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Alexis North Carolina Map

Explore Alexis, 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 Alexis, North Carolina

How to Use This Alexis, North Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Alexis, 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 Alexis.

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

Latitude	35.399858
Longitude	-81.117856
Population	589
Density	115.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	28006, 28034
Area Code	704, 980
County Seat	Gastonia
School District	Gaston County Schools

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About Alexis, North Carolina

Alexis is a locality in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 589. The population density is 115.1 people per km². Alexis is located at 35.3999°N, 81.1179°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 28006, 28034.

Alexis marks the transition where the flat, red-clay Piedmont begins to buckle into the slow, steady rise of the interior landscape. It lies 9.1 miles northwest of Mount Holly, NC (from Mount Holly, NC: bearing 321°T), and is situated 9.2 miles east-southeast of Lincolnton. Stanley Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the low-lying thickets nearby, its waters dark and rhythmic as they pull sediment toward the horizon. To the west, the jagged, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains haunts the skyline, a reminder of the vast, ancient geology that anchors the region. A mile from the center, the Catawba Lands Conservancy - Stroupe Forest offers a quiet refuge of loblolly pines and hardwoods, where the air holds the damp, earthy scent of decaying leaves and deep, shaded soil. When the sun retreats behind the tree line, the light turns the color of bruised peaches, washing over the fields in a way that makes the very ground feel heavy with the weight of the coming night.

Alexis remains a place defined by the stubborn persistence of its industry, where the echoes of textile spindles and the legacy of agricultural toil still influence the cadence of daily work. While Rhyne Lake Number Two sits four miles away, reflecting the stillness of the surrounding woods, the life of the people is tied more to the land’s capacity for production than to the water’s edge. The architecture here favors utility over ornament, with brick storefronts and modest dwellings that have weathered generations of heat and humidity. Life moves according to the demands of the season, maintaining a courtesy that feels both practiced and inherited. There is a particular stillness here during the mid-afternoon, a pause in the mechanical hum of transit and trade that allows the listener to hear the wind moving through the canopy of the nearby forest, indifferent to the pace of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Catawba Lands Conservancy - Stroupe Forest (Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 269° W
Gaston County Park (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 164° S
Harper Park (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 152° SE
Catawba Lands Conservancy - Jack Moore Nature Preserve (Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 199° S
Redlair Plant Conservation Preserve (State Resource Management Area) — 5.6 mi, 166° S
Rhodes Drive (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 213° SW
Mecklenburg County Open Space - Cowan's Ford Wildlife Refuge (Local Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 100° E
Lincoln County Museum of History (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 304° NW
Mecklenburg County Open Space - Rural Hill Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 095° E
Mecklenburg County Open Space (Local Recreation) — 9.2 mi, 130° SE
River Oaks Academy Birthday Rock (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 129° SE
Russel McConnel Memorial (Public Artwork) — 10.3 mi, 193° S
St. Benedict Statue & Basilica of Maryhelp (Viewpoint) — 10.4 mi, 156° SE
Tryon Resolves (Monument) — 12.3 mi, 250° W
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 12.3 mi, 152° SE
Crowders Mountain State Park (State Park) — 13.6 mi, 218° SW
F-4 Phantom II (Attraction) — 14.9 mi, 144° SE
Little Theater (Theatre) — 15.0 mi, 264° W
Caboose (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 087° E
Balls Creek Campground (Attraction) — 15.9 mi, 004° N
Wooden Stone (Gallery) — 16.3 mi, 066° NE
Dave Harris Stadium (Stadium) — 16.7 mi, 132° SE
District 57 (Theme Park) — 16.7 mi, 131° SE
Tyler-Tallman Hall (Arts Centre) — 16.8 mi, 066° NE
Lilly Gallery (Gallery) — 16.9 mi, 066° NE
Catawba County Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 342° N
Black Market (Gallery) — 19.2 mi, 123° SE
Kings Mountain State Park (State Park) — 20.2 mi, 216° SW
Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 47.1 mi, 201° S · 375k acres
Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 48.1 mi, 325° NW · 511k acres

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