Woodfin, NC Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,500 ft 1,070 m3,090 ft 940 m2,880 ft 880 m2,470 ft 750 m2,050 ft 625 m1,850 ft 565 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
Woodfin sits at about 2,140 ft (650 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,140 ft 650 m
most residents: 2,060–2,410 ft
Lowest
1,850 ft 565 m
on the northwest side
Highest
3,500 ft 1,070 m
at the foot of the Elk Mountains
Average
2,230 ft 680 m
all land inside town limits
Woodfin spans about 1,650 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 ft650 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, at the foot of the Elk Mountains | 3,500 ft1,070 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the northwest side | 1,850 ft565 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Woodfin | 2,110 ft645 m |
| Airport (AVL) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi south of the town limits | 2,164 ft660 m |
| Average of all land | 2,230 ft680 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
4.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
- Population
- 8,158 2024 est.
- Land area
- 9.5 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
- Density
- 856 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.6334° N, 82.5821° 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
- 28804 28806
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Barnardsville2,360 ft
- Royal Pines2,340 ft
- Swannanoa2,300 ft
- Avery Creek2,230 ft
- Biltmore Forest2,200 ft
- Bent Creek2,190 ft
- Weaverville2,160 ft
- Asheville2,160 ft
- Woodfin2,140 ft
- Emma2,130 ft
- Marshall2,010 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Carolina66th highest of 782
- Towns in Buncombe County12th highest of 13
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Mitchell6,682 ft
- Licklog Mountain5,460 ft
- Sandymush Bald5,150 ft
- Little Pisgah Mountain4,410 ft
- Flat Top4,370 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.