Banner Elk is a town in Avery County, North Carolina, United States.

[5] The Banner Elk Hotel and Robert Chester and Elsie H. Lowe House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[6][7] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,049 people, 277 households, and 147 families residing in the town.

For every 100 females, there were 93.1 males According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2), all land.

[4] Banner Elk is located in North America's humid continental climate zone due to its elevation, which gives it a climate more like that of Altoona, Pennsylvania, than Asheville, North Carolina, during the winter.

There was formerly a third, but in the winter of 2008–2009, Hawks' Nest became an all-tubing park, the largest in the Eastern United States.

There are several restaurants in Banner Elk in addition to a post office, bank, and many lodging choices.