ZIP Code 28691

28691 is one of North Carolina's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Valle Crucis, Watauga County.

City: Valle Crucis
County: Watauga County
State: North Carolina
Prefix: 286xx

Where this code sits

28691 is part of the 286xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. It is the only ZIP code delivering to Valle Crucis.

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 28691 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

828 Area code 828

ZIP codes nearest 28691

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 28691.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 28692	3.4 mi	Vilas, NC
ZIP code 28604	4.4 mi	Banner Elk, NC
ZIP code 28679	5.2 mi	Sugar Grove, NC
ZIP code 28608	5.8 mi	Boone, NC
ZIP code 28607	6.3 mi	Boone, NC
ZIP code 28605	6.7 mi	Blowing Rock, NC
ZIP code 28698	7.8 mi	Zionville, NC
ZIP code 28622	11 mi	Elk Park, NC

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance. Where a place has no Census Gazetteer point, its postal centroid is used instead.

Each point is the reference point for 28691, plotted from its record coordinates.

Reference points and footprint
Not an official NANPA boundary
Not a USPS delivery area

Scope ZIP code 28691. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated 15 July 2026. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes, not an area; the point shown is a record coordinate, not a centre.