Elk Park, NC Forest Service Topo Map (FSTopo)
by Forest Service FSTopo Quads (public domain), US
A free GeoPDF for offline GPS in the Cartahaven app, with free updates. How it works offline

About the Elk Park quad
The Elk Park quadrangle is a Forest Service FSTopo 7.5-minute map at 1:24,000 covering about 7.9 × 9.4 mi of Avery and Watauga counties, North Carolina. It overlaps Cherokee National Forest and National Forests in North Carolina. The GeoPDF is 3.2 MB.
What you get
- Your GPS position on the map. A blue dot on this official sheet shows where you are.
- Works with no signal. Download it once; the map and your GPS position keep working with no cell signal.
- Tracks, placemarks and photos. Record where you go, drop pins, and export GPX, KML or GeoJSON.
- Free updates. When a new edition is published here, it’s yours at no cost.
- 1Tap “Get this map”: it’s added to your free account.
- 2Open the Cartahaven app on your phone and sign in.
- 3Tap “Get my maps”. It’s on your phone, ready offline.
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Where this map covers
Named places on this map
52 named features inside the Elk Park — Forest Service FSTopo 7.5-minute quad sheet, from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Each one links to every map that shows it.
Peaks and ridges
- Bald Mountain
- Beech Mountain
- Big Black Pine Rough · ridge
- Big Pine Mountain
- Big Ridge · ridge
- Blevins Ridge · ridge
- Blood Camp Ridge · ridge
- Chestnut Ridge · ridge
- Dark Ridge · ridge
- Double Knobs
- Egg Knob
- Elk Ridge · ridge
- Flint Ridge · ridge
- Forked Ridge · ridge
- Hemlock Hill
- Horse Ridge · ridge
- Houston Ridge · ridge
- Little Black Pine Rough · ridge
- Little Hump Mountain
- Little Pine Mountain
- Lost Ridge · ridge
- Nowhere Ridge · ridge
- Pine Hill
- Pinnacle of the Sugar · pillar
and 10 more
Lakes, springs and falls
- Big Falls · falls
- Buckeye Spring · spring
- Cranberry Lake · reservoir
- Jones Falls · falls
- Mill Pond · reservoir
- Twisting Falls · falls
- Wildcat Lake · reservoir
Gaps, arches and other landforms
- Bearpen Gap · gap
- Cannon Gap · gap
- Cherry Gap · gap
- Cherry Gap · gap
- Dave Gap · gap
- Grassy Gap · gap
- Hickorynut Gap · gap
- Loggy Gap · gap
- Smoky Gap · gap
- Sugar Gap · gap
- Turkeypen Gap · gap
Elevations are the USGS 3DEP ground elevation at the named point, rounded; a summit's surveyed height can differ a little.
More maps of Cherokee National Forest and National Forests in North Carolina.
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Version history
Version 1 · Nov 8, 2026 · 3.2 MB