Casar North Carolina Map
Explore Casar, 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 Casar, North Carolina
How to Use This Casar, North Carolina Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Casar, 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 Casar.
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 | Casar |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Cleveland County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.512352 |
| Longitude | -81.617316 |
| Population | 305 |
| Density | 67.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 28020 |
| Area Code | 704, 980 |
| County Seat | Shelby |
| School District | Cleveland County Schools |
About Casar, North Carolina
Casar is a locality in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 305. The population density is 67.3 people per km². Casar is located at 35.5124°N, 81.6173°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Casar is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28020.Casar occupies a quiet expanse of the Piedmont where the earth rises in slow, deliberate swells toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 15.9 miles north-northwest of Shelby, NC (from Shelby, NC: bearing 343°T), and is situated 16.5 miles south-southeast of Morganton. Wards Creek cuts a narrow, shadowed path through the red clay soil a mile away, its persistent murmur providing a rhythmic counterpoint to the stillness of the afternoon. In the Town of Casar - Casar Park, the light at dusk settles in long, amber slats against the timber, illuminating the modest, sturdy character of a landscape defined by woodland and the patient, heavy texture of the regional soil.
Casar maintains a pace dictated by the seasonal cycles of the land, far removed from the frantic pulse of industrial centers. The local economy has long leaned upon the legacies of textile production and agriculture, crafts that once defined the daily labor of those who settled this interior corridor. Beyond the immediate reach of Ball Alley and the quiet waters of Willis Lake, the heritage of the region remains tied to the endurance of its people and the persistence of traditional song. Life in Casar moves with an unadorned gravity, where the weight of history is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring continuity of the families who have worked these fields and maintained the quiet integrity of the plateau.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Town of Casar - Casar Park (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 245° SW
- South Mountains Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 337° NW
- South Mountains State Park (State Park) — 3.8 mi, 337° NW
- Belwood Recreation Center Ii (Local Recreation) — 5.8 mi, 114° SE
- Jacob Fork Overlook (Viewpoint) — 6.4 mi, 351° N
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina Preserve (Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 005° N
- Caboose (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 230° SW
- Little Theater (Theatre) — 16.2 mi, 125° SE
- Historic Town Limits (Monument) — 16.6 mi, 347° N
- Historic Town Limit (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 345° N
- Bobs Creek State Natural Area (State Park) — 17.0 mi, 291° W
- McGalliard Falls (Attraction) — 17.7 mi, 009° N
- Johns River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 18.4 mi, 350° N
- Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 20.3 mi, 306° NW · 511k acres
- Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 20.3 mi, 022° N
- Hickory Aviation Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 039° NE
- Lincoln County Museum of History (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 097° E
- Catawba Science Center (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 046° NE
- Hickory Museum of Art (Gallery) — 22.2 mi, 046° NE
- Martin Luther (Public Artwork) — 22.7 mi, 046° NE
- Belk Centrum (Arts Centre) — 22.7 mi, 046° NE
- Something Rotten (Attraction) — 22.8 mi, 317° NW
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way (Attraction) — 22.8 mi, 317° NW
- Catawba County Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 065° NE
- Historic Newton Depot (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 063° NE
- Foothills Community Theatre (Theatre) — 25.0 mi, 298° NW
- Linville Gorge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 25.7 mi, 327° NW · 12k acres
- Wilson Creek, North Carolina Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 26.0 mi, 348° N · 7,017 acres
- Harper Creek Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 31.5 mi, 343° N · 7,051 acres
- Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 48.1 mi, 331° NW · 662k acres
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About This Casar Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Casar, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.512352, -81.617316. 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 Casar includes the ZIP code (28020), telephone area code (704, 980), county seat of Cleveland County (Shelby), and school district assignment (Cleveland 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. |
