Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: North Carolina
• Level 2: Polk County
• Level 3: Township of Columbus

Current local time in Columbus:

12:32 PM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Columbus on map:^[1]

Columbus GPS coordinates^[2]

35° 15' 11.412" North, 82° 11' 49.416" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	35.82531°,	-82.90019°
Center:	35.25317°,	-82.19706°
Lower-right:	34.67696°,	-81.49394°
Map W x H:	127.7×127.7 km	= 79.3×79.3mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑73.9% North
Columbus:	35.25317°
min Lat:	⇓26.1% South 19.06759°

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min Long	Columbus	max Long
-171.73463°	-82.19706°	-66.98998°
W 64.9%⇐		⇒35.1% E

Elevation

Elevation of Columbus is 339 m = 1112 ft, and this is 44.2 m = 145 ft above average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	21.6%
Columbus	339 m 1112 ft
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	78.4%

See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Columbus is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 1313.9 km =816.4 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Columbus
North Pole	6087.3	3782.5	to North
Arctic Circle	3481.4	2163.2	to North
Tropic Cancer	1313.9	816.4	to South
Equator	3919.8	2435.7	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Columbus: (largest is in red/bold)

• Barker Heights 23.3 km =14.5 mi, 286°
• Campobello 15.9 km =9.9 mi, 164°
• Dana 18.3 km =11.4 mi, 297°
• East Flat Rock 20.6 km =12.8 mi, 278°
• Edneyville 20.4 km =12.7 mi, 320°
• Flat Rock 22.3 km =13.9 mi, 275°
• Fruitland 23.9 km =14.9 mi, 311°
• Hendersonville 25 km =15.5 mi, 286°
• Inman 24.9 km =15.5 mi, 157°
• Inman Mills 25 km =15.5 mi, 160°
• Lake Lure 19.4 km =12.1 mi, 357°
• Landrum 8.7 km =5.4 mi, 175°
• Rutherfordton 25.3 km =15.7 mi, 59°
• Saluda 14 km =8.7 mi, 262°
• Tryon 6.3 km =3.9 mi, 216°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Колумбус