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Candor North Carolina Map

Explore Candor, 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 Candor, North Carolina

How to Use This Candor, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.296389
Longitude	-79.732521
Population	813
Density	155.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	27229
Area Code	336
County Seat	Troy
School District	Montgomery County Schools

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About Candor, North Carolina

Candor is a locality in Montgomery County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 813. The population density is 155.0 people per km². Candor is located at 35.2964°N, 79.7325°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Candor is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 27229.

Candor occupies a modest expanse of the Piedmont landscape, defined by the steady, unassuming flow of Big Creek as it carves through the red clay earth. It lies 17.0 miles west-northwest of Pinehurst, NC (from Pinehurst, NC: bearing 294°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east-southeast of Troy. The terrain here rises and falls in long, deliberate swells of land that stretch toward the distant silhouette of Pea Ridge, providing a sense of scale against the wide, open sky. Within the town limits, Town of Candor - Fitzgerald Park offers a quiet communal space where the grass grows thick and the afternoon light settles with a heavy, golden stillness upon the ground. A short distance away, the surface of Parson Brothers Pond remains a dark, reflective mirror, undisturbed by the passage of time or the slow turn of the seasons.

Candor emerged from the soil as a center of agricultural industry, its character forged by the seasonal labor of the orchards that define the regional economy. The legacy of the land is measured in the rows of peaches that once brought a distinct reputation to the area, a history that lingers in the quiet persistence of its residents and the low-slung architecture of the main thoroughfares. Life moves with an internal, measured pace, far removed from the frantic pulse of larger hubs, finding its rhythm in the cyclical nature of the harvest. Beyond the immediate boundaries of Candor, the dense timber of Uwharrie National Forest waits as a reminder of the wilder, ancient growth that once claimed this entire interior territory.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town of Candor - Fitzgerald Park (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 252° W
Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 3.8 mi, 259° W · 52k acres
Three Rivers Land Trust Preserve (Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 144° SE
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 7.3 mi, 335° NW
Town of Troy - Roy J. Maness Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 9.9 mi, 313° NW
Southern Conservation Trust Preserve (Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 114° SE
OA Museum (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 075° E
Sandhills Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 170° S
Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site (Historic Ruins) — 13.6 mi, 235° SW
Rankin Museum of American Heritage (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 186° S
Carolina Philharmonic (Arts Centre) — 16.4 mi, 115° SE
Barnes Creek Falls (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 318° NW
Jumping Off Rock (Viewpoint) — 17.5 mi, 316° NW
Morrow Mountain State Park (State Park) — 18.8 mi, 286° W
WWII Memorial (Monument) — 19.1 mi, 105° E
Joe Moffitt Memorial (Monument) — 19.1 mi, 320° NW
Ben Lowder Homesite (Monument) — 19.7 mi, 288° W
Alcoa Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 19.8 mi, 289° W
Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.1 mi, 229° SW · 17k acres
Union Station Railroad Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 123° SE
Morrow Mountain Native American Quarry Site (Historic Ruins) — 20.7 mi, 281° W
Creation Museum (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 113° SE
Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve (State Park) — 21.3 mi, 121° SE
Birkhead Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 21.8 mi, 331° NW · 5,216 acres
Ostrich Eggs (Attraction) — 22.8 mi, 357° N
Honey Bee Statue (Public Artwork) — 22.9 mi, 356° N
ARTworks Vass (Gallery) — 25.6 mi, 096° E
Stanly County Museum (Museum) — 26.5 mi, 278° W
Music Hall (Theatre) — 27.5 mi, 317° NW
Cinemark Asheboro (Cinema) — 28.2 mi, 354° N

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