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Ridgecrest North Carolina Map

Explore Ridgecrest, North Carolina, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Ridgecrest, North Carolina

How to Use This Ridgecrest, North Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ridgecrest, North Carolina. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of North Carolina or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Ridgecrest.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Ridgecrest
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Buncombe County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	35.620674
Longitude	-82.282618
Population	1,200
Density	55.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	28711, 28770
Area Code	828
County Seat	Asheville

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About Ridgecrest, North Carolina

Ridgecrest is a locality in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,200. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Ridgecrest is located at 35.6207°N, 82.2826°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 28711, 28770.

Ridgecrest occupies a rugged fold of earth where the elevation rises to meet the thinning, cool air of the high country. It lies 15.3 miles east of Asheville, NC (from Asheville, NC: bearing 85°T), and is situated 2.2 miles east of Black Mountain. The landscape of Ridgecrest centers on the deep, verdant basin of Glen Cove, where the ground gives way to steep, tree-lined slopes that hold the morning mist long after the sun has breached the horizon. Camp Ridgecrest Lake sits at the heart of this terrain, its surface often mirroring the dense, dark green of the canopy that climbs toward the distant, jagged silhouettes of the Black Mountains. Nearby, the steady, rhythmic passage of Swannanoa Creek marks the low point of the valley, carving a path through the earth that has defined the movement of life here for generations. Visitors who wander toward the borders of Pisgah National Forest find a wilderness that feels indifferent to the speed of modern life, offering instead the quiet, damp smell of pine needles and the muted, earthy colors of a landscape defined by rock and root.

History in Ridgecrest remains tied to the deliberate pace of the mountain retreats that first took root in these hills, drawing travelers who sought the clarity of the thin, mountain air. The local economy has long been shaped by these institutions, which favor quiet education and reflection over the frantic industrial output of the plains. While the distant, hazy blue of the Black Mountains defines the visual limit of the world here, the daily life of the residents is grounded in the smaller, immediate details of the valley: the way the light sharpens the edges of the hardwoods in autumn and the persistent, low-frequency rush of water over stone in the nearby creeks. Though Douglas Falk remains a distant destination for those who enjoy the strenuous climb, the true character of the locality is found in the stillness of the afternoon, where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the lengthening shadows cast by the ridges across the valley floor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 0.8 mi, 158° S · 511k acres
Lookout Rocks (Viewpoint) — 1.3 mi, 344° N
Robert Lake Park (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 331° NW
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy - High Rock Acres Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 173° S
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 124° SE
Buncombe County Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 269° W
Town of Black Mountain - Douglas M. Brock Park (Local Recreation) — 3.0 mi, 253° W
Town of Old Fort - Andrews Geyser (Local Recreation) — 3.1 mi, 047° NE
Blue Ridge Assembly (Public Artwork) — 3.5 mi, 245° SW
Fonta Flora State Trail (State Park) — 4.1 mi, 074° E
Old Fort Railroad Museum (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 084° E
McDowell Tourism Authority (Attraction) — 5.7 mi, 085° E
Arrowhead Gallery & Studios (Arts Centre) — 5.7 mi, 085° E
Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 7.9 mi, 324° NW · 2,577 acres
Mount Mitchell State Park (State Park) — 7.9 mi, 351° N
Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 204° SW
Potato House (Historic Ruins) — 10.3 mi, 289° W
Caretaker's Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 10.3 mi, 289° W
Buck Creek Trout Farm (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 040° NE
Southern Highland Craft Guild (Gallery) — 12.5 mi, 260° W
Little Snowball Lookout Tower (Attraction) — 12.8 mi, 319° NW
Flood Gallery Fine Art Center (Gallery) — 12.8 mi, 255° W
Historic Carson House (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 069° E
The McDowell's and The Carson's (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 066° NE
Canopy Ridge Farm (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 156° SE
The Bunkum Stone (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 262° W
Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 15.4 mi, 273° W
Asheville Pinball Museum (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 264° W
Pisgah National Game Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 19.3 mi, 245° SW · 72k acres
Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 27.6 mi, 333° NW · 662k acres

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