Mars Hill, NC Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,710 ft 825 m2,570 ft 785 m2,500 ft 760 m2,350 ft 720 m2,210 ft 675 m2,140 ft 650 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Mars Hill sits at about 2,330 ft (710 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,330 ft 710 m
most residents: 2,260–2,400 ft
Lowest
2,140 ft 650 m
on the southeast side
Highest
2,710 ft 825 m
at the foot of the Walnut Mountains
Average
2,330 ft 710 m
all land inside town limits
Mars Hill spans about 570 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 | 2,330 ft710 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, at the foot of the Walnut Mountains | 2,710 ft825 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the southeast side | 2,140 ft650 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Mars Hill | 2,310 ft705 m |
| Average of all land | 2,330 ft710 m |
| Nearest peak Licklog Mountain, 8.8 mi east of the town limits (NGS survey) | 5,460 ft1,664 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.8 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Madison County, North Carolina, United States
- Population
- 2,208 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Density
- 1,046 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.8265° N, 82.5493° 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
- 28754
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Burnsville2,820 ft
- Montreat2,740 ft
- Barnardsville2,360 ft
- Mars Hill2,330 ft
- Swannanoa2,300 ft
- Weaverville2,160 ft
- Asheville2,160 ft
- Woodfin2,140 ft
- Emma2,130 ft
- Marshall2,010 ft
- Hot Springs1,370 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Carolina39th highest of 782
- Towns in Madison Countyhighest of 3
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Mitchell6,682 ft
- Big Bald5,516 ft
- Licklog Mountain5,460 ft
- High Peak4,230 ft
- Spring Mountain3,660 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.