Spruce Pine, NC Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,270 ft 995 m3,070 ft 935 m2,970 ft 905 m2,780 ft 845 m2,580 ft 785 m2,480 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
Spruce Pine sits at about 2,660 ft (810 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,660 ft 810 m
most residents: 2,590–2,830 ft
Lowest
2,480 ft 755 m
on the west side
Highest
3,270 ft 995 m
on Iowa Hill
Average
2,680 ft 815 m
all land inside town limits
Spruce Pine spans about 790 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 | 2,660 ft810 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on Iowa Hill | 3,270 ft995 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the west side | 2,480 ft755 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Spruce Pine | 2,570 ft780 m |
| Airport (7A8) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.8 mi northeast of the town limits | 2,745 ft837 m |
| Average of all land | 2,680 ft815 m |
| Nearest peak Pig Pen Bluff, 9.2 mi west of the town limits | 4,380 ft1,335 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
2.8 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States
- Population
- 2,192 2024 est.
- Land area
- 4.1 sq mi
- Density
- 540 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.9154° N, 82.0646° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Blue Ridge
- Drains to
- North Toe River → Nolichucky River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Avery County/Morrison Field (7A8) 2,745 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 28777
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Grandfather Village3,970 ft
- Linville3,690 ft
- Newland3,620 ft
- Crossnore3,470 ft
- Elk Park3,250 ft
- Burnsville2,820 ft
- Spruce Pine2,660 ft
- Bakersville2,550 ft
- West Marion1,430 ft
- Marion1,410 ft
- Nebo1,280 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Carolina30th highest of 782
- Towns in Mitchell Countyhighest of 2
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Mitchell6,682 ft
- Cloudland Mountain6,210 ft
- Pig Pen Bluff4,380 ft
- High Peak4,230 ft
- Dobson Knob3,705 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.