Montreat is a town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.

The town is located in the valley of Flat Creek and is surrounded by mountains on three sides.

The only road access is via North Carolina Highway 9, which leads southwest 2 miles (3 km) to the town of Black Mountain.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Montreat has a total area of 2.7 square miles (7.1 km2).

[4] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 901 people, 69 households, and 57 families residing in the town.

Much of the property in the area is still owned by the Mountain Retreat Association, formed in 1897 by John Collins, a Congregationalist minister from Connecticut.

In 1907 ,control of the Mountain Retreat Association (MRA) passed to the Presbyterian Church in the US, and for many years Montreat has been host to religious conferences, mainly Presbyterian, organized through the MRA.