Horsepasture is located at (36.626394, -79.940695) [REF].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 9.6 square miles (25.0 km²), of which, 9.6 square miles (24.9 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.31%) is water.