Macon County topographic map
Interactive map
Click on the map to display elevation.
Macon County
Cullasaja Falls is a waterfall in Southwestern North Carolina east of Franklin. The waterfall is located on the Cullasaja River in the Nantahala National Forest and is part of the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway. Cullasaja comes from a Cherokee word meaning "honey locust place." The falls is the last major waterfall on the Cullasaja River. The falls is a long cascade over the course of 0.2 miles (300 m). The height of the falls is given as 200 ft (61 m) in Kevin Adams' book, North Carolina Waterfalls and 250 ft (77 m) by NCWaterfalls.com. Google Earth gives a height (based on the elevation of the water at the top of the falls and the elevation of the plunge pool at the bottom of the falls) of 137 ft (42 m).
About this map
Name: Macon County topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Macon County, North Carolina, United States (34.99331 -83.73818 35.33098 -83.10840)
Average elevation: 2,966 ft
Minimum elevation: 1,371 ft
Maximum elevation: 5,413 ft
North Carolina trails, hiking, mountain biking, running and outdoor activities
Other topographic maps
Click on a map to view its topography, its elevation and its terrain.
Appalachian Mountains
United States > North Carolina > Yancey County
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: 4,800 ft
Highlands
United States > North Carolina > Macon County > Highlands
Highlands was founded in 1875 after its two founders, Samuel Truman Kelsey and Clinton Carter Hutchinson, drew lines from Chicago to Savannah and from New Orleans to New York City. They felt that the place where these lines met would eventually become a great trading center and commercial crossroads. Highlands…
Average elevation: 3,576 ft
Hideaway Mountain Lake Dam
United States > North Carolina > Cherokee County
Average elevation: 2,159 ft
Mount Mitchell
United States > North Carolina > Yancey County
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: 5,719 ft
Sharon Colony
United States > North Carolina > Mecklenburg County > Charlotte
Average elevation: 659 ft
Wilmington Beach
United States > North Carolina > New Hanover County > Carolina Beach
Average elevation: 7 ft
Cul Res Town Creek Indian Mound
United States > North Carolina > Montgomery County
Average elevation: 233 ft
Wilmington Beach
United States > North Carolina > New Hanover County > Carolina Beach
Average elevation: 7 ft
Appalachian Mountains
United States > North Carolina > Yancey County
The range is older than the other major mountain range in North America, the Rocky Mountains of the west. Some of the outcrops in the Appalachians contain rocks formed during the Precambrian era. The geologic processes that led to the formation of the Appalachian Mountains started 1.1 billion years ago. The…
Average elevation: 4,800 ft
Appalachian Mountains
United States > North Carolina > Yancey County
The range is older than the other major mountain range in North America, the Rocky Mountains of the west. Some of the outcrops in the Appalachians contain rocks formed during the Precambrian era. The geologic processes that led to the formation of the Appalachian Mountains started 1.1 billion years ago. The…
Average elevation: 4,800 ft
Last house on the Hare RDG
United States > North Carolina > Buncombe County
Average elevation: 2,474 ft
Reedy Creek Regional Park
United States > North Carolina > Mecklenburg County > Charlotte
Average elevation: 751 ft
Hamilton Lakes
United States > North Carolina > Guilford County > Greensboro
Average elevation: 866 ft
Prestonwood Soccer Complex
United States > North Carolina > Wake County > Cary
Average elevation: 364 ft
Hamilton Hills
United States > North Carolina > Guilford County > Greensboro
Average elevation: 899 ft
Providence Plantation
United States > North Carolina > Mecklenburg County > Charlotte
Average elevation: 673 ft
Bald Head Island
United States > North Carolina > Brunswick County > Bald Head Island
Average elevation: 10 ft
Cul Res Town Creek Indian Mound
United States > North Carolina > Montgomery County
Average elevation: 233 ft
Biltmore Village
United States > North Carolina > Buncombe County > Asheville
Average elevation: 2,106 ft
Rich Mountain
United States > North Carolina > Watauga County
Rich Mountain is a mountain located in the North Carolina High Country, roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of the town of Boone. Its elevation reaches 4,748 feet (1,447 m).
Average elevation: 3,983 ft
Columbia Heights
United States > North Carolina > Forsyth County > Winston-Salem
Average elevation: 853 ft