Balfour North Carolina Map
Explore Balfour, 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 Balfour, North Carolina
How to Use This Balfour, North Carolina Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Balfour, 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 Balfour.
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 | Balfour |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Henderson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.352644 |
| Longitude | -82.48875 |
| Population | 1,335 |
| Density | 317.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 28791, 28792 |
| Area Code | 828 |
| County Seat | Hendersonville |
| School District | Henderson County Schools |
About Balfour, North Carolina
Balfour is a locality in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,335. The population density is 317.6 people per km². Balfour is located at 35.3526°N, 82.4887°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 28791, 28792.Balfour emerges from the quiet, red-clay earth of the interior, where the steady current of Mud Creek carves a path through the low-lying fields. It lies 2.0 miles north-northwest of Hendersonville, NC (from Hendersonville, NC: bearing 342°T), and is situated 8.6 miles south-southeast of Arden. The landscape surrounding Balfour is characterized by a persistent, humid stillness that clings to the vegetation, broken only by the sharp, crystalline descent of Turley Falls just a few miles away. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains frame the horizon in shades of bruised violet and charcoal, while the nearby waters of Lugana Lake provide a reflective mirror for the shifting Appalachian sky. The air here holds the scent of damp soil and heavy foliage, a sensory reminder of the proximity to the dense, shaded corridors of the Bent Creek Experimental Forest.
Balfour maintains a grounded identity rooted in the industrious spirit of its local manufacturing history, where the rhythms of labor have long dictated the cadence of the day. The City of Hendersonville - Berkeley Mills Park serves as a central clearing, offering a space where the legacy of the region’s textile and agricultural past meets the quiet progress of modern life. Unlike the rugged, vertical terrain found toward the higher elevations of Burrell Hollow, this land remains primarily level, favoring the steady expansion of industry and the deliberate pace of those who work its soil. Life in Balfour proceeds with a measured, courteous consistency, reflecting a culture that values the weight of tradition as much as the potential of the coming harvest.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- City of Hendersonville - Berkeley Mills Park (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 099° E
- Conserving Carolina - Long John Mountain (Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 210° SW
- City of Hendersonville - Oklawaha Greenway (Local Recreation) — 1.4 mi, 124° SE
- City of Hendersonville - William H. King Memorial Park (Local Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 129° SE
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 147° SE
- Dixie Highway Monument (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 149° SE
- Jump Off Rock (Viewpoint) — 3.5 mi, 219° SW
- Conserving Carolina - Mud Creek Confluence (Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 328° NW
- Western North Carolina Air Museum (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 137° SE
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (Attraction) — 6.5 mi, 326° NW
- Pisgah National Game Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 304° NW · 72k acres
- Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 7.8 mi, 304° NW · 511k acres
- Green River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 139° SE
- Edneyville High School Monument (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 071° E
- Philip Jackson Hart house ruins (Historic Ruins) — 10.1 mi, 165° S
- Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park (Attraction) — 10.4 mi, 189° S
- Heartwood Gallery (Gallery) — 11.3 mi, 135° SE
- Wood Berry Gallery (Gallery) — 11.3 mi, 135° SE
- Honking Tonkers Gallery (Gallery) — 11.4 mi, 135° SE
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 039° NE
- Joel Poinsett Home Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 12.2 mi, 161° S
- Big Bradley Falls (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 118° SE
- Chimney Rock State Park (State Park) — 12.6 mi, 063° NE
- Grassy Creek Falls (Attraction) — 12.8 mi, 212° SW
- Statue of Diana (Public Artwork) — 13.3 mi, 346° N
- Jones Gap State Park (State Park) — 13.8 mi, 196° S
- Grail Moviehouse (Cinema) — 16.1 mi, 344° N
- Asheville Pinball Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 347° N
- Shining Rock Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.4 mi, 271° W · 18k acres
- Nantahala National Forest (National Forest) — 24.9 mi, 259° W · 533k acres
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About This Balfour Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Balfour, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.352644, -82.48875. 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 Balfour includes the ZIP code (28791, 28792), telephone area code (828), county seat of Henderson County (Hendersonville), and school district assignment (Henderson 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. |
