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Calabash North Carolina Map

Explore Calabash, 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 Calabash, North Carolina

How to Use This Calabash, North Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Calabash, 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 Calabash.

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	Calabash
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Brunswick County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	33.892563
Longitude	-78.557291
Population	2,011
Density	176.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	28467, 28468
Area Code	910
County Seat	Bolivia
School District	Brunswick County Schools

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About Calabash, North Carolina

Calabash is a locality in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,011. The population density is 176.4 people per km². Calabash is located at 33.8926°N, 78.5573°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Calabash is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 28467, 28468.

Calabash emerges from the flat, low-lying coastal plain where the brackish breath of the Atlantic Ocean mingles with the slow, deliberate pulse of the marshland. It lies 2.9 miles east-northeast of Little River, SC (from Little River, SC: bearing 65°T), and is situated 8.2 miles northeast of North Myrtle Beach. Calabash Creek carves a winding, serpentine path through the salt-grass, its tidal currents dictating the rhythm of the day as the water rises and recedes against the muddy banks. The air here holds a permanent weight, thick with the scent of brine and damp earth, while the light at dusk softens into a bruised purple that seems to cling to the surface of the creek. Nearby, the marsh stretches toward the horizon, punctuated only by the silhouette of Mink Island, a quiet sentinel rising from the shallows as the tides push toward the open sea. Within the bounds of Calabash Town Park, the land offers a brief, manicured reprieve from the wilder, unkempt edges of the wetlands, providing a vantage point to watch the egrets navigate the currents of the creek.

Economic life in Calabash remains tethered to the water, a legacy built upon the harvests of the tide and the simple, enduring tradition of the seafood kitchen. Generations have looked to the Atlantic Ocean not merely as a boundary, but as a source of sustenance, grounding the local identity in the labor of the docks and the preparation of the catch. The pace of daily existence moves with a Southern deliberateness, unbothered by the frantic ticking of a clock, favoring instead the slow drift of a boat or the quiet conversation shared over a meal. While the modern world occasionally presses against the edges of the landscape, the spirit of the place remains fixed in the quietude of the coast, where the sky is expansive and the horizon offers a constant, shifting mirror to the clouds. Beyond the immediate reach of the shoreline, the world feels distant, leaving the inhabitants of Calabash to their own patterns, defined by the turning of the tide and the seasonal migrations of the shorebirds.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Calabash Town Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 279° W
Bird Island Coastal Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 1.5 mi, 158° S
Vereen Memorial Gardens (Local Park) — 2.1 mi, 235° SW
Old Bridge Museum (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 105° E
Town of Sunset Beach - Sunset Beach Park (Local Recreation) — 2.7 mi, 102° E
Ingram Planetarium (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 086° E
Heritage Shores Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 221° SW
Cherry Grove Park and Boat Ramp (Local Recreation) — 4.9 mi, 224° SW
Russell Burgess Coastal Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 228° SW
Waccamaw River Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 303° NW
OIB Sign (Public Artwork) — 6.8 mi, 091° E
Waccamaw River (State Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 348° N
North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Preserve (Conservation Area) — 10.1 mi, 084° E
Extreme Laser Tag Center (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 240° SW
The Carolina Opry (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 238° SW
Pirates Voyage (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 239° SW
Franklin Carroll Taylor, Jr. (Monument) — 19.1 mi, 235° SW
Childrens Museum of South Carolina (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 234° SW
Grand Prix Pro (Attraction) — 22.6 mi, 238° SW
Justin W. Plyler Boardwalk Park (Monument) — 23.0 mi, 233° SW
Ripley's Movie Theater (Cinema) — 23.0 mi, 233° SW
Crossover Trail (Viewpoint) — 23.3 mi, 086° E
Lake Waccamaw State Park (State Park) — 23.8 mi, 001° N
Pescado De Amor (Gallery) — 26.1 mi, 087° E
Warbird Park (Monument) — 26.6 mi, 233° SW
Stage Left Theatre Company (Theatre) — 26.8 mi, 235° SW
Seacoast Local Art Gallery (Gallery) — 26.9 mi, 235° SW
Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.3 mi, 259° W · 35k acres
Theatre of the Republic (Theatre) — 28.4 mi, 262° W
The County Farm Museum (Museum) — 29.9 mi, 307° NW

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