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

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2), all land.

In 1882, the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad ("Tweetsie") linked Cranberry and Johnson City, Tennessee with a stop at Elk Park; three years later, Elk Park was incorporated.

However, Elk Park served as a temporary county seat while the new incorporated town of Newland was being constructed.

In 1950, the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina decommissioned the railroad at Elk Park, ending rail service in Avery County, though it has survived as a town, unlike neighboring Cranberry.