Burke County is located in the Western Piedmont region of North Carolina.

• Less than 1 hour from Charlotte and four hours from Atlanta.
• Part of the Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir MSA (population of 350,000)
• Interstate 40 crosses Burke County for more than 30 miles, including 14 interchanges
• Elevations range from 1,020 to 4,200 ft.

Interstates 26, 77 and 85 are within a 50 mile radius of Burke County	Burke County is only 56 miles from Charlotte Douglas International Airport