Burnsville, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Burnsville, North Carolina, shaded from 2,630 ft on the east side to 3,510 ft at the foot of the Green Mountains
Elevation
3,510 ft 1,070 m3,290 ft 1,000 m3,180 ft 970 m2,960 ft 900 m2,740 ft 835 m2,630 ft 800 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.
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

Burnsville sits at about 2,820 ft (860 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,820 ft 860 m
most residents: 2,680–2,890 ft
Lowest
2,630 ft 800 m
on the east side
Highest
3,510 ft 1,070 m
at the foot of the Green Mountains
Average
2,810 ft 855 m
all land inside town limits

Burnsville spans about 880 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
2,820 ft860 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the Green Mountains
3,510 ft1,070 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the east side
2,630 ft800 m
Town center
USGS map point for Burnsville
2,830 ft860 m
Average of all land2,810 ft855 m
Nearest peak
Licklog Mountain, 6.4 mi southwest of the town limits (NGS survey)
5,460 ft1,664 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Burnsville, North Carolina, shaded from 2,630 ft on the east side to 3,510 ft at the foot of the Green Mountains
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Yancey County, North Carolina, United States
Population
1,626 2024 est.
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
994 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.9173° N, 82.3010° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Blue Ridge
Drains to
Nolichucky River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
28714
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Burnsville2,820 ft
  2. Montreat2,740 ft
  3. Spruce Pine2,660 ft
  4. Bakersville2,550 ft
  5. Black Mountain2,410 ft
  6. Barnardsville2,360 ft
  7. Mars Hill2,330 ft
  8. Unicoi, TN1,930 ft
  9. Erwin, TN1,740 ft
  10. Banner Hill, TN1,730 ft
  11. Embreeville, TN1,610 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Mitchell6,682 ft
  • Licklog Mountain5,460 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.