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Cape Carteret North Carolina Map

Explore Cape Carteret, 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 Cape Carteret, North Carolina

How to Use This Cape Carteret, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	34.691551
Longitude	-77.063003
Population	2,224
Density	340.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28584
Area Code	910
County Seat	Beaufort
School District	Carteret County Schools

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About Cape Carteret, North Carolina

Cape Carteret is a locality in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,224. The population density is 340.2 people per km². Cape Carteret is located at 34.6916°N, 77.0630°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Cape Carteret is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28584.

Cape Carteret emerges from the low, humid horizon where the salt-heavy breath of the Atlantic Ocean meets the dense, pine-shadowed edges of the Croatan National Forest. It lies 14.7 miles east of Piney Green, NC (from Piney Green, NC: bearing 97°T), and is situated 3.2 miles east of Swansboro. Deer Creek carves a dark, winding path through the landscape, its tea-colored waters flowing with a quiet persistence toward the nearby salt marshes and the shifting sands of Hunting Island. The air here holds a permanent weight, a moist clarity that softens the sharp edges of the light as it filters through the canopy, illuminating the fine, sandy soil and the swaying cordgrass. Far to the west, Davis Ridge remains a mythic, jagged line, a distant memory of elevation that serves only to emphasize the absolute, sea-level flatness of this ground.

Cape Carteret functions as a gateway to the coast, defined by an economy that leans into the rhythms of the tides and the seasonal migration of those drawn to the water. The history of the region is written in the silence of the woods and the persistence of the local trade, where the legacy of maritime labor survives in the steady, salt-crusted work of the present day. Life here is dictated by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons, far removed from the frantic pace of the interior, and residents often travel the six miles to Patsy Pond to find a stillness that the open water sometimes denies. It is a place of transition, where the forest floor gives way to the brine, and the character of the people is as resilient and unpretentious as the scrub oaks enduring the coastal winds.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Golfin Dolphin Golf Plane (Attraction) — 0.4 mi, 324° NW
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 0.5 mi, 337° NW · 162k acres
Croatan Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 0.5 mi, 337° NW
Hunting Island Audubon Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 129° SE
Town of Cedar Point - Boathouse Creek Walking Trails (Local Recreation) — 1.2 mi, 254° W
Emerald Isle Woods Park (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 186° S
Emerald Plantation Cinema 4 (Cinema) — 2.1 mi, 158° S
Pettiford Creek State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 2.2 mi, 049° NE
Hammocks Beach State Park (State Park) — 2.3 mi, 279° W
Onslow County Park (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 265° W
Pocosin Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 3.8 mi, 014° N · 12k acres
Sea Turtle Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 4.6 mi, 219° SW
White Oak River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 318° NW
Pond Pine Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 8.6 mi, 355° N · 1,692 acres
John A. Lejeune (Public Artwork) — 16.3 mi, 264° W
Carteret County Museum of History (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 083° E
Battle Works - Tactical Laser Tag (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 088° E
Atlantic Station Cinema (Cinema) — 17.5 mi, 088° E
Carteret County Historical Society (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 084° E
Big Rock (Monument) — 20.0 mi, 084° E
Morehead City Waterfront (Attraction) — 20.1 mi, 084° E
Montford Point Marine Memorial (Monument) — 20.3 mi, 281° W
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 20.3 mi, 281° W
Zing Zumm (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 281° W
MCAS New River Theater (Theatre) — 21.8 mi, 276° W
Lookout Cruises (Attraction) — 22.7 mi, 086° E
New Bern Civil War Battlefield Park (Registered Battlefield) — 24.8 mi, 006° N
New Bern Firemen's Museum (Museum) — 28.8 mi, 002° N
1812 Lighthouse Foundation Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 31.0 mi, 099° E
Oriental's History Museum (Museum) — 31.4 mi, 042° NE

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