Henderson County, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

5,290 ft 1,610 m4,320 ft 1,315 m3,830 ft 1,165 m2,860 ft 870 m1,890 ft 575 m1,400 ft 425 m

Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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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.
County area: Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Henderson County averages about 2,430 ft (740 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,400 ft on the northeast side to 5,290 ft on Mount Pisgah.

Average elevation

2,430 ft 740 m

all land inside the county

Highest

5,290 ft 1,610 m

on Mount Pisgah

Lowest

1,400 ft 425 m

on the northeast side

Henderson County spans about 3,890 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

Figure	Elevation
Average of all land	2,430 ft740 m
Highest point Inside the county, on Mount Pisgah (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)	5,290 ft1,610 m
Lowest point Inside the county, on the northeast side	1,400 ft425 m

Elevation profile, south to north

19 mi south to north through Hendersonville.

Topographic Map

Location: County in North Carolina, United States
Population: 120,771 2024 est.
Land area: 373.0 sq mi + 2.1 sq mi water
Density: 324 per sq mi
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region: Blue Ridge
Drains to: Gulf of America 71%, Atlantic Ocean 29%

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

Transylvania County2,860 ft
Buncombe County2,690 ft
Henderson County2,430 ft
Polk County1,220 ft
Rutherford County1,120 ft
Greenville County, SC1,080 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Counties in North Carolina16th highest of 100
Counties in the United States500th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

Stony Bald4,560 ft
Candler Knob4,550 ft
Johnson Knob4,430 ft
Bearwallow Mountain4,230 ft
Sugarloaf Mountain3,962 ft

All 18 towns in Henderson County by typical elevation

Gerton3,270 ft
Laurel Park2,340 ft
Edneyville2,280 ft
Hoopers Creek2,260 ft
Flat Rock2,260 ft
Fruitland2,200 ft
Dana2,190 ft
Mills River2,190 ft
Valley Hill2,180 ft
Balfour2,180 ft
Horse Shoe2,170 ft
Mountain Home2,160 ft
East Flat Rock2,150 ft
Saluda partly2,140 ft
Fletcher2,140 ft
Hendersonville2,140 ft
Etowah2,140 ft
Barker Heights2,110 ft

How we measure

Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.