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Bath North Carolina Map

Explore Bath, 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 Bath, North Carolina

How to Use This Bath, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.477109
Longitude	-76.811604
Population	245
Density	265.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	27808
Area Code	919, 984
County Seat	Washington
School District	Beaufort County Schools

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About Bath, North Carolina

Bath is a locality in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 245. The population density is 265.0 people per km². Bath is located at 35.4771°N, 76.8116°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Bath is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 27808.

Bath breathes in the humid, salt-tinged air of the lowlands, where the slow, dark pulse of Bath Creek defines the very edges of the earth. It lies 28.6 miles north-northeast of New Bern, NC (from New Bern, NC: bearing 27°T), and is situated 14.4 miles east-southeast of Washington. The landscape here is flat and yielding, a tapestry of dense woodland and marshy fringes that stretch toward the horizon, where the distant silhouette of Beech Ridge offers the only vertical relief against a wide, unending sky. Beyond the immediate banks, the waters of Big Bay gather in the quiet basins, reflecting a light that turns the color of hammered pewter as the afternoon sun begins to wane. This is a place where the geography is defined by the soft, persistent encroachment of water, drawing one’s gaze toward the intricate channels and the silent, emerald-hued expanses of Goose Creek State Park.

Bath retains the quiet, deliberate gravity of a settlement that has long watched the tide move in and out of its harbor, its history anchored in the colonial era when such waterways served as the primary veins of commerce. While the modern economy has shifted away from the bustling maritime trade of its founding, the rhythm of life remains tethered to the land and the surrounding natural resources, far from the frantic pace of the state’s interior. Kilby Island stands as a sentinel in the distance, a reminder of the isolation that once shaped the character of the region, while the nearby Woodstock Savanna provides a subtle, open contrast to the deep, tangled woods. Occasionally, a traveler might venture as far as T G Slimes Pond Number One to find a different kind of stillness, yet the true spirit of Bath persists in the way its residents maintain a calm, steady connection to the tidal currents and the slow, seasonal cycles of the coast.

Nearby Outdoor Places

North Carolina Historic Bath (Museum) — 0.1 mi, 264° W
Edward “Blackbeard” Teach Historical Marker (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 205° SW
Goose Creek State Park (State Park) — 4.1 mi, 265° W
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Nevil Creek Preserve (Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 231° SW
Belhaven Memorial Museum (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 068° E
Aurora Fossil Museum (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 174° S
Goose Creek Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 13.2 mi, 137° SE
Van Swamp Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 14.6 mi, 001° N
Extreme Action Park (Attraction) — 15.3 mi, 283° W
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.6 mi, 045° NE · 230k acres
West Lake Road Observation Point (Viewpoint) — 20.8 mi, 039° NE
Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.3 mi, 095° E · 50k acres
Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 22.9 mi, 110° E · 8,920 acres
Pettigrew State Park (State Park) — 25.6 mi, 040° NE
Bear-ology (Museum) — 27.2 mi, 007° N
Brick House Landing (Monument) — 27.2 mi, 007° N
Mattie Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 27.6 mi, 100° E
New Jersey Monument (Monument) — 28.0 mi, 209° SW
Sudan Shriners (Public Artwork) — 28.5 mi, 206° SW
New Bern Firemen's Museum (Museum) — 28.6 mi, 207° SW
Neuse Boulevard Cinema (Cinema) — 28.9 mi, 211° SW
Bear Town Cinema (Cinema) — 30.5 mi, 210° SW
Croatan Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 31.6 mi, 205° SW
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 31.6 mi, 205° SW · 162k acres
New Bern Civil War Battlefield Park (Registered Battlefield) — 31.8 mi, 201° S
Gull Rock Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 33.2 mi, 102° E
Sheep Ridge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 38.3 mi, 199° S · 9,315 acres
Cedar Island Rentals (Attraction) — 42.4 mi, 139° SE
Paramount Theatre - Community Theatre (Theatre) — 44.3 mi, 281° W
Blount-Bridgers House (Gallery) — 50.3 mi, 306° NW

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