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Bear Grass North Carolina Map

Explore Bear Grass, 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 Bear Grass, North Carolina

How to Use This Bear Grass, North Carolina Map

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

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	Bear Grass
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Martin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	35.766271
Longitude	-77.127458
Population	89
Density	135.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	27892
Area Code	919, 984
County Seat	Williamston
School District	Martin County Schools

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About Bear Grass, North Carolina

Bear Grass is a locality in Martin County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 89. The population density is 135.3 people per km². Bear Grass is located at 35.7663°N, 77.1275°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Bear Grass is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 27892.

Bear Grass occupies a level expanse of North Carolina terrain where the horizon flattens into an endless stretch of fertile, dark soil. It lies 17.1 miles northeast of Greenville, NC (from Greenville, NC: bearing 52°T), and is situated 7.3 miles south-southwest of Williamston. Turkey Swamp carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape, its heavy, moisture-laden air feeding the dense vegetation that clings to the muddy banks. Sunlight here possesses a particular quality, filtering through the humid afternoon haze to cast long, golden shadows across the fields that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has dipped low. While the distant silhouette of Dogwood Ridge remains a faint suggestion on the western edge of the world, Bear Grass remains anchored in a quiet, terrestrial stillness, far removed from the turbulence of the coast.

Agriculture defines the pulse of Bear Grass, with the rhythmic cycle of planting and harvest dictating the pace of life for those who work the vast, cultivated tracts. The nearby Voice of America Game Land provides a sanctuary for native wildlife, standing as a quiet counterpoint to the orderly rows of crops that dominate the surrounding acreage. Residents occasionally venture out toward Leggett Pond to find a moment of stillness by the water, but the true character of Bear Grass emerges in the steady, unassuming labor of its people. This locality carries the quiet weight of generations who have turned this earth, finding a modest, enduring beauty in the intersection of rural industry and the persistent, wild encroachment of the swamp.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Voice of America Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 194° S
Martin County - Kehukee Park (Local Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 016° N
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 6.2 mi, 030° NE
Roanoke River Wetlands Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 358° N
Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.1 mi, 035° NE · 43k acres
Roanoke River Preserve (Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 052° NE
Roanoke River - Tnc/Gp Partnership (Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 052° NE
Indian Woods (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 032° NE
Extreme Action Park (Attraction) — 16.7 mi, 170° S
NC Museum of Natural Sciences at Greenville (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 232° SW
Regal Greenville Grande (Cinema) — 20.5 mi, 229° SW
Bear-ology (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 072° E
Brick House Landing (Monument) — 22.2 mi, 072° E
Goose Creek State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 22.4 mi, 151° SE
Blount-Bridgers House (Gallery) — 24.8 mi, 293° NW
Parkhill Cinema 3 (Cinema) — 26.1 mi, 291° W
North Carolina Historic Bath (Museum) — 26.7 mi, 138° SE
Edward “Blackbeard” Teach Historical Marker (Monument) — 26.9 mi, 139° SE
Paramount Theatre - Community Theatre (Theatre) — 28.2 mi, 246° SW
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.9 mi, 092° E · 230k acres
Rock Museum (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 326° NW
North Carolina Museum of Natural Science - Contentnea Creek (Museum) — 29.7 mi, 221° SW
It's A Zoo Life (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 30.7 mi, 273° W
West Lake Road Observation Point (Viewpoint) — 31.0 mi, 097° E
Lake Phelps State Lake (State Park) — 33.7 mi, 089° E
Pettigrew State Park (State Park) — 33.7 mi, 089° E
Fort Neroka (Attraction) — 38.7 mi, 241° SW
Wilson Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 44.0 mi, 266° W
Barnes Corner Gallery (Gallery) — 44.1 mi, 267° W
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 48.7 mi, 175° S · 162k acres

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