Broadway North Carolina Map
Explore Broadway, 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 Broadway, North Carolina
How to Use This Broadway, North Carolina Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Broadway, 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 Broadway.
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 | Broadway |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Lee County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.45729 |
| Longitude | -79.057165 |
| Population | 1,267 |
| Density | 378.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 28431, 27505 |
| Area Code | 910, 919, 984 |
| County Seat | Sanford |
| School District | Lee County Schools |
About Broadway, North Carolina
Broadway is a locality in Lee County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,267. The population density is 378.0 people per km². Broadway is located at 35.4573°N, 79.0572°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Broadway is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 28431, 27505.Broadway anchors itself upon the quiet, earthen spine of the Piedmont, where the landscape unfolds in a series of deliberate, verdant swells and shallow hollows. It lies 7.3 miles east-southeast of Sanford, NC (from Sanford, NC: bearing 102°T), and is situated 8.5 miles north of Barbecue. The morning light here possesses a particular clarity, filtering through the dense canopy of hardwoods to illuminate the red-clay soil that defines the local topography. Only a mile away, Fall Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the undergrowth, its movement providing a subtle, rhythmic counterpoint to the stillness of the surrounding woods. Within the immediate boundaries of the landscape, the Town of Broadway - Watson Lake serves as a focal point, offering a tranquil expanse of water that mirrors the shifting clouds and the changing colors of the seasons.
Broadway maintains a character forged by the steady, unpretentious labor of generations who cultivated the surrounding fields and refined the local commerce. The legacy of the region remains visible in the surviving remnants of an economy once deeply tied to the land’s harvest, a history that lingers in the deliberate pace of daily affairs. While the distant silhouette of Spring Hill offers a fixed orientation on the horizon, the focus of the locality remains inward, centered on the endurance of its community. Those inclined toward exploration might find themselves traversing the Lanier Falls Trail several miles to the west, yet the true essence of Broadway is discovered in the quiet persistence of its inhabitants as they navigate the transition from a traditional agricultural past toward a modern, measured future.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Town of Broadway - Watson Lake (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 112° E
- Lee County - San-Lee Park (Local Recreation) — 3.6 mi, 292° W
- Lee Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 359° N
- Raven Rock State Park (State Park) — 6.4 mi, 080° E
- Chatham Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 021° N
- Lions Fairgrounds (Local Park) — 6.6 mi, 290° W
- North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Preserve (Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 260° W
- Kiwanis Family Park (Local Park) — 7.7 mi, 278° W
- Endor Iron Furnance (Civil War Era) (Historic Ruins) — 11.2 mi, 306° NW
- Deep River State Trail (State Park) — 11.3 mi, 335° NW
- Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 176° S
- The Cub Barn (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 067° NE
- Rollins Mill (Historic Ruins) — 12.3 mi, 041° NE
- B. Everett Jordan Lake (Recreation Area) — 12.9 mi, 352° N
- Jordan Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 14.0 mi, 359° N
- Ben Harris Metal Sculptures (Public Artwork) — 14.6 mi, 060° NE
- Fuquay-Varina Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 16.9 mi, 059° NE
- The Rocks Gemstone Mining (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 336° NW
- Carolina Tiger Rescue (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 17.8 mi, 350° N
- Lundy Fetterman Museum (Museum) — 18.0 mi, 100° E
- Angier Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 079° E
- ARTworks Vass (Gallery) — 18.8 mi, 222° SW
- AMC DINE-IN Holly Springs 9 (Cinema) — 18.8 mi, 040° NE
- The Giant Chair (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 040° NE
- Small Museum of Folk Art (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 340° N
- Chatham Historical Museum (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 340° N
- Lt. Harley H. Pope (Monument) — 20.4 mi, 171° S
- Jordan Lake School of the Arts (Arts Centre) — 20.8 mi, 008° N
- Iron Mike (Monument) — 21.7 mi, 170° S
- Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 38.9 mi, 283° W · 52k acres
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About This Broadway Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Broadway, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.45729, -79.057165. 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 Broadway includes the ZIP code (28431, 27505), telephone area code (910, 919, 984), county seat of Lee County (Sanford), and school district assignment (Lee 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
