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Cape Colony North Carolina Map

Explore Cape Colony, 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 Colony, North Carolina

How to Use This Cape Colony, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	36.019606
Longitude	-76.581609
Population	691
Density	264.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	27932
Area Code	919, 984
County Seat	Edenton
School District	Edenton-Chowan Schools

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About Cape Colony, North Carolina

Cape Colony is a locality in Chowan County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 691. The population density is 264.2 people per km². Cape Colony is located at 36.0196°N, 76.5816°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 27932.

Cape Colony anchors a flat, low-lying expanse where the damp, salt-heavy breath of the Atlantic Ocean defines the shifting light of the afternoon. It lies 26.5 miles southwest of Elizabeth City, NC (from Elizabeth City, NC: bearing 224°T), and is situated 3.0 miles south-southeast of Edenton. The landscape here is defined by a quiet persistence, where the earth gives way to the edges of Chowan County - Cape Colony Park, a space that holds the stillness of the coastal plain. Two miles to the west, the waters of Pembroke Creek move with a sluggish, deliberate gravity toward the sea, carving a path through soil that feels heavy with moisture. Far to the west, the faint, jagged suggestion of Sandy Ridge might haunt the distant horizon on the clearest of days, but here, the world is defined by the immediate reach of the horizon and the smell of brine that clings to the late-day humidity.

Cape Colony functions as a place of steady, measured industry, where the rhythms of the coastal economy have long been dictated by the proximity of the water. While the legacy of the region is tied to the labor of the soil and the harvest of the tides, the modern pulse of the area remains tied to the maintenance of this quiet geography. Residents often look toward the small, secluded shores of Louse Island or find their recreation in the shadow of the local park, far removed from the clamor of the state’s more populous centers. Even the waters of Bennett Millpond, sitting nine miles away, provide a different sort of silence, a freshwater contrast to the relentless, rhythmic pull of the Atlantic Ocean that shapes the life and character of the people living here.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chowan County - Cape Colony Park (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 267° W
Town of Edenton - Queen Anne Park (Local Recreation) — 2.9 mi, 332° NW
Chowan Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 312° NW
Salmon Creek State Natural Area (State Park) — 6.9 mi, 266° W
Roanoke River Delta Islands (Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 216° SW
Roanoke River Preserve (Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 216° SW
Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.1 mi, 233° SW · 43k acres
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.6 mi, 146° SE · 230k acres
Perquimans County History Museum (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 029° NE
Perquimans Arts League (Arts Centre) — 13.4 mi, 029° NE
Brick House Landing (Monument) — 14.2 mi, 222° SW
Bear-ology (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 222° SW
Chowan High School (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 344° N
Pettigrew State Park (State Park) — 15.9 mi, 164° S
Moccasin Overlook (Viewpoint) — 16.6 mi, 154° SE
Chowan Swamp Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 17.0 mi, 328° NW
Red Wolf Center (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 113° SE
Indian Woods (Monument) — 24.6 mi, 255° W
Museum of the Albemarle (Museum) — 27.8 mi, 046° NE
Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Coastal Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 28.8 mi, 124° SE
Buckridge Coastal Reserve Dedicated Nature Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 29.2 mi, 123° SE
Belhaven Memorial Museum (Museum) — 33.3 mi, 184° S
105mm (Attraction) — 41.8 mi, 057° NE
Extreme Action Park (Attraction) — 43.9 mi, 219° SW
Mattie Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 44.7 mi, 161° S
Red Thread Studio (Gallery) — 49.0 mi, 360° N
Lost Colony House (Attraction) — 49.0 mi, 096° E
Theatre of Dare (Attraction) — 49.7 mi, 086° E
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 52.6 mi, 015° N
Tugboat Explorer Shipwreck (Historic Ruins) — 53.3 mi, 093° E

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