Explore Bell Arthur, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bell Arthur, 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 Bell Arthur.
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 | Bell Arthur |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Pitt County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.590439 |
| Longitude | -77.51358 |
| Population | 477 |
| Density | 98.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 27828 |
| Area Code | 919, 984 |
| County Seat | Greenville |
| School District | Pitt County Schools |
Bell Arthur occupies a quiet expanse of North Carolina terrain where the horizon flattens into an endless, fertile plain. It lies 7.6 miles northwest of Winterville, NC (from Winterville, NC: bearing 304°T), and is situated 8.4 miles west of Greenville. Sunlight here possesses a heavy, amber quality in the late afternoon, casting long shadows across the dark, loamy soil that defines the regional character. Pinelog Branch traces a narrow, slow-moving path through the brush just a mile away, its presence marked by the thick growth of hardwoods that lean over the water. To the west, the distant profile of The Hill breaks the monotony of the skyline, standing as a solitary reference point in a land otherwise defined by its broad, horizontal reach. During the humid peak of summer, the air holds a stillness that makes the rustle of leaves in the nearby Unknown Park sound like a sudden, startling intrusion.
Bell Arthur grew from the steady, rhythmic demands of an agricultural economy, rooted deeply in the cycles of tobacco cultivation and the patient maintenance of farmsteads. The legacy of the land remains visible in the architecture of older storage barns and the grid of narrow roads that connect the local fields to the wider world. Life in Bell Arthur maintains a pace dictated by the seasons, favoring a deliberate, measured approach to the day that resists the frantic urgency found elsewhere. Residents often look toward Monks Pond when the heat intensifies, finding a brief, cool respite in the quiet reflection of the water. This locality functions as a bridge between the traditional labor of the soil and a modern, modest stability, where the identity of the people is inseparable from the steady, unyielding earth beneath their feet.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bell Arthur, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.590439, -77.51358. 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 Bell Arthur includes the ZIP code (27828), telephone area code (919, 984), county seat of Pitt County (Greenville), and school district assignment (Pitt 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. |