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Alamance North Carolina Map

Explore Alamance, North Carolina, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Alamance, North Carolina

How to Use This Alamance, North Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Alamance, North Carolina. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of North Carolina or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Alamance.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Alamance
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Alamance County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.035136
Longitude	-79.485855
Population	988
Density	479.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	27201
Area Code	336
County Seat	Graham
School District	Alamance-Burlington Schools

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About Alamance, North Carolina

Alamance is a locality in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 988. The population density is 479.8 people per km². Alamance is located at 36.0351°N, 79.4859°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Alamance is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 27201.

Alamance rests upon the quiet, earthen spine of the piedmont, defined by the persistent, dark passage of Big Alamance Creek as it carves through the red clay soil. It lies 4.8 miles south-southeast of Elon, NC (from Elon, NC: bearing 166°T), and is situated 5.0 miles south-southwest of Burlington. The landscape here unfolds in subtle, undulating swells that hold the afternoon light, casting long shadows across the fields that stretch toward the faint, jagged silhouette of Corbett Ridge on the western horizon. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the land transitions into a patchwork of timber and open ground, where the air retains the heavy, humid scent of damp earth and cooling pine. Two miles away, the waters of Lake Mackintosh Park & Marina provide a still, glass-like expanse that reflects the shifting clouds, while the Shamrock Golf Course Lake sits three miles off, a small, manicured basin tucked into the green folds of the terrain.

Alamance carries the weight of a legacy forged in the grit of the textile mills and the labor of the loom, a history etched into the very foundations of its older structures and the fading brick of industrial shells. While the hum of the old machinery has slowed, the economy persists through a steady, modern pulse of manufacturing and local trade, maintaining a pace that favors the deliberate over the frantic. Life here is punctuated by the rhythms of the seasons and the enduring presence of the surrounding countryside, where the influence of the region's agricultural roots remains visible in the sprawling, fertile tracts. People move through their days with a measured courtesy, their lives tethered to the land and the quiet, industrious spirit that has defined this place since its earliest days of settlement.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake Mackintosh Park & Marina (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 270° W
Guilford County Open Space (Local Recreation) — 3.1 mi, 274° W
City of Burlington - Joe C. Davidson Park (Local Recreation) — 3.1 mi, 326° NW
Alamance County - Cedarock Park (Local Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 146° SE
Guilford County Park (Local Park) — 4.0 mi, 302° NW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 4.7 mi, 349° N
Love Graham (Public Artwork) — 5.4 mi, 064° NE
Alamance County - Cane Creek Mountains Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 149° SE
Former Pioneer Camp Meeting/Dining Hall Chimney (Historic Ruins) — 7.3 mi, 151° SE
Three College Observatory (Museum) — 7.6 mi, 145° SE
Mountains-to-Sea Trail (State Park) — 8.1 mi, 359° N
Haw River Ballroom (Theatre) — 11.2 mi, 123° SE
Buffaloe Lanes Mebane (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 072° E
NH Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 13.9 mi, 277° W
Fireside Farm & Sawmill (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 107° E
February One (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 280° W
Studio 503 (Arts Centre) — 16.7 mi, 278° W
Martin Luther King Jr. (Monument) — 16.9 mi, 277° W
205 Collaborative (Arts Centre) — 16.9 mi, 279° W
The Marshall Muse Gallery (Gallery) — 17.1 mi, 280° W
Cone Brothers (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 282° W
Proxy Gallery (Gallery) — 17.1 mi, 278° W
African American Atelier (Gallery) — 17.1 mi, 279° W
Weatherspoon Art Museum (Museum) — 18.0 mi, 277° W
Silk Hope Ruritan Club (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 160° S
Haw River State Park (State Park) — 20.8 mi, 315° NW
Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 32.5 mi, 212° SW · 52k acres
Birkhead Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 35.8 mi, 219° SW · 5,216 acres

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