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Altamahaw North Carolina Map

Explore Altamahaw, 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 Altamahaw, North Carolina

How to Use This Altamahaw, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	36.193878
Longitude	-79.506646
Population	334
Density	95.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	27202
Area Code	336
County Seat	Graham
School District	Alamance-Burlington Schools

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About Altamahaw, North Carolina

Altamahaw is a locality in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 334. The population density is 95.0 people per km². Altamahaw is located at 36.1939°N, 79.5066°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 27202.

Altamahaw persists as a quiet congregation of dwellings and fields defined by the steady, amber-tinted passage of the Haw River through the Piedmont landscape. It lies 5.6 miles north of Elon, NC (from Elon, NC: bearing 0°T), and is situated 7.2 miles north-northwest of Burlington. The terrain here unfolds in subtle, rhythmic swells of earth, where the soil holds a deep, clay-heavy richness that has long nurtured the stubborn roots of hardwoods and agricultural plots. Even on the clearest days, the distant silhouette of Corbett Ridge remains a faint, hazy smudge against the horizon, serving as a reminder of the vast, varied geography that lies beyond these immediate, fertile plains. When the humidity breaks in the late afternoon, the air takes on a crisp, cooling clarity that makes the nearby expanse of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail seem like a vast, green corridor waiting to be walked.

Altamahaw carries the quiet weight of a regional history rooted in the rhythmic clatter of textile mills and the persistent labor of the land, an economy that has shifted and thinned over the decades as the looms grew still. The legacy of those industrial years remains etched into the architecture of the older structures, even as the focus of the locality has turned toward a more dispersed, independent pace of life. A few miles away, the waters of Lake Burlington offer a reflective surface that catches the orange fire of the dusk, contrasting with the more industrious, rushing current of the Haw River nearby. Life in Altamahaw maintains a steady, unremarkable grace, where the focus remains on the seasonal cycles of the earth and the enduring, quiet connections between neighbors who have watched the landscape evolve without losing its essential, grounded character.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mountains-to-Sea Trail (State Park) — 2.3 mi, 161° S
Town of Elon Open Space (Local Recreation) — 2.7 mi, 174° S
Guilford County Open Space (Local Recreation) — 5.1 mi, 256° W
Great Bend Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 131° SE
Guilford County Park (Local Park) — 5.8 mi, 199° S
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 6.4 mi, 178° S
Love Graham (Public Artwork) — 10.5 mi, 145° SE
R. Wayne Bailey - Caswell Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 030° NE
Raynay Alpaca Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 11.7 mi, 001° N
Veterns Memorial (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 317° NW
Haw River State Park (State Park) — 13.9 mi, 288° W
Buffaloe Lanes Mebane (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 117° SE
NH Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 15.7 mi, 234° SW
9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 16.0 mi, 270° W
Robeson Theatre (Theatre) — 16.7 mi, 242° SW
Audubon (Local Conservation Area) — 16.8 mi, 247° SW
Cone Brothers (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 245° SW
Richmond-Miles History Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 033° NE
Buccaneer Stadium (Stadium) — 17.5 mi, 035° NE
The Marshall Muse Gallery (Gallery) — 17.6 mi, 243° SW
Studio 503 (Arts Centre) — 17.6 mi, 241° SW
205 Collaborative (Arts Centre) — 17.7 mi, 241° SW
Guilford Native American Art Gallery (Gallery) — 17.8 mi, 242° SW
GreenHill Center for NC Art (Gallery) — 17.8 mi, 242° SW
Shangri-La Stone Village (Attraction) — 17.8 mi, 066° NE
Former Pioneer Camp Meeting/Dining Hall Chimney (Historic Ruins) — 17.9 mi, 165° S
Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 41.7 mi, 203° SW · 52k acres
Birkhead Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 44.3 mi, 208° SW · 5,216 acres

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