Gerton, NC Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,230 ft 1,290 m3,720 ft 1,135 m3,470 ft 1,060 m2,970 ft 905 m2,460 ft 750 m2,210 ft 675 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Gerton sits at about 3,270 ft (995 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,270 ft 995 m
most residents: 2,780–3,280 ft
Lowest
2,210 ft 675 m
on the southeast side
Highest
4,230 ft 1,289 m
on Bearwallow Mountain
Average
3,130 ft 955 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Gerton spans about 2,020 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 3,270 ft995 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on Bearwallow Mountain | 4,230 ft1,289 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side | 2,210 ft675 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Gerton | 2,670 ft815 m |
| Airport (AVL) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 10.0 mi west of the CDP boundary | 2,164 ft660 m |
| Average of all land | 3,130 ft955 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.6 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,270 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
205.9 °F96.6 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
89% of sea level
26.6 inHg (89.9 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.6% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+7% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States
- Population
- 290 2020 Census
- Land area
- 3.7 sq mi
- Density
- 78 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.4793° N, 82.3482° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Blue Ridge
- Drains to
- Broad River → Santee River → Atlantic Ocean
- Airport
- Asheville Regional (AVL) 2,164 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 28735
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Gerton3,270 ft
- Black Mountain2,410 ft
- Fairview, Buncombe County2,370 ft
- Royal Pines2,340 ft
- Swannanoa2,300 ft
- Edneyville2,280 ft
- Hoopers Creek2,260 ft
- Fruitland2,200 ft
- Fletcher2,140 ft
- Lake Lure1,200 ft
- Chimney Rock Village1,140 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Carolina13th highest of 782
- Towns in Henderson Countyhighest of 17
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Little Pisgah Mountain4,410 ft
- Flat Top4,370 ft
- Bearwallow Mountain4,230 ft
- Sugarloaf Mountain3,962 ft
- Youngs Mountain2,712 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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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.
- Gerton 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.