Bogue North Carolina Map

About Bogue, North Carolina

Bogue is a locality in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 695. The population density is 97.7 people per km². Bogue is located at 34.6917°N, 77.0285°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Bogue is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28570.

Bogue occupies a low-lying stretch of land where the humid, salt-heavy air of the Atlantic Ocean defines the very breath of the landscape. It lies 14.6 miles south-southwest of Havelock, NC (from Havelock, NC: bearing 212°T), and is situated 4.7 miles east of Swansboro. Hunting Island Creek winds its way through the terrain, a dark, pulsing artery that draws the tide deep into the soil and sustains the dense, tangled greenery of the nearby Croatan National Forest. Beyond the immediate canopy, the horizon remains flat and expansive, an unyielding line where the sky bleeds into the earth. The light here at dusk possesses a peculiar, bruised quality, turning the marsh grasses into shards of copper against the cooling gray of the water.

Bogue persists as a place forged by the quiet commerce of the coast, where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the ebb and flow of the tide rather than the frantic pace of distant urban centers. Long ago, the economy leaned heavily on the bounty gathered from the water and the timber harvested from the nearby woods, a legacy that remains visible in the modest, weather-beaten structures that dot the shoreline. While the distant profile of Davis Ridge remains a mere phantom of geology far to the west, the local identity is anchored firmly to the immediate geography of Hunting Island and the surrounding wetlands. Residents here carry a reserved, deliberate manner, moving with the steady confidence of those who have learned to navigate the narrow channels of a life lived close to the sea.

About This Bogue Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bogue, North Carolina. Coordinates: 34.691677, -77.028471. 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 Bogue includes the ZIP code (28570), telephone area code (910), county seat of Carteret County (Beaufort), and school district assignment (Carteret County Schools).

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.