Flock & ALPR Cameras in Mars Hill, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 13 automated license plate readers in and around Mars Hill — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Mars Hill in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 9, 03:14 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Mars Hill
The readers mapped around Mars Hill break down as 11 Flock Safety, 2 Rekor Systems. Named operators in the reports: Madison County Sheriffs Department, Town of Mars Hill. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in Jun 2026.
- Carl Eller Road — 3 readers
- US 23A — 2 readers
- Liston B Ramsey Freeway — 2 readers
- Chandler Branch Road — 1 reader
- Cascade Street — 1 reader
- NC 213 — 1 reader
- Eatmon Hill Drive — 1 reader
- Seven Glens Drive — 1 reader
- Holcombe Branch Road — 1 reader
Mars Hill NC PD and the sharing network
Per Flock’s own transparency portal, Mars Hill NC PD appears in the sharing network with connections to 26 other agencies.
Mars Hill in the Madison County picture
Madison County has 15 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #267 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 12.4% nationally. That’s across 21,640 residents and 1,763 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 47.7% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 12 traffic. Operators named on the record: Madison County Sheriffs Department (5), Town of Mars Hill (2).
What’s watching Mars Hill
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Mars Hill — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Mars Hill (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Mars Hill
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Mars Hill
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).