Horse Shoe, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Horse Shoe, North Carolina, shaded from 2,050 ft on the northeast side to 2,750 ft on Horse Shoe Mountain
Elevation
2,750 ft 840 m2,580 ft 785 m2,490 ft 760 m2,310 ft 705 m2,140 ft 650 m2,050 ft 625 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Horse Shoe sits at about 2,170 ft (660 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,170 ft 660 m
most residents: 2,070–2,590 ft
Lowest
2,050 ft 625 m
on the northeast side
Highest
2,750 ft 840 m
on Horse Shoe Mountain
Average
2,190 ft 665 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Horse Shoe spans about 700 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
2,170 ft660 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Horse Shoe Mountain
2,750 ft840 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
2,050 ft625 m
Town center
USGS map point for Horse Shoe
2,090 ft640 m
Airport (AVL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.7 mi north of the CDP boundary
2,164 ft660 m
Average of all land2,190 ft665 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Horse Shoe, North Carolina, shaded from 2,050 ft on the northeast side to 2,750 ft on Horse Shoe Mountain
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States
Population
2,430 2020 Census
Land area
7.5 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
326 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.3432° N, 82.5565° 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 4
28739 28742 28759 28791
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Laurel Park2,340 ft
  2. Flat Rock2,260 ft
  3. Mills River2,190 ft
  4. Valley Hill2,180 ft
  5. Balfour2,180 ft
  6. Horse Shoe2,170 ft
  7. Mountain Home2,160 ft
  8. Fletcher2,140 ft
  9. Hendersonville2,140 ft
  10. Etowah2,140 ft
  11. Barker Heights2,110 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Pisgah5,700 ft
  • Little Pisgah Mountain4,410 ft
  • Bearwallow Mountain4,230 ft
  • Sugarloaf Mountain3,962 ft
  • Rich Mountain3,779 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).
  • 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.
  • Horse Shoe 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.