West Marion, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Marion, North Carolina, shaded from 1,290 ft on the southeast side to 1,600 ft at the foot of the Habersham Mountains
Elevation
1,600 ft 490 m1,520 ft 465 m1,490 ft 455 m1,410 ft 430 m1,330 ft 405 m1,290 ft 390 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

West Marion sits at about 1,430 ft (435 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,430 ft 435 m
most residents: 1,390–1,530 ft
Lowest
1,290 ft 390 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,600 ft 490 m
at the foot of the Habersham Mountains
Average
1,420 ft 435 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

West Marion spans about 310 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
1,430 ft435 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Habersham Mountains
1,600 ft490 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
1,290 ft390 m
Average of all land1,420 ft435 m
Nearest peak
Hickorynut Mountain, 7.9 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
3,220 ft980 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.1 mi west to east through the middle of West Marion.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Marion, North Carolina, shaded from 1,290 ft on the southeast side to 1,600 ft at the foot of the Habersham Mountains
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States
Population
1,226 2020 Census
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
811 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.6548° N, 82.0255° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Blue Ridge
Drains to
Catawba River → Wateree River → Santee River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
28752
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Montreat2,740 ft
  2. Spruce Pine2,660 ft
  3. Black Mountain2,410 ft
  4. Old Fort1,470 ft
  5. West Marion1,430 ft
  6. Marion1,410 ft
  7. Glenwood1,340 ft
  8. Nebo1,280 ft
  9. Lake Lure1,200 ft
  10. Glen Alpine1,180 ft
  11. Salem1,180 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Mitchell6,682 ft
  • Dobson Knob3,705 ft
  • Hickorynut Mountain3,220 ft
  • Icy Knob2,980 ft
  • Youngs Mountain2,712 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.
  • West Marion 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.