Bailey North Carolina Map
Explore Bailey, 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 Bailey, North Carolina
How to Use This Bailey, North Carolina Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bailey, 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 Bailey.
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 | Bailey |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Nash County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.780614 |
| Longitude | -78.112924 |
| Population | 568 |
| Density | 312.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 28740, 27807 |
| Area Code | 828, 919, 984 |
| County Seat | Nashville |
| School District | Nash-Rocky Mount Schools |
About Bailey, North Carolina
Bailey is a locality in Nash County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 568. The population density is 312.4 people per km². Bailey is located at 35.7806°N, 78.1129°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Bailey is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 28740, 27807.Bailey occupies a quiet stretch of land where the flat, fertile plains of the coastal plain transition toward the rising piedmont. It lies 12.1 miles west-northwest of Wilson, NC (from Wilson, NC: bearing 290°T), and is situated 14.1 miles east of Wendell. The Camp Branch winds through the outskirts, its modest waters carving a path through the dense, loamy soil that defines the local topography. A few miles to the west, the quiet surface of Perrys Pond reflects the expansive, pale sky, while the nearby Brantley Wildlife Sanctuary preserves a patch of native woodland where the shadows lengthen early against the tree trunks. The air here carries a heavy, humid stillness in the summer months, smelling faintly of turned earth and the pine needles that carpet the forest floor.
Agriculture remains the silent pulse of Bailey, as the wide fields have long been shaped by the cycles of tobacco and the steady labor of the harvest. The rhythm of the day is marked by the passing of trucks on rural roads and the slow change of light across the open acreage, a pace that favors endurance over haste. Local life centers on the modest storefronts and the communal connections forged over generations, grounding the economy in the soil and the enduring character of its people. Even as the modern world shifts, Bailey maintains a stubborn, quiet identity, tethered to the land and the simple, seasonal turning of the crops.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- The Country Doctor Museum (Museum) — 0.5 mi, 258° W
- Country Doctor Museum (Museum) — 0.5 mi, 256° W
- Brantley Wildlife Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 268° W
- Town of Sims - Town of Sims Park (Local Recreation) — 3.3 mi, 112° E
- Whirligig (Attraction) — 9.0 mi, 159° S
- Benjamin Farmer Revolutionary Soldier Monument (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 109° E
- Barnes Corner Gallery (Gallery) — 11.9 mi, 109° E
- Wilson Theatre (Theatre) — 11.9 mi, 108° E
- Wake County Open Space Land (Local Recreation) — 12.0 mi, 285° W
- Confederate Monument (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 106° E
- Southern National Motorsport Park (Stadium) — 12.1 mi, 166° S
- Tobacco Farm Life Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 181° S
- Shoe Heel - NC Wildlife Resources Commission (State Conservation Area) — 12.7 mi, 205° SW
- Old gas pump (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 183° S
- Vollmer Farms (Attraction) — 12.9 mi, 331° NW
- Corinth Holders Auditorium (Theatre) — 13.2 mi, 254° W
- Unknown Park (Local Conservation Area) — 13.2 mi, 275° W
- Kenly 95 (Attraction) — 13.9 mi, 188° S
- Lake Myra Christmas Light Show (Attraction) — 14.5 mi, 270° W
- Mitchell Mill State Natural Area (State Park) — 17.7 mi, 301° NW
- Academy Of Music And Vocal ARts (Arts Centre) — 18.3 mi, 240° SW
- Mountains-to-Sea Trail (State Park) — 18.6 mi, 254° W
- Strickland Art Gallery (Gallery) — 19.5 mi, 210° SW
- Henry Knight’s Vision (Public Artwork) — 20.0 mi, 274° W
- Tinks and Tots Blocks (Gallery) — 22.2 mi, 240° SW
- North Carolina Safe Harbor Agreement - Red-cockaded Woodpecker (State Conservation Area) — 22.5 mi, 212° SW
- Falls Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 31.4 mi, 294° NW
- Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.3 mi, 077° E · 43k acres
- Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 75.6 mi, 139° SE · 162k acres
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About This Bailey Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bailey, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.780614, -78.112924. 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 Bailey includes the ZIP code (28740, 27807), telephone area code (828, 919, 984), county seat of Nash County (Nashville), and school district assignment (Nash-Rocky Mount 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. |
