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Cedar Rock North Carolina Map

Explore Cedar Rock, 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 Cedar Rock, North Carolina

How to Use This Cedar Rock, North Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cedar Rock, 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 Rock.

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

Latitude	35.944298
Longitude	-81.458149
Population	301
Density	101.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28645
Area Code	828
County Seat	Lenoir
School District	Caldwell County Schools

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About Cedar Rock, North Carolina

Cedar Rock is a locality in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 301. The population density is 101.9 people per km². Cedar Rock is located at 35.9443°N, 81.4581°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Cedar Rock is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28645.

Cedar Rock occupies a quiet expanse of the North Carolina piedmont, where the land moves in long, slow swells toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 5.0 miles east-northeast of Lenoir, NC (from Lenoir, NC: bearing 65°T), and is situated 8.3 miles north of Sawmills. The air here carries the scent of damp clay and pine resin, especially near the banks of Lower Creek, which carves a narrow, winding path through the soil just a mile from the center of Cedar Rock. Three miles to the north, the still surface of Lenoir Water Supply Lake reflects the shifting colors of the canopy, a quiet basin that anchors the surrounding woodlands. Beyond the immediate tree line, the terrain gradually gives way to the pastoral openness of Happy Valley, where the light at dusk flattens against the fields, turning the grasses a bruised, metallic gold. Residents often find their way to the City of Lenoir Open Space, a tract of land that preserves the regional quietude and offers a respite from the encroaching hum of modern transit.

Economic life in Cedar Rock remains tethered to the persistent legacy of the piedmont, rooted in a history of textile production and the slow, deliberate cultivation of the earth. The rhythm of the day is dictated by the steady movement of trucks on local arteries and the persistence of small-scale industry that has adapted to changing times. While the shadow of the great industrial mills has receded, the character of the people remains marked by a certain cautious resilience, a byproduct of generations who learned to measure their success by the harvest and the output of the loom. Visitors often note that the social fabric here is stitched together by a shared, understated courtesy, a quiet acknowledgment of neighborliness that holds firm even as the world beyond the horizon continues its frantic acceleration.

Nearby Outdoor Places

City of Lenoir Open Space (Local Recreation) — 2.6 mi, 341° N
City of Lenoir - Lenoir Greenway (Local Recreation) — 2.7 mi, 254° W
Spiderback Chair (Public Artwork) — 3.0 mi, 251° W
Wilson_Park (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 256° W
Thbroyhill_Walkingpark (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 233° SW
Buffalo Cove Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 337° NW
Laura Foster Memorial (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 005° N
Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 7.4 mi, 301° NW · 511k acres
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 187° S
Johns River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 13.3 mi, 226° SW
McGalliard Falls (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 207° SW
Mountain View Overlook (Viewpoint) — 14.1 mi, 038° NE
House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House) (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 274° W
Wilson Creek, North Carolina Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 14.4 mi, 253° W · 7,017 acres
Hickory Aviation Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 165° S
Catawba Science Center (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 154° SE
Hickory Museum of Art (Gallery) — 16.0 mi, 154° SE
Belk Centrum (Arts Centre) — 16.0 mi, 152° SE
Old Hickory Tavern (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 156° SE
Harper Creek Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 17.0 mi, 274° W · 7,051 acres
Turtle Island Preserve (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 343° N
Ensemble Stage (Theatre) — 17.9 mi, 317° NW
Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station (Historic Ruins) — 17.9 mi, 316° NW
Mystery Hill (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 326° NW
Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 18.5 mi, 283° W · 5,702 acres
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina (Nature Reserve) — 18.6 mi, 224° SW
Turnpike Cruisers (Attraction) — 19.0 mi, 326° NW
Historic Dam Site (Historic Ruins) — 21.1 mi, 330° NW
Linville Gorge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 23.6 mi, 265° W · 12k acres
Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 34.9 mi, 319° NW · 662k acres

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