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Blounts Creek North Carolina Map

Explore Blounts 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 Blounts Creek, North Carolina

How to Use This Blounts Creek, North Carolina Map

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

Latitude	35.349885
Longitude	-76.959944
Population	680
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	27814
Area Code	919, 984
County Seat	Washington

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About Blounts Creek, North Carolina

Blounts Creek is a locality in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 680. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Blounts Creek is located at 35.3499°N, 76.9599°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 27814.

Blounts Creek emerges from the low-lying, damp earth where the dark, slow-moving currents of the Poundpole Swamp Branch define the very rhythm of the soil. It lies 17.3 miles north-northeast of New Bern, NC (from New Bern, NC: bearing 16°T), and is situated 14.5 miles south-southeast of Washington. The air here carries a heavy, humid sweetness, thick with the scent of pine needles and the brackish breath of the distant coast, which sits just enough miles away to color the horizon in shades of hazy, muted slate. To the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Beech Ridge marks the limit of the sky, while the local landscape remains defined by the quiet persistence of water and the dense, tangled greenery of the wetlands. At dusk, the light catches the surface of the swamp branch, turning the tea-colored water into a mirror of polished copper that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped away.

Blounts Creek maintains a character forged by the steady, patient work of generations who have looked to the timber and the water for their livelihood. The economy remains tethered to these natural rhythms, with the Beaufort County - Blounts Creek Boating Access serving as a vital threshold for those who navigate the local channels toward the broader reaches of Buckhorn Cove. While the distant bustle of modern industry feels worlds away, the pace of life here is dictated by the season and the tide, a stillness that is rarely broken save for the occasional passage of a boat or the rustle of wind through the tall grasses. For those who wander, the path of the Duffy Trail offers a glimpse into the quiet, interior life of the woods, far removed from the more hurried currents of the world beyond the reach of the local pines.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Beaufort County - Blounts Creek Boating Access (Local Recreation) — 3.9 mi, 358° N
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Nevil Creek Preserve (Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 031° NE
Goose Creek State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 8.1 mi, 022° N
Aurora Fossil Museum (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 108° E
Edward “Blackbeard” Teach Historical Marker (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 044° NE
North Carolina Historic Bath (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 043° NE
Extreme Action Park (Attraction) — 14.0 mi, 332° NW
Goose Creek Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 14.6 mi, 119° SE
Neuse River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 14.8 mi, 202° S
New Jersey Monument (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 199° S
Rhode Island Monument (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 199° S
Sudan Shriners (Public Artwork) — 17.3 mi, 194° S
New Bern Firemen's Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 195° S
Neuse Boulevard Cinema (Cinema) — 17.3 mi, 202° S
Bear Town Cinema (Cinema) — 18.9 mi, 202° S
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 20.5 mi, 195° S · 162k acres
Croatan Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 20.5 mi, 194° S
New Bern Civil War Battlefield Park (Registered Battlefield) — 21.1 mi, 189° S
Belhaven Memorial Museum (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 055° NE
Oriental's History Museum (Museum) — 26.7 mi, 146° SE
Sheep Ridge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 27.7 mi, 189° S · 9,315 acres
Catfish Lake South Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 29.0 mi, 202° S · 8,490 acres
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.7 mi, 044° NE · 230k acres
Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.0 mi, 088° E · 50k acres
West Lake Road Observation Point (Viewpoint) — 32.9 mi, 040° NE
Mattie Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 35.8 mi, 084° E
Paramount Theatre - Community Theatre (Theatre) — 39.1 mi, 296° NW
Cedar Island Rentals (Attraction) — 43.1 mi, 122° SE
Fort Neroka (Attraction) — 44.3 mi, 283° W
Cape Lookout National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 48.4 mi, 160° S · 41k acres

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