Whittier, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

2,160 ft 660 m2,070 ft 630 m2,030 ft 620 m1,950 ft 595 m1,870 ft 570 m1,820 ft 555 m

Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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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.
Area: Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Whittier sits at about 1,950 ft (595 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)

1,950 ft 595 m

few residents

Lowest

1,820 ft 555 m

on the north side

Highest

2,160 ft 660 m

on the east edge, below higher ground just outside

Average

1,960 ft 595 m

all land inside the CDP boundary

Whittier 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by	1,950 ft595 m
Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east edge, below higher ground just outside	2,160 ft660 m
Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side	1,820 ft555 m
Average of all land	1,960 ft595 m
Nearest peak Cowee Bald, 7.1 mi south of the CDP boundary	4,960 ft1,510 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.5 mi west to east through the middle of Whittier.

Topographic Map

Location: Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States
Population: 25 2020 Census
Land area: 0.2 sq mi
Density: 137 per sq mi
Coordinates: 35.4328° N, 83.3596° W
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region: Blue Ridge
Drains to: Tuckasegee River → Little Tennessee River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1: 28789

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Maggie Valley2,980 ft
Cherokee2,470 ft
Forest Hills2,260 ft
Webster2,220 ft
Cullowhee2,180 ft
Sylva2,140 ft
Franklin2,110 ft
Dillsboro2,050 ft
Whittier1,950 ft
Bryson City1,870 ft
Gatlinburg, TN1,690 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in North Carolina75th highest of 782
Towns in Jackson Countylowest of 9

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Kuwohi6,640 ft
Mount Le Conte6,590 ft
Mount Lyn Lowry6,220 ft
Cataloochee Balsam5,940 ft
Cowee Bald4,960 ft

How we measure

Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
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.
Whittier 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. All public domain.