Aurora North Carolina Map
Explore Aurora, 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 Aurora, North Carolina
How to Use This Aurora, North Carolina Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Aurora, 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 Aurora.
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 | Aurora |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Beaufort County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.305447 |
| Longitude | -76.788543 |
| Population | 455 |
| Density | 189.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 27806 |
| Area Code | 919, 984 |
| County Seat | Washington |
| School District | Beaufort County Schools |
About Aurora, North Carolina
Aurora is a locality in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 455. The population density is 189.3 people per km². Aurora is located at 35.3054°N, 76.7885°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Aurora is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 27806.Aurora maintains a quiet stillness where the brackish breath of the Atlantic Ocean drifts inland to mingle with the humid, heavy air of the coastal plains. It lies 19.8 miles northeast of New Bern, NC (from New Bern, NC: bearing 47°T), and is situated 17.7 miles northeast of Forest. Bailey Creek carves a dark, tea-colored vein through the landscape, its slow-moving waters reflecting the moss-draped cypress that stand as silent sentinels along the muddy banks. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the terrain flattens into the expansive, marshy reaches of Beacham Savanna, where the horizon remains wide and uninterrupted by any sharp elevation, though the faint, hazy silhouette of Beech Ridge occasionally teases the distant western sky. During the late afternoon, the light here takes on a bruised, golden quality, catching the sediment in the water and turning the entire basin into a shimmering, prehistoric expanse that feels entirely detached from the frantic pace of the modern world.
Industry in Aurora is anchored firmly to the earth, defined by the deep, fossil-rich strata that reveal the remnants of ancient marine life long buried beneath the soil. This geological bounty has long sustained the regional economy, grounding the daily lives of residents in the extraction and study of the prehistoric past, a pursuit that lends a scholarly weight to the local character. Beyond the industrial sites, the proximity to Goose Creek Game Land provides a vast, protected corridor for wildlife, while the nearby T G Clay Pond Number Three offers a singular, placid mirror for the towering pines that dominate the local horizon. Life in Aurora moves with a deliberate, unadorned gravity, shaped by the cycles of the seasons and a deep-seated connection to a landscape that seems to keep its own time, undisturbed by the proximity of the distant, salt-tinged tides.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Aurora Fossil Museum (Museum) — 0.1 mi, 141° SE
- Goose Creek Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 141° SE
- Edward “Blackbeard” Teach Historical Marker (Monument) — 11.6 mi, 353° N
- North Carolina Historic Bath (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 353° N
- Goose Creek State Park (State Park) — 12.2 mi, 333° NW
- Belhaven Memorial Museum (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 030° NE
- Connecticut Monument (Monument) — 19.5 mi, 230° SW
- New Jersey Monument (Monument) — 19.5 mi, 230° SW
- Sudan Shriners (Public Artwork) — 19.5 mi, 226° SW
- New Bern Firemen's Museum (Museum) — 19.7 mi, 226° SW
- Oriental's History Museum (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 164° S
- Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.7 mi, 078° E · 50k acres
- Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 20.7 mi, 078° E · 8,920 acres
- Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 23.3 mi, 207° SW · 162k acres
- Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.8 mi, 024° NE · 230k acres
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About This Aurora Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Aurora, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.305447, -76.788543. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Aurora includes the ZIP code (27806), telephone area code (919, 984), county seat of Beaufort County (Washington), and school district assignment (Beaufort County Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
