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Brices Creek North Carolina Map

Explore Brices 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 Brices Creek, North Carolina

How to Use This Brices Creek, North Carolina Map

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

Latitude	35.036957
Longitude	-77.081921
Population	3,542
Density	174.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	28562
Area Code	910
County Seat	New Bern
School District	Craven County Schools

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About Brices Creek, North Carolina

Brices Creek is a locality in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,542. The population density is 174.2 people per km². Brices Creek is located at 35.0370°N, 77.0819°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 28562.

Brices Creek emerges from the humid, salt-tinged air of the low country where the land surrenders to the encroaching shadows of cypress knees and tangled undergrowth. It lies 4.4 miles southwest of New Bern, NC (from New Bern, NC: bearing 214°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south-southwest of Forest. Moisture clings to the heavy, dark loam of the banks, while the silver-gray light of late afternoon catches the brackish surface of Hoods Creek, which winds its way toward the distant salt air of the coast. Only a mile away, the sprawling, pine-scented expanse of the Croatan National Forest offers a dense, protective buffer, its deep woods providing a stark contrast to the open, water-logged basins that define the local topography. At the edge of the horizon, the presence of Deep Gully hints at the subtle, ancient shifts in the earth, leaving behind a landscape that feels both reclaimed by the tide and eternally anchored in the mud.

Brices Creek carries the quiet weight of a region shaped by the slow, deliberate movement of water and the persistence of those who worked these humid corridors. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land and the nearby waterways, where the legacy of timber and the slow turnover of the seasons dictate the pace of daily existence. Residents move with a measured, courteous steady-handedness, often looking toward the nearby silence of Cypress Lake for a reprieve from the humidity that rises off the marshes. Farther out, the presence of Marsh Island and the distant, shimmering expanse of Muddy Cove serve as constant reminders of the sea’s influence, even as the community maintains its own distinct character, removed from the frantic pace of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 0.2 mi, 133° SE · 162k acres
Croatan Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 0.2 mi, 132° SE
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Trent River Preserve (Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 182° S
Craven County - Creekside Park (Local Recreation) — 2.4 mi, 049° NE
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Island Creek Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 259° W
New Bern Civil War Battlefield Park (Registered Battlefield) — 3.8 mi, 078° E
City of New Bern - Lawson Creek Park (Local Recreation) — 4.1 mi, 025° NE
Bear Town Cinema (Cinema) — 4.1 mi, 358° N
Lawson Creek Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 021° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 309° NW
Spider Lady (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 029° NE
USRC Diligence (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 029° NE
U.S.C.G.C. Pamlico (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 029° NE
New Bern Firemen's Museum (Museum) — 5.5 mi, 025° NE
Sudan Shriners (Public Artwork) — 5.6 mi, 028° NE
Neuse Boulevard Cinema (Cinema) — 5.6 mi, 003° N
Neuse River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 051° NE
Sheep Ridge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 6.4 mi, 154° SE · 9,315 acres
Catfish Lake South Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 6.9 mi, 197° S · 8,490 acres
North Carolina Safe Harbor Agreement - Red-cockaded Woodpecker (State Conservation Area) — 13.9 mi, 150° SE
Oriental's History Museum (Museum) — 22.0 mi, 091° E
Golfin Dolphin Golf Plane (Attraction) — 23.5 mi, 178° S
Aurora Fossil Museum (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 042° NE
Hog Wild at Howard Farm (Attraction) — 26.5 mi, 241° SW
Zing Zumm (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 224° SW
Onslow County Museum (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 250° W
Battle Works - Tactical Laser Tag (Attraction) — 29.6 mi, 141° SE
MCAS New River Theater (Theatre) — 29.9 mi, 224° SW
Morehead City Waterfront (Attraction) — 30.3 mi, 136° SE
1812 Lighthouse Foundation Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 42.7 mi, 132° SE

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