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Caswell Beach North Carolina Map

Explore Caswell Beach, 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 Caswell Beach, North Carolina

How to Use This Caswell Beach, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	33.905869
Longitude	-78.048656
Population	395
Density	51.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28465
Area Code	910
County Seat	Bolivia
School District	Brunswick County Schools

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About Caswell Beach, North Carolina

Caswell Beach is a locality in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 395. The population density is 51.4 people per km². Caswell Beach is located at 33.9059°N, 78.0487°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Caswell Beach is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28465.

Caswell Beach stretches along a pale, shifting margin where the steady, rhythmic pulse of the Atlantic Ocean defines the horizon. It lies 19.1 miles south-southwest of Myrtle Grove, NC (from Myrtle Grove, NC: bearing 211°T), and is situated 6.5 miles east-southeast of Oak Island. Coward Creek meanders through the low-lying salt marshes, carving thin, silver arteries into the earth before its waters merge with the tide. Beyond the dunes, the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Oak Island Marshes Preserve protects a fragile expanse of wetlands, where the air holds a permanent, sharp brine and the light at dusk turns the sea grass into a field of burnished copper. Far to the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Prospect Ridge might be imagined in the haze, but here the land remains stubbornly flat, dictated entirely by the slow accretion of sand and the patient, cyclical work of the salt water.

Caswell Beach carries a quiet, deliberate character shaped by the long shadow of military history and the enduring patience of the coast. While the nearby presence of Oak Island suggests the wider geography of the region, the economy of Caswell Beach remains tethered to the seasonal migrations of the tide and the preservation of its natural borders. Life here moves in accordance with the weather, far removed from the clamor of inland commerce, maintaining a stillness that seems to gather in the quiet hours after the sun begins to retreat toward the White Spring Ponds. The residents move with a slow, measured composure, recognizing that in a place where the Atlantic Ocean constantly reshapes the shoreline, there is little utility in rushing against the inevitable tide.

Nearby Outdoor Places

North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Oak Island Marshes Preserve (Conservation Area) — locality lies within
Indigo Plantation Marsh Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 041° NE
Dutchman Creek Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 331° NW
Buoy 1 (Monument) — 1.3 mi, 137° SE
Buoy 2 (Monument) — 1.3 mi, 137° SE
Stevens Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 030° NE
The Artisan's Gallery On Howe (Gallery) — 1.9 mi, 065° NE
Ricky Evans Gallery (Gallery) — 1.9 mi, 059° NE
Bald Head Island State Natural Area (State Park) — 1.9 mi, 087° E
Timeless Treasures (Gallery) — 1.9 mi, 064° NE
Battery Island Audubon Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 085° E
City of Southport - Lowe-White Memorial Park (Local Recreation) — 2.1 mi, 054° NE
City of Southport - Taylor Field Park (Local Recreation) — 2.2 mi, 059° NE
Zekes Island Estuarine Reserve Dedicated Nature Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 4.8 mi, 078° E
North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 5.3 mi, 073° E
Crossover Trail (Viewpoint) — 6.0 mi, 277° W
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area (State Park) — 7.0 mi, 071° E
North Carolina Safe Harbor Agreement - Red-cockaded Woodpecker (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 009° N
1921 Fort Fisher Monument (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 060° NE
Artillery (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 055° NE
Naval Gun (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 055° NE
Orton Plantation (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 028° NE
Brooke Home (Attraction) — 12.9 mi, 044° NE
Minnie Evans Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 15.6 mi, 030° NE
OIB Sign (Public Artwork) — 22.4 mi, 268° W
Cape Fear Serpentarium (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 23.3 mi, 014° N
Hannah Block Historic USO Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 23.3 mi, 014° N
Latimer House Museum (Museum) — 23.4 mi, 015° N
Bellamy Mansion Museum of History & Design Arts (Museum) — 23.6 mi, 015° N
Live Oak Bank Pavilion (Theatre) — 24.3 mi, 013° N

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