Montreat, NC Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,170 ft 1,270 m3,740 ft 1,140 m3,530 ft 1,075 m3,110 ft 950 m2,690 ft 820 m2,470 ft 755 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
Montreat sits at about 2,740 ft (835 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,740 ft 835 m
most residents: 2,620–3,160 ft
Lowest
2,470 ft 755 m
on the southwest side
Highest
4,170 ft 1,270 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
3,150 ft 960 m
all land inside town limits
Montreat spans about 1,700 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 2,740 ft835 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside | 4,170 ft1,270 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the southwest side | 2,470 ft755 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Montreat | 2,600 ft795 m |
| Average of all land | 3,150 ft960 m |
| Nearest peak Mount Mitchell, 7.2 mi north of the town limits (NGS survey) | 6,682 ft2,037 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.0 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
- Population
- 1,044 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2.7 sq mi
- Density
- 383 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.6443° N, 82.3029° 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
- 28757
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Gerton3,270 ft
- Montreat2,740 ft
- Black Mountain2,410 ft
- Fairview, Buncombe County2,370 ft
- Barnardsville2,360 ft
- Swannanoa2,300 ft
- Biltmore Forest2,200 ft
- Weaverville2,160 ft
- Asheville2,160 ft
- Old Fort1,470 ft
- Chimney Rock Village1,140 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Carolina26th highest of 782
- Towns in Buncombe Countyhighest of 13
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Mitchell6,682 ft
- Licklog Mountain5,460 ft
- Little Pisgah Mountain4,410 ft
- Flat Top4,370 ft
- Hickorynut Mountain3,220 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.