Royal Pines, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Royal Pines, North Carolina, shaded from 2,150 ft on the southeast side to 2,990 ft on Brown Mountain
Elevation
2,990 ft 910 m2,780 ft 850 m2,680 ft 815 m2,470 ft 750 m2,260 ft 690 m2,150 ft 655 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

Royal Pines sits at about 2,340 ft (715 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,340 ft 715 m
most residents: 2,310–2,570 ft
Lowest
2,150 ft 655 m
on the southeast side
Highest
2,990 ft 910 m
on Brown Mountain
Average
2,400 ft 730 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Royal Pines spans about 840 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
2,340 ft715 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Brown Mountain
2,990 ft910 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
2,150 ft655 m
Airport (AVL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.6 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
2,164 ft660 m
Average of all land2,400 ft730 m
Nearest peak
Bearwallow Mountain, 7.1 mi east of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
4,230 ft1,289 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.2 mi south to north through the middle of Royal Pines.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Royal Pines, North Carolina, shaded from 2,150 ft on the southeast side to 2,990 ft on Brown Mountain
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
Population
4,127 2020 Census
Land area
2.7 sq mi
Density
1,521 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.4771° N, 82.5054° 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 2
28704 28803
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Gerton3,270 ft
  2. Fairview, Buncombe County2,370 ft
  3. Royal Pines2,340 ft
  4. Hoopers Creek2,260 ft
  5. Avery Creek2,230 ft
  6. Biltmore Forest2,200 ft
  7. Fruitland2,200 ft
  8. Bent Creek2,190 ft
  9. Mills River2,190 ft
  10. Mountain Home2,160 ft
  11. Fletcher2,140 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Pisgah5,700 ft
  • Little Pisgah Mountain4,410 ft
  • Flat Top4,370 ft
  • Bearwallow Mountain4,230 ft
  • Sugarloaf Mountain3,962 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.
  • Royal Pines 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.