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Bethel North Carolina Map

Explore Bethel, 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 Bethel, North Carolina

How to Use This Bethel, North Carolina Map

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

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.

CityBethel
StateNorth Carolina (NC)
CountyPitt County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude35.807223
Longitude-77.37625
Population1,373
Density503.9 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes27944, 27311, 28679, 27812
Area Code828, 919, 984
County SeatGreenville
School DistrictPitt County Schools

About Bethel, North Carolina

Bethel is a locality in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,373. The population density is 503.9 people per km². Bethel is located at 35.8072°N, 77.3762°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Bethel is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 27944, 27311, 28679.

Bethel occupies a quiet expanse of the coastal plain where the horizon stretches wide and flat beneath a sky that often feels heavy with the scent of pine and damp earth. It lies 10.8 miles southeast of Tarboro, NC (from Tarboro, NC: bearing 125°T), and is situated 13.5 miles north of Greenville. Suggs Branch meanders a mile away, its slow, dark currents carving subtle veins through the surrounding fields that define the local geography. The land here possesses a steady, enduring character, marked by vast stretches of fertile soil that seem to hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun begins its descent. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain remains largely level, interrupted only by the occasional wooded thicket or the distant, faint silhouette of The Hill rising far to the west. At dusk, the light softens into a muted gold, casting long, lean shadows across the roads that connect Bethel to the broader, silent landscape.

Agriculture has long served as the primary pulse of the local economy, with the legacy of tobacco cultivation shaping the physical layout and the seasonal habits of those who dwell here. Generations of laborers have worked these fields, their toil etched into the persistent patterns of the harvest and the slow, deliberate pace of the local markets. While the proximity of the Town of Robersonville - Robersonville Community Park provides a shared space for outdoor respite seven miles away, the character of the region is defined more by the quiet diligence of its people than by grand landmarks. History here is kept not in monuments, but in the enduring wooden structures and the way the air shifts with the change of crops, marking the passage of time in a place that measures itself by the yield of the earth. Even when seeking a different sort of stillness, one might venture nine miles to Winslows Pond, yet the true spirit of Bethel remains anchored in the rhythmic, unsung labor of the fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Town of Robersonville - Robersonville Community Park (Local Recreation) — 6.7 mi, 079° E
  • Town of Robersonville - Robersonville Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 6.8 mi, 077° E
  • North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Otter Creek Preserve (Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 228° SW
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 10.0 mi, 306° NW
  • Blount-Bridgers House (Gallery) — 11.2 mi, 307° NW
  • City of Greenville - Phil Carroll Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 12.0 mi, 187° S
  • River Park North (Local Conservation Area) — 12.2 mi, 178° S
  • Parkhill Cinema 3 (Cinema) — 12.3 mi, 302° NW
  • Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.5 mi, 048° NE · 43k acres
  • Voice of America Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 13.6 mi, 119° SE
  • Roanoke River Delta Islands (Conservation Area) — 13.7 mi, 050° NE
  • NC Museum of Natural Sciences at Greenville (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 180° S
  • Roanoke River Wetlands Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 14.3 mi, 043° NE
  • Pinetops War Memorial (Monument) — 15.0 mi, 266° W
  • Regal Greenville Grande (Cinema) — 16.2 mi, 186° S
  • It's A Zoo Life (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 16.8 mi, 265° W
  • Veterans Monument (Monument) — 18.6 mi, 219° SW
  • Paramount Theatre - Community Theatre (Theatre) — 18.6 mi, 219° SW
  • Rock Museum (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 353° N
  • Indian Woods (Monument) — 22.3 mi, 068° E
  • Extreme Action Park (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 139° SE
  • North Carolina Museum of Natural Science - Contentnea Creek (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 192° S
  • Nooherooka Monument, Snow Hill (Museum) — 29.4 mi, 222° SW
  • Greene County History Museum (Museum) — 29.5 mi, 214° SW
  • Fort Neroka (Attraction) — 29.5 mi, 222° SW
  • Wilson Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 30.5 mi, 259° W
  • Barnes Corner Gallery (Gallery) — 30.6 mi, 259° W
  • Whirligig (Attraction) — 39.4 mi, 255° W
  • Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.0 mi, 095° E · 230k acres
  • Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 54.7 mi, 166° S · 162k acres

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About This Bethel Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bethel, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.807223, -77.37625. 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 Bethel includes the ZIP code (27944, 27311, 28679), telephone area code (828, 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.