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Almond North Carolina Map

Explore Almond, 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 Almond, North Carolina

How to Use This Almond, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.369815
Longitude	-83.565164
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	28713, 28702
Area Code	828
County Seat	Bryson City

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About Almond, North Carolina

Almond is a locality in Swain County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Almond is located at 35.3698°N, 83.5652°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 28713, 28702.

Almond occupies a rugged expanse where the Nantahala River carves a restless path through the deep shadows of the Nantahala Gorge. It lies 20.5 miles west-southwest of Cherokee Indian Reservation, NC (from Cherokee Indian Reservation, NC: bearing 247°T), and is situated 16.6 miles northwest of Franklin. The landscape surrounding Almond is defined by the heavy, verdant weight of the Nantahala National Forest, which presses close to the banks of Fontana Lake. Here, the air holds a persistent, cool dampness that rises from the riverbed, often clinging to the timbered slopes until the sun is high enough to burn the haze away. On the distant horizon, the Great Smoky Mountains trace a jagged, indigo silhouette against the sky, standing as a silent sentinel over the dense thickets and steep ravines that characterize this inland terrain.

Economic life in Almond has long been tethered to the shifting currents of the water and the timber of the surrounding hills, evolving from early mountain industry into a quiet hub for those drawn to the wilder reaches of the backcountry. Visitors often find their way toward the Tsali Horse Trail to traverse the ridgelines, or they seek the sudden, vertical rush of Queens Falls tucked deep within the woods. The pace of existence here is measured by the seasonal retreat of the foliage and the occasional, rhythmic passage of rafters navigating the river, a practice that has become a distinct mark of the local character. Almond remains a place where the modern world feels distant, replaced by the persistent, ancient pressure of the forest and the enduring, cold clarity of the mountain streams.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Nantahala National Forest (National Forest) — 0.2 mi, 047° NE · 533k acres
Needmore Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 100° E
Mainspring Conservation Trust - Wiggins Creek Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 139° SE
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 4.7 mi, 002° N · 521k acres
Flat Branch boat launch (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 009° N
Swain County War Dead Memorial (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 059° NE
Swain County Visitor Center and Heritage Museum (Museum) — 7.9 mi, 059° NE
Swain County Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 057° NE
Mainspring Conservation Trust - Simp Gap Preserve (Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 256° W
Lonesome Pine Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.0 mi, 037° NE
Tom Branch Falls (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 049° NE
Kituwa;ᎩᏚᏩ (Historic Ruins) — 10.4 mi, 063° NE
Too-Cowee;ᎧᏫᏱ (Historic Ruins) — 10.9 mi, 131° SE
Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center (Arts Centre) — 11.8 mi, 130° SE
Graham County Historical Association (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 257° W
Junaluska Memorial (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 256° W
Oconaluftee Indian Village (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 059° NE
Nimrod Jarett Smith (Monument) — 16.0 mi, 061° NE
Mountainside Theatre (Theatre) — 16.1 mi, 061° NE
Selu Statue (Public Artwork) — 16.2 mi, 065° NE
Harrah's Cherokee Convention Center (Attraction) — 16.2 mi, 065° NE
Mandara Spa Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort (Attraction) — 16.5 mi, 065° NE
Mountain Farm Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 056° NE
Freedom Pavilion (Gallery) — 19.3 mi, 089° E
Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 19.8 mi, 268° W · 19k acres
Southern Nantahala Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 21.1 mi, 175° S · 24k acres
Snowbird Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 21.5 mi, 251° W · 8,491 acres
Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 22.6 mi, 291° W · 662k acres
Chattooga, North Carolina, South Carolina And Georgia Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 31.0 mi, 127° SE · 17k acres
Pisgah National Game Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 33.2 mi, 088° E · 72k acres

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