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Black Creek North Carolina Map

Explore Black 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 Black Creek, North Carolina

How to Use This Black Creek, North Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Black 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 Black 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	Black Creek
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Wilson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	35.635159
Longitude	-77.93304
Population	692
Density	376.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	27813
Area Code	919, 984
County Seat	Wilson
School District	Wilson County Schools

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About Black Creek, North Carolina

Black Creek is a locality in Wilson County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 692. The population density is 376.8 people per km². Black Creek is located at 35.6352°N, 77.9330°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Black Creek is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 27813.

Black Creek occupies a quiet stretch of land where the flat, fertile plains of the interior expand toward the horizon under a vast, unencumbered sky. It lies 6.0 miles south of Wilson, NC (from Wilson, NC: bearing 189°T), and is situated 17.6 miles north of Goldsboro. The ground here is composed of deep, loamy soil, patterned by the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest that define the local topography. Only a mile away, the dark, slow-moving waters of Black Creek cut through the earth, providing a rhythmic, liquid pulse to the landscape that remains constant even as the seasons turn the foliage from vibrant green to a muted, dusty bronze. The air often carries a heavy, lingering warmth, particularly as the sun begins to dip low, casting long, amber shadows that soften the edges of the fields and give the entire expanse a dreamlike, suspended quality.

Agriculture serves as the foundational architecture of life in Black Creek, echoing a long history of tobacco cultivation that once dictated the pace of every household. While the economy has shifted and diversified over the years, the connection to the land remains palpable in the way the town functions, favoring a steady, deliberate movement over the haste of larger centers. Residents might travel a few miles to the Town of Lucama - Lucama Crossroads Community Center and Park for recreation, or look toward the quiet surface of Wiggins Mill Reservoir, which sits four miles away as a reflective mirror for the surrounding woodland. Life here moves with the quiet confidence of a place that understands its own roots, defined by the steady work of its people and the enduring, quiet beauty of the inland plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town of Lucama - Lucama Crossroads Community Center and Park (Local Recreation) — 4.1 mi, 275° W
Ridgewood Park (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 011° N
Norris Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 010° N
Benjamin Farmer Revolutionary Soldier Monument (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 010° N
Barnes Corner Gallery (Gallery) — 6.3 mi, 010° N
Wilson Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 6.3 mi, 012° N
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 013° N
Whirligig (Attraction) — 7.0 mi, 284° W
Nuclear Mishap (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 154° SE
Southern National Motorsport Park (Stadium) — 7.4 mi, 257° W
City of Wilson - J Burt Gillette Athletic Complex (Local Recreation) — 7.9 mi, 013° N
Tobacco Farm Life Museum (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 257° W
Kenly 95 (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 253° W
Odom Farming Company (Theme Park) — 14.5 mi, 204° SW
The Country Doctor Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 313° NW
Country Doctor Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 313° NW
Nooherooka Monument, Snow Hill (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 131° SE
Fort Neroka (Attraction) — 15.3 mi, 131° SE
Paint & Play (Public Artwork) — 17.7 mi, 192° S
Wayne County Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 191° S
Art studio 102 (Arts Centre) — 17.8 mi, 191° S
Paramount Theater (Theatre) — 17.9 mi, 192° S
North Carolina Safe Harbor Agreement - Red-cockaded Woodpecker (State Conservation Area) — 23.9 mi, 248° W
Cliffs of the Neuse State Park (State Park) — 26.0 mi, 175° S
Mountains-to-Sea Trail (State Park) — 28.4 mi, 280° W
Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.3 mi, 062° NE · 43k acres
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 61.4 mi, 140° SE · 162k acres
Catfish Lake South Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 63.3 mi, 137° SE · 8,490 acres
Sheep Ridge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 68.7 mi, 135° SE · 9,315 acres

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