This is a list of the highest elevation communities in the United States. This list includes both incorporated municipalities and census-designated places. This list includes 82 towns in Colorado, eight towns in New Mexico, five towns in Wyoming, four towns in Utah, two towns in Arizona, and one town in California. Ten of these towns are located in Boulder County, Colorado and another ten towns are located in Clear Creek County, Colorado.

A second list includes the highest elevation towns in the United States east of the Mississippi River.

Highest towns

Select the OpenStreetMap link at the right to view the location of these 100 highest elevation towns.

Towns east of the Mississippi River above 3,000 feet (914 m)

In addition to the settlements listed below, there are various communities containing elevations above 3,000 feet that are not included in this list, due to their average elevation or the main part of the community being lower than 3,000 feet, such as Jefferson, North Carolina or Meadows of Dan, Virginia. The color purple denotes that a community is unincorporated, while the color yellow denotes that it is a census-designated place. Uncolored cells denote that a community is incorporated.

State	City	Elevation	Population	Average yearly temp
North Carolina	Beech Mountain	5,506 ft (1,678 m)	680	45.8 °F (7.7 °C)
West Virginia	Snowshoe	4,848 ft (1,478 m)	163	43.1 °F (6.2 °C)
North Carolina	Wolf Laurel	4,482 ft (1,366 m)[105]	759[106]
North Carolina	Sugar Mountain	4,432 ft (1,351 m)	371	48.0 °F (8.9 °C)
North Carolina	Highlands	4,118 ft (1,255 m)	1,072	50.9 °F (10.5 °C)
North Carolina	Seven Devils	3,944 ft (1,202 m)	313
North Carolina	Grandfather	3,914 ft (1,193 m)	24
North Carolina	Jonas Ridge	3,809 ft (1,161 m)	556[107]
North Carolina	Scaly Mountain	3,802 ft (1,159 m)	572[108]
North Carolina	Montezuma	3,766 ft (1,148 m)	350
North Carolina	Aho	3,763 ft (1,147 m)	910[106]
West Virginia	Flat Top	3,751 ft (1,143 m)	622[109]
North Carolina	Banner Elk	3,701 ft (1,128 m)	1,049	50.1 °F (10.1 °C)
North Carolina	Minneapolis	3,665 ft (1,117 m)	429
North Carolina	Norton	3,661 ft (1,116 m)	138[106]
North Carolina	Linville	3,655 ft (1,114 m)	283
Virginia	Whitetop	3,638 ft (1,109 m)	389
North Carolina	Newland	3,606 ft (1,099 m)	715
North Carolina	Glenville	3,600 ft (1,097 m)	155
North Carolina	Blowing Rock	3,566 ft (1,087 m)	1,376	49.8 °F (9.9 °C)
West Virginia	Cheat Bridge	3,560 ft (1,085 m)	21[110]
North Carolina	Pineola	3,550 ft (1,082 m)	102
North Carolina	Cashiers	3,484 ft (1,062 m)	657
Tennessee	Bitter End	3,475 ft (1,059 m)[111]
North Carolina	Little Switzerland	3,468 ft (1,057 m)	111
Tennessee	Laurel Fork	3,455 ft (1,053 m)
North Carolina	Meat Camp	3,402 ft (1,037 m)	2,791[112]
North Carolina	Crossnore	3,369 ft (1,027 m)	143
North Carolina	Boone	3,333 ft (1,016 m)	19,092	50.2 °F (10.1 °C)
North Carolina	Aquone	3,327 ft (1,014 m)	217[106]
North Carolina	Balsam	3,304 ft (1,007 m)	49
Georgia	Sky Valley	3,297 ft (1,005 m)	482	52.3 °F (11.3 °C)
North Carolina	Altamont	3,268 ft (996 m)	135[106]
North Carolina	Linville Falls	3,268 ft (996 m)	135
North Carolina	Zionville	3,209 ft (978 m)	2,256[113]
North Carolina	Sapphire	3,176 ft (968 m)	807[106]
North Carolina	Elk Park	3,166 ft (965 m)	542
Tennessee	Trade	3,133 ft (955 m)	218
North Carolina	Cranberry	3,130 ft (954 m)	558
Virginia	Troutdale	3,127 ft (953 m)	140
North Carolina	Maggie Valley	3,108 ft (947 m)	1,687
West Virginia	Davis	3,100 ft (945 m)	588
North Carolina	Heaton	3,045 ft (928 m)	476
North Carolina	Foscoe	3,041 ft (927 m)	1,309
West Virginia	Thomas	3,035 ft (925 m)	614
West Virginia	Quinwood	3,015 ft (919 m)	217
North Carolina	Lake Toxaway	3,010 ft (917 m)[114]	2,198
North Carolina	Saunook	3,008 ft (917 m)	1,314[106]
North Carolina	Deep Gap	3,002 ft (915 m)	279[106]
North Carolina	West Jefferson	3,000 ft (914 m)	1,279

See also

Notes

References

External links

• United States Census Bureau
• United States Geological Survey

38°59′50″N 105°32′52″W / 38.9972°N 105.5478°W / 38.9972; -105.5478 (State of Colorado)