ZIP code · Ridgecrest · North Carolina · United States
ZIP code 28770 — Ridgecrest
ZIP code 28770 serves Ridgecrest, North Carolina.
- Postal code
- 28770Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Ridgecrest
- County
- Buncombe FIPS 37021
- State
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 35.6186, -82.3005 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 0 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 0 / sq mi
- Land area
- 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Households
- 0
- Housing units
- 27
- Congressional district
- NC-11 (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 7a (0 to 5 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/New_York (UTC−5 / UTC−4 DST)
- Area code
- 828 (from the nearest rate centre)Telephone area codes serving this ZIP (NANPA central-office assignments). A ZIP and an area code are different boundaries; at a border both codes may apply.
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Map of ZIP code 28770
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 84°F), coldest Jan (avg low 26°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 49 | 52 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 78 | 69 | 59 | 51 |
| Avg low °F | 26 | 28 | 34 | 42 | 51 | 58 | 62 | 61 | 55 | 44 | 33 | 29 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: BLACK MTN 2 W (3.4 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 28770
- 1 parks
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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US ZIP codes have five digits. They are postal routing areas, not administrative boundaries: a ZIP can span more than one city or county, and the city shown is the primary USPS name for that code.
GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page