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Bethania North Carolina Map

Explore Bethania, 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 Bethania, North Carolina

How to Use This Bethania, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	36.18236
Longitude	-80.338108
Population	344
Density	195.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	27040, 27010
Area Code	336
County Seat	Winston-Salem
School District	Forsyth County Schools

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About Bethania, North Carolina

Bethania is a locality in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 344. The population density is 195.6 people per km². Bethania is located at 36.1824°N, 80.3381°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Bethania is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 27040, 27010.

Bethania occupies a quiet stretch of land where the slow, deliberate current of Muddy Creek dictates the rhythm of the soil. It lies 7.4 miles northeast of Lewisville, NC (from Lewisville, NC: bearing 38°T), and is situated 7.7 miles northwest of Winston-Salem. The landscape unfolds in measured, verdant slopes that hold the evening light with a peculiar, heavy stillness, casting long shadows across fields that have been worked for generations. A mile away, the surface of Mallard Lake Lower mirrors the sky in a muted, slate-gray tone, providing a singular, glassy anchor to the surrounding woods. While the Appalachian Mountains remain a distant, hazy suggestion on the western horizon, the immediate terrain feels intimate and grounded, defined by the earthy scent of damp loam and the shifting colors of the canopy as the seasons pivot.

History remains an active presence in Bethania, where the architecture serves as a quiet record of an agrarian past rooted in the Moravians who shaped these clearings. The economy here has long since shifted from the labor-intensive tobacco cultivation that defined the region to a present-day character that favors preservation and a measured, deliberate pace. Visitors often walk the Graveyard Trail, a SCA that offers a contemplative passage through the landscape, allowing the silence of the woods to settle over the senses. There is an absence of frantic movement here; instead, the days are marked by the simple, persistent tasks of maintenance and the quiet observation of a land that asks for little more than a steady, respectful hand.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Graveyard Trail (State Conservation Area) — 0.2 mi, 178° S
City of Winston-Salem Open Space - Long Creek (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 012° N
Forsyth County Open Space - C. G. Hill Memorial Park (Local Recreation) — 2.2 mi, 250° W
Mill Creek Trail (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 158° S
Bethabara Visitor Center (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 129° SE
Bethabara Trail (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 131° SE
City of Winston-Salem Open Space (Local Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 133° SE
A/perture Cinema (Cinema) — 7.7 mi, 139° SE
Balancing Act (Public Artwork) — 7.8 mi, 138° SE
Site of Sunny Acres (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 219° SW
Original Site of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 141° SE
Pilot Mountain State Park (State Park) — 9.3 mi, 305° NW
Browder Family Cemetery (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 045° NE
Pilot Mountain Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.8 mi, 332° NW
Blue Star Memorial (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 332° NW
Creative Drama Children's Theater Performing Arts Studio & Playhouse (Theatre) — 10.3 mi, 195° S
Surry County Historical Farm Museum (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 303° NW
Tanglewood Festival of Lights (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 199° S
Hanging Rock State Park (State Park) — 13.5 mi, 013° N
Rider Falls (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 353° N
Upper Casscades (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 015° N
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 16.6 mi, 006° N
Stokes County Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 17.3 mi, 025° NE
Tractor Brown's Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 261° W
High Point Theatre (Arts Centre) — 24.4 mi, 130° SE
Rainbow Magic Alpaca Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 24.9 mi, 097° E
Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 44.6 mi, 150° SE · 52k acres
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 52.8 mi, 321° NW · 733k acres

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