Explore Cedar Grove, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cedar Grove, 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 Cedar Grove.
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 | Cedar Grove |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Orange County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.675692 |
| Longitude | -79.888649 |
| Population | 1,800 |
| Density | 35.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 27278, 28431, 27205, 27231 |
| Area Code | 336 |
| County Seat | Hillsborough |
Cedar Grove occupies a landscape of quiet, red-clay resilience where the earth pushes upward into modest, sun-drenched swells. It lies 7.4 miles northeast of Mebane, NC (from Mebane, NC: bearing 48°T), and is situated 7.4 miles north-northwest of Hillsborough. These undulating fields are carved by the patient passage of the West Fork Eno River, which carves a narrow, winding path through the heavy soil, cooling the air as it slips past roots and stones. To the north, the land retains the wild, untamed character of the Piedmont, where the Orange County Open Space - Lake Orange offers a quiet sanctuary for the shifting light of afternoon to settle upon the water. The horizon remains unbroken by jagged peaks, though the distant silhouette of Occoneechee Mountain marks the edge of the world, providing a permanent, shadowed reference point for those who walk these dusty, winding roads.
Cedar Grove maintains the steady, measured cadence of a place long defined by the cycle of the tobacco harvest and the patient labor of the soil. While the rhythm of modern life has shifted, the legacy of the region remains visible in the sturdy wooden barns and the sprawling, quiet acreage that defines the local economy. The proximity to Quaker Creek Reservoir serves as a quiet anchor, a place where the stillness of the water mirrors the deliberate, unhurried pace of the people who reside here. Education and the stewardship of the land continue to shape the outlook of Cedar Grove, as the influence of regional research centers and the preservation of open fields keep the identity of the area tethered to its agrarian roots. It is a place where history is not merely recounted, but lived in the simple act of maintaining a fence line or watching the long shadows stretch across the fields as the sun dips toward the western horizon.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cedar Grove, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.675692, -79.888649. 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 Cedar Grove includes the ZIP code (27278, 28431, 27205), telephone area code (336), county seat of Orange County (Hillsborough), and school district assignment.
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. |