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Atkinson North Carolina Map

Explore Atkinson, 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 Atkinson, North Carolina

How to Use This Atkinson, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	34.528501
Longitude	-78.171107
Population	296
Density	115.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28421
Area Code	910
County Seat	Burgaw
School District	Pender County Schools

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About Atkinson, North Carolina

Atkinson is a locality in Pender County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 296. The population density is 115.4 people per km². Atkinson is located at 34.5285°N, 78.1711°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Atkinson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28421.

Atkinson emerges from the flat, pine-shadowed plains where the moisture of the earth clings to the needles and the light of late afternoon turns the horizon into a muted, bruised copper. It lies 20.1 miles north-northwest of Leland, NC (from Leland, NC: bearing 339°T), and is situated 4.1 miles north-northeast of Long View. Mill Branch cuts a slow, deliberate path through the dark soil near the perimeter of the settlement, its current barely perceptible as it moves beneath the heavy canopy of hardwoods. To the west, the subtle rise of Sand Ball Hill marks the limit of the view, while the nearby Long Ridge Tract Wildlife Conservation Site preserves a quiet, untamed density of scrub and timber. The air here holds a distinct, heavy stillness, a quality of silence that seems to measure time not by the clock, but by the gradual settling of dust on the porch steps and the slow, rhythmic expansion of the woodland.

Atkinson carries the weight of a long agrarian tenure, having evolved from the necessity of working the stubborn, fertile soil that defined the regional economy for generations. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape dips toward the basin of Colvins Bay, where the drainage of the land dictates the patterns of growth and settlement. Residents might look toward the distant, shimmering surface of Cypress Lake or plan a passage along the Tarheel Trail, yet the character of the place remains anchored in the steady, repetitive cycles of the harvest and the maintenance of the timberlands. Life proceeds with a measured gravity, defined by the specific, unassuming labor that has sustained these families through the decades, leaving a quiet endurance in the faces of those who remain to tend the local commerce.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Long Ridge Tract Wildlife Conservation Site (State Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 342° N
Black River Floodplain Macrosite (Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 180° S
Black River Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 180° S
Stage Road Monument (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 145° SE
Patriot (Grady) Monument (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 146° SE
Loyalist Monument (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 145° SE
Moore Monument (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 145° SE
Cape Fear River Wetlands Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 158° S
Our Heroes (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 084° E
Bladen Lakes State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 15.3 mi, 286° W
Bay Tree Lake State Natural Area (State Park) — 15.5 mi, 306° NW
Singletary Lake State Park (State Park) — 15.9 mi, 285° W
Live Oak Bank Pavilion (Theatre) — 23.0 mi, 147° SE
Wilma W. Daniels Gallery (Gallery) — 23.5 mi, 147° SE
Cape Fear Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 23.8 mi, 148° SE
Monument to Cornelius Harnett (Monument) — 24.0 mi, 147° SE
Orange Street Landing (Monument) — 24.0 mi, 148° SE
Bellamy Mansion Museum of History & Design Arts (Museum) — 24.0 mi, 147° SE
Cape Fear Serpentarium (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 24.0 mi, 148° SE
Hannah Block Historic USO Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 24.1 mi, 148° SE
Latimer House Museum (Museum) — 24.1 mi, 148° SE
Mayfaire 16 Cinema (Cinema) — 27.6 mi, 136° SE
Bottle Chapel (Public Artwork) — 29.2 mi, 138° SE
Masonboro Island Estuarine Reserve Dedicated Nature Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 30.0 mi, 138° SE
Wrightsville Beach Museum of History (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 136° SE
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 30.2 mi, 136° SE
North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 30.5 mi, 140° SE
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 58.9 mi, 067° NE · 162k acres

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