Explore Buies 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Buies 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 Buies 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 | Buies Creek |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Harnett County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.413217 |
| Longitude | -78.735573 |
| Population | 3,253 |
| Density | 415.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 27546, 27506 |
| Area Code | 919, 984 |
| County Seat | Lillington |
| School District | Harnett County Schools |
Buies Creek commands a quiet presence amidst the dense, clay-rich woodlands of the Piedmont, where the land yields to the steady, meandering path of East Buies Creek. It lies 12.4 miles south-southeast of Fuquay Varina, NC (from Fuquay Varina, NC: bearing 163°T), and is situated 6.5 miles south of Angier. Sunlight filters through the canopy of loblolly pines and hardwoods, casting long, fractured shadows across the red earth that defines the regional palette. While the horizon remains largely level, the distant silhouette of Big Ridge serves as a faint, hazy reminder of the elevated terrain far to the west. Two miles away, the waters of Gregorys Lake hold a stillness that mirrors the thick, humid air of late afternoon, providing a sanctuary for wildlife beneath the canopy. The landscape possesses a subtle resilience, defined by the slow movement of water and the quiet endurance of the soil.
Buies Creek carries the weight of an academic legacy, having grown in tandem with a private university that anchors the local identity and directs the pulse of daily life. The economy here is tethered to this intellectual and institutional foundation, influencing the rhythm of the streets and the collective focus of the residents. Beyond the immediate campus, the surrounding region retains the vestiges of a long history rooted in agrarian traditions and the quiet persistence of the interior landscape. Those seeking the outdoors often gravitate toward the Town of Lillington - Lillington Riverfront Park, located four miles away, or venture further to the Group Camp Trail for a deeper immersion in the woods. Life in Buies Creek moves with an unpretentious gravity, shaped by the intersection of scholarly pursuit and the enduring, earthy character of the North Carolina interior.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Buies Creek, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.413217, -78.735573. 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 Buies Creek includes the ZIP code (27546, 27506), telephone area code (919, 984), county seat of Harnett County (Lillington), and school district assignment (Harnett 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. |