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Belews Creek North Carolina Map

Explore Belews Creek, 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 Belews Creek, North Carolina

How to Use This Belews Creek, North Carolina Map

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

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	Belews Creek
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Forsyth County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.244581
Longitude	-80.069764
Population	2,800
Density	55.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	27009
Area Code	336
County Seat	Winston-Salem

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About Belews Creek, North Carolina

Belews Creek is a locality in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,800. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Belews Creek is located at 36.2446°N, 80.0698°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 27009.

Belews Creek unfolds across a landscape of ancient, weathered earth where the slow pulse of the Piedmont defines the horizon. It lies 8.6 miles north of Kernersville, NC (from Kernersville, NC: bearing 1°T), and is situated 9.5 miles west-northwest of Summerfield. The namesake Belews Creek carves a winding path through the clay-heavy soil, feeding into the expansive, glassy surface of Belews Lake, which catches the heavy amber light of the setting sun each evening. Beyond the immediate reach of the water, the terrain swells into quiet rises that suggest the distant, hazy presence of the Appalachian Mountains far to the west. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and cooling pine, a stillness that persists even as the day fades into a deep, velvet gray.

Agriculture and the industrious hum of power production have long anchored the rhythm of life in Belews Creek, grounding the local economy in the tangible labor of the land and its energy resources. The legacy of tobacco cultivation remains etched into the fence lines and fallow fields, though the modern pace is dictated more by the steady operation of regional infrastructure than the seasonal cycles of the past. Residents often gather at the nearby Stokes County - East Walnut Cove Community Park, a modest stretch of green that serves as a quiet common ground for the neighborhood. Life here moves with a deliberate, unhurried weight, favoring the slow accumulation of hours spent under a wide, unobstructed sky that feels entirely detached from the frantic velocity of distant urban centers.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Guilford County Open Space (Local Recreation) — 3.9 mi, 150° SE
Guilford County Park (Local Park) — 4.3 mi, 098° E
Stokesdale Town Park (Local Park) — 5.0 mi, 100° E
Piedmont Land Conservancy Preserve - Knight-Brown Nature Preserve (Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 038° NE
Piedmont Land Conservancy Preserve (Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 040° NE
Browder Family Cemetery (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 286° W
City of Greensboro Open Space (Local Recreation) — 9.0 mi, 121° SE
Lawson Family Murder Museum (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 032° NE
Mayo River State Park (State Park) — 11.8 mi, 029° NE
Hanging Rock State Park (State Park) — 12.0 mi, 318° NW
Slice of Heaven (Public Artwork) — 12.2 mi, 142° SE
Rainbow Magic Alpaca Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 12.3 mi, 128° SE
Overlook C (Viewpoint) — 13.5 mi, 213° SW
Stokes County Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 13.6 mi, 327° NW
Stoneman's Raid (Monument) — 13.7 mi, 326° NW
Bethabara Visitor Center (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 244° SW
A/perture Cinema (Cinema) — 14.2 mi, 224° SW
Joseph G. Gordan (Monument) — 14.4 mi, 123° SE
Barn Dinner Theater (Theatre) — 14.4 mi, 142° SE
Original Site of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 222° SW
MoJo JoJo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 14.7 mi, 140° SE
Hidden Falls (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 315° NW
Window Falls (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 316° NW
Upper Casscades (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 313° NW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 18.0 mi, 313° NW
AmStar Four Seasons Station (Cinema) — 19.1 mi, 139° SE
Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 42.9 mi, 169° S · 52k acres
Birkhead Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 42.9 mi, 169° S · 5,216 acres
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 60.7 mi, 309° NW · 733k acres

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