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Belhaven North Carolina Map

Explore Belhaven, 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 Belhaven, North Carolina

How to Use This Belhaven, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.540165
Longitude	-76.622987
Population	1,410
Density	342.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	27810
Area Code	919, 984
County Seat	Washington
School District	Beaufort County Schools

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About Belhaven, North Carolina

Belhaven is a locality in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,410. The population density is 342.4 people per km². Belhaven is located at 35.5402°N, 76.6230°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Belhaven is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 27810.

Belhaven serves as a quiet threshold where the dark, tannin-stained currents of Pantego Creek drift toward the expansive horizons of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies 38.1 miles northeast of New Bern, NC (from New Bern, NC: bearing 38°T), and is situated 24.1 miles east of Washington. The landscape surrounding Belhaven remains low and level, stretching out in a verdant flatness that feels both ancient and fluid, as if the land itself were merely a thin skin stretched across a submerged world. Only a few miles to the west, the subtle rise of Beech Ridge breaks the monotony of the horizon, while the distant, untamed expanse of the Woodstock Savanna offers a stark, open contrast to the dense, moisture-laden air that clings to the shoreline. Near the water’s edge, the quiet greenery of Northside Community Park provides a local sanctuary where the light at dusk turns the sky a bruised, metallic violet, reflecting off the water in long, shimmering ribbons of color.

Belhaven carries a legacy shaped by the unrelenting reach of the tides, its history inextricably tied to the wooden hulls and maritime commerce that once defined the life of every inhabitant. The economy continues to draw its vitality from the water, with the nearby presence of Cedar Island and the deep, silent reach of Pungo Lake anchoring the region to its agricultural and maritime roots. Life here moves with the deliberate, unhurried cadence of the seasons, where the labor of the harvest and the maintenance of the docks dictate the rhythm of the day. Even as modern demands press in, Belhaven remains defined by a certain coastal endurance, a place where the salt air eventually permeates everything, softening the sharp edges of the buildings and settling into the quiet, persistent pulse of the docks.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Northside Community Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 032° NE
Belhaven Memorial Museum (Museum) — 0.1 mi, 135° SE
Pungo River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 065° NE
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.3 mi, 012° N · 230k acres
North Carolina Historic Bath (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 248° W
Edward “Blackbeard” Teach Historical Marker (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 246° SW
West Lake Road Observation Point (Viewpoint) — 12.1 mi, 012° N
Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.2 mi, 119° SE · 50k acres
Goose Creek Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 13.6 mi, 183° S
Pettigrew State Park (State Park) — 16.1 mi, 023° NE
Lake Phelps State Lake (State Park) — 16.1 mi, 023° NE
Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 16.1 mi, 135° SE · 8,920 acres
Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge.Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 17.9 mi, 093° E · 755 acres
Aurora Fossil Museum (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 210° SW
Mattie Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 19.0 mi, 119° SE
Gull Rock Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 22.3 mi, 082° E
Bear-ology (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 342° N
Brick House Landing (Monument) — 23.7 mi, 342° N
Extreme Action Park (Attraction) — 25.5 mi, 268° W
Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Coastal Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 27.2 mi, 063° NE
Red Wolf Center (Museum) — 33.0 mi, 041° NE
Indian Woods (Monument) — 34.2 mi, 321° NW
Sudan Shriners (Public Artwork) — 37.9 mi, 218° SW
Neuse Boulevard Cinema (Cinema) — 38.8 mi, 221° SW
Cedar Island Rentals (Attraction) — 40.2 mi, 154° SE
Bear Town Cinema (Cinema) — 40.2 mi, 220° SW
New Bern Civil War Battlefield Park (Registered Battlefield) — 40.6 mi, 213° SW
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 43.1 mi, 193° S · 162k acres
Fort Ocarcoke (Historic Ruins) — 44.6 mi, 133° SE
Middle Community Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 45.4 mi, 137° SE

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