft 680 m
on the west side
Highest
3,420 ft 1,040 m
at the foot of the Swannanoa Mountains
Average
2,450 ft 745 m
all land inside town limits

Black Mountain spans about 1,190 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
2,410 ft735 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the Swannanoa Mountains
3,420 ft1,040 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
2,230 ft680 m
Town center
USGS map point for Black Mountain
2,400 ft730 m
Average of all land2,450 ft745 m
Nearest peak
Little Pisgah Mountain, 5.8 mi south of the town limits
4,410 ft1,345 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Black Mountain, North Carolina, shaded from 2,230 ft on the west side to 3,420 ft at the foot of the Swannanoa Mountains
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
Population
8,572 2024 est.
Land area
6.7 sq mi
Density
1,270 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.6179° N, 82.3212° 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
ZIP codes 1
28711
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Gerton3,270 ft
  2. Montreat2,740 ft
  3. Black Mountain2,410 ft
  4. Fairview, Buncombe County2,370 ft
  5. Barnardsville2,360 ft
  6. Swannanoa2,300 ft
  7. Hoopers Creek2,260 ft
  8. Biltmore Forest2,200 ft
  9. Asheville2,160 ft
  10. Old Fort1,470 ft
  11. Chimney Rock Village1,140 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Mitchell6,682 ft
  • Little Pisgah Mountain4,410 ft
  • Flat Top4,370 ft
  • Bearwallow Mountain4,230 ft
  • Hickorynut Mountain3,220 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.