Jackson County topographic map

The Appalachian Mountains (French: Appalaches), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. They once reached elevations similar to those of the Alps and the Rocky…

Average elevation: 1,463 m

The Appalachian Mountains (French: Appalaches), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. They once reached elevations similar to those of the Alps and the Rocky…

Average elevation: 1,463 m

Average elevation: 1,007 m

Average elevation: 8 m

Average elevation: 692 m

Average elevation: 98 m

Average elevation: 997 m

Average elevation: 571 m

Average elevation: 719 m

Hiddenite's altitude is 1,160 feet (350 m) above sea level. The community is also a poultry producer.

Average elevation: 333 m

Average elevation: 177 m

Average elevation: 978 m

Average elevation: 648 m

Average elevation: 875 m

Average elevation: 307 m

Average elevation: 718 m

Average elevation: 1,021 m

Average elevation: 765 m

Mount Mitchell, known in Cherokee as Attakulla, is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in mainland eastern North America. It is located near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina in the Black Mountain subrange of the Appalachians about 19 miles (31 km) northeast of…

Average elevation: 1,743 m

Average elevation: 307 m

Average elevation: 472 m

Average elevation: 737 m

Average elevation: 9 m

Average elevation: 239 m

Average elevation: 669 m

At an elevation of 6,643 feet (2,025 m), it is the highest mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the highest point in the state of Tennessee, and the highest point along the 2,192-mile (3,528 km) Appalachian Trail. It is also the third highest point in eastern mainland North America, after Mount…

Average elevation: 1,716 m

Fontana Dam is 2,365 feet (721 m) long and 480 feet (146 m) high, making it the tallest dam in the Eastern United States. The dam has a flood storage capacity of 513,965 acre-feet (633,966,000 m3), and the combined capacity of its three generators is 293.6 megawatts. Fontana Lake has 238 miles (383 km) of…

Average elevation: 525 m

Average elevation: 99 m

Average elevation: 1,133 m

Average elevation: 1,109 m

Average elevation: 1,264 m

Average elevation: 914 m

Average elevation: 139 m

Average elevation: 1,104 m

Average elevation: 303 m

Average elevation: 315 m

Average elevation: 929 m

Average elevation: 898 m

Average elevation: 214 m

Average elevation: 1,122 m

Average elevation: 888 m

Average elevation: 235 m

Average elevation: 1,586 m

Average elevation: 419 m

Average elevation: 887 m

Average elevation: 998 m

Average elevation: 837 m

Average elevation: 677 m

Average elevation: 898 m

Terrell is located at 35°35′20.72″N 80°58′39.5″W / 35.5890889°N 80.977639°W / 35.5890889; -80.977639 within area code 828, ZIP code 28682, and FIPS place code 67180. It sits at an elevation of 289 m (948 ft).

Average elevation: 247 m

Average elevation: 226 m

Average elevation: 207 m

Average elevation: 212 m

Average elevation: 259 m

Average elevation: 259 m

Average elevation: 624 m

Cape Hatteras /ˈhætərəs/ is a bend in a thin, broken strand of islands in North Carolina that arch out into the Atlantic Ocean away from the US mainland, then back toward the mainland, creating a series of sheltered islands between the Outer Banks and the mainland. For thousands of years these barrier…

Average elevation: 1 m

Average elevation: 1,418 m

Average elevation: 574 m

Average elevation: 282 m

Average elevation: 284 m

Average elevation: 668 m

Average elevation: 260 m

Average elevation: 648 m

Average elevation: 750 m

Mount Mitchell, known in Cherokee as Attakulla, is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in mainland eastern North America. It is located near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina; in the Black Mountain subrange of the Appalachians, about 19 miles (31 km) northeast of…

Average elevation: 1,743 m

Average elevation: 141 m

Average elevation: 990 m

Average elevation: 597 m

Average elevation: 16 m

Average elevation: 821 m

Average elevation: 1,136 m

Average elevation: 695 m

Average elevation: 641 m

Average elevation: 9 m

Average elevation: 148 m

Average elevation: 655 m

Average elevation: 0 m

Average elevation: 38 m

Average elevation: 536 m

Valle Crucis is located at the banks of Dutch Creek and Watauga River, at an elevation of 2,677 feet (816 m) above sea level. To its north and east is Tester Mountain and to its south and west is Valle Mountain. The community is also within the Pisgah National Forest boundary, which limits some development in…

Average elevation: 904 m

Average elevation: 19 m

Average elevation: 205 m

Average elevation: 4 m

Average elevation: 685 m

Average elevation: 7 m

Average elevation: 261 m

Average elevation: 768 m

Average elevation: 229 m

Average elevation: 107 m

Average elevation: 230 m

Average elevation: 214 m

Average elevation: 194 m

Average elevation: 1,269 m

Average elevation: 204 m

Average elevation: 71 m

Average elevation: 25 m

Average elevation: 2 m

Average elevation: 1,229 m

Average elevation: 1 m