Rosman, NC Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,510 ft 765 m2,430 ft 740 m2,380 ft 725 m2,300 ft 700 m2,210 ft 675 m2,170 ft 660 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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
Rosman sits at about 2,250 ft (685 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,250 ft 685 m
most residents: 2,190–2,320 ft
Lowest
2,170 ft 660 m
on the east side
Highest
2,510 ft 765 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
2,240 ft 685 m
all land inside town limits
Rosman spans about 340 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 | 2,250 ft685 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside | 2,510 ft765 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the east side | 2,170 ft660 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Rosman | 2,210 ft670 m |
| Average of all land | 2,240 ft685 m |
| Nearest peak Rich Mountain, 7.0 mi east of the town limits (NGS survey) | 3,779 ft1,152 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.9 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States
- Population
- 751 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Density
- 1,293 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.1437° N, 82.8212° 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
- 28712
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Glenville3,660 ft
- Cashiers3,520 ft
- Caesars Head, SC2,950 ft
- Rosman2,250 ft
- Horse Shoe2,170 ft
- Brevard2,160 ft
- Etowah2,140 ft
- Dacusville, SC1,050 ft
- Pickens, SC1,040 ft
- Slater-Marietta, SC1,040 ft
- Salem, SC1,030 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Carolina45th highest of 782
- Towns in Transylvania Countyhighest of 2
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Richland Balsam6,400 ft
- Mount Pisgah5,700 ft
- Yellow Mountain5,137 ft
- Ratcliff Mountain4,360 ft
- Rich Mountain3,779 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.