Saluda, NC Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,390 ft 730 m2,270 ft 690 m2,210 ft 675 m2,080 ft 635 m1,960 ft 595 m1,890 ft 580 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Saluda sits at about 2,140 ft (655 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,140 ft 655 m
most residents: 2,080–2,180 ft
Lowest
1,890 ft 575 m
on the southeast side
Highest
2,390 ft 730 m
on the southwest side
Average
2,130 ft 650 m
all land inside city limits
Saluda spans about 500 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 | 2,140 ft655 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 2,390 ft730 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side | 1,890 ft575 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Saluda | 2,100 ft640 m |
| Airport (0A7) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.0 mi northwest of the city limits | 2,084 ft635 m |
| Average of all land | 2,130 ft650 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.4 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Polk and Henderson counties, North Carolina, United States
- Population
- 653 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Density
- 418 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.2362° N, 82.3493° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Blue Ridge
- Drains to
- Broad River → Santee River → Atlantic Ocean
- Airport
- Hendersonville (0A7) 2,084 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 28773
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Laurel Park2,340 ft
- Flat Rock2,260 ft
- Dana2,190 ft
- Valley Hill2,180 ft
- East Flat Rock2,150 ft
- Saluda2,140 ft
- Hendersonville2,140 ft
- Barker Heights2,110 ft
- The Cliffs Valley, SC1,460 ft
- Columbus1,080 ft
- Tryon1,070 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Carolina62nd highest of 782
- Towns in Polk Countyhighest of 3
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Little Pisgah Mountain4,410 ft
- Bearwallow Mountain4,230 ft
- Sugarloaf Mountain3,962 ft
- White Oak Mountain3,080 ft
- Youngs Mountain2,712 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.