Beech Mountain North Carolina Map
Explore Beech Mountain, 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 Beech Mountain, North Carolina
How to Use This Beech Mountain, North Carolina Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Beech Mountain, 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 Beech Mountain.
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 | Beech Mountain |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Watauga County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 36.210958 |
| Longitude | -81.889003 |
| Population | 675 |
| Density | 40.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 28604 |
| Area Code | 828 |
| County Seat | Boone |
| School District | Watauga County Schools |
About Beech Mountain, North Carolina
Beech Mountain is a locality in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 675. The population density is 40.2 people per km². Beech Mountain is located at 36.2110°N, 81.8890°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Beech Mountain is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28604.Beech Mountain commands a high-altitude prominence where the air thins into a crisp, cool clarity that defines the character of the summit. It lies 12.0 miles west of Boone, NC (from Boone, NC: bearing 268°T), and is situated 17.6 miles southeast of Carter. Grassy Gap Creek carves a path through the slopes, its waters running cold and clear over moss-slicked stones toward the lower elevations. Beyond the immediate canopy, the distant Blue Ridge Mountains form a serrated indigo hem against the horizon, while the terrain closer at hand drops into the quiet, shadowed depths of Oliver Hollow. Only a mile away, the Beech Creek State Natural Area preserves the rugged integrity of the high-country landscape, protecting the native hardwoods and ferns that thrive in the persistent, damp mountain mist.
Beech Mountain sustains a specialized economy built upon the seasonal cycles of the high-elevation climate, drawing those who seek the sharp bite of winter or the reprieve of a temperate summer. The local rhythm is dictated by the turning of the year, echoing a tradition of resilience that reaches back to the early settlers who carved their lives from these steep, rocky ridges. Though the Daniel Boone Scout Trail lies nine miles away, the spirit of pathfinding remains in the way the local routes wind through the dense timber and upward toward the peaks. Visitors often travel to the vicinity of Mill Pond, four miles distant, to find a moment of stillness in the reflection of the water, a quiet counterpoint to the vertical intensity that governs life on the slopes of Beech Mountain.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Beech Creek State Natural Area (State Park) — 0.7 mi, 026° NE
- Buckeye Creek Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 1.0 mi, 307° NW
- Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 3.3 mi, 271° W · 511k acres
- Clark Gallery (Gallery) — 3.6 mi, 163° S
- Watauga County Open Space (Local Park) — 3.7 mi, 035° NE
- Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 4.4 mi, 326° NW · 662k acres
- North Cherokee National Forest & Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 326° NW
- Blue Ridge Conservancy Preserve (Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 094° E
- Buck Ridge Lookout Tower (Historic Ruins) — 4.9 mi, 315° NW
- Bear Paw State Natural Area (State Park) — 5.2 mi, 132° SE
- Mountain Magic Resort (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 019° N
- Greater Foscoe Mining Company (Attraction) — 7.5 mi, 120° SE
- Foscoe View (Viewpoint) — 7.5 mi, 147° SE
- Wilson Creek, North Carolina Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 8.5 mi, 150° SE · 7,017 acres
- Law Enforcement Memorial (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 194° S
- Avery County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 194° S
- Linn Cove Viaduct (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 152° SE
- Stack Rock (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 155° SE
- Pond Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 10.3 mi, 294° NW · 6,920 acres
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 11.2 mi, 170° S · 5,702 acres
- The Rock (Public Artwork) — 11.4 mi, 089° E
- Common Good Co (Gallery) — 11.4 mi, 087° E
- The Nthº Gallery & Studios (Gallery) — 11.4 mi, 087° E
- Earth Day 2011 (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 089° E
- I.G. Greer Auditorium (Theatre) — 11.8 mi, 089° E
- Roan Mountain State Park Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 12.1 mi, 254° W
- Hickory Ridge Living History Museum (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 091° E
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station (Historic Ruins) — 12.8 mi, 116° SE
- Big Laurel Branch Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 13.4 mi, 324° NW · 11k acres
- Welcome Center and Museum (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 015° N
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About This Beech Mountain Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Beech Mountain, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.210958, -81.889003. 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 Beech Mountain includes the ZIP code (28604), telephone area code (828), county seat of Watauga County (Boone), and school district assignment (Watauga 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. |
