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Cherry Branch North Carolina Map

Explore Cherry Branch, 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 Cherry Branch, North Carolina

How to Use This Cherry Branch, North Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cherry Branch, 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 Cherry Branch.

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	Cherry Branch
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Craven County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	34.9304
Longitude	-76.8112
Population	1,211
Density	407.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	28532
Area Code	910
County Seat	New Bern
School District	Craven County Schools

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About Cherry Branch, North Carolina

Cherry Branch is a locality in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,211. The population density is 407.3 people per km². Cherry Branch is located at 34.9304°N, 76.8112°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 28532.

Cherry Branch occupies a quiet expanse of flat, pine-studded earth where the horizon pulls wide and low under a heavy, humid sky. It lies 6.2 miles northeast of Havelock, NC (from Havelock, NC: bearing 55°T), and is situated 7.9 miles east-southeast of Neuse Forest. The water of the Cherry Branch moves with a languid, tea-colored persistence through the undergrowth, cutting a path through the dark, loamy soil that defines the local topography. Beyond the immediate banks, the land gives way to the dense, tangled reaches of the Croatan National Forest, where the scent of damp needles and decaying leaves lingers long after the morning mist has burned away. Light filters through the canopy in thin, vertical shafts, illuminating the quiet persistence of a landscape that remains largely indifferent to the frantic pace of the outside world.

Economic life in Cherry Branch has long been tethered to the slow, deliberate work of the land and the timber that grows from it, reflecting a history of small-scale agriculture and forest management. While the modern world moves toward abstraction, the people here maintain a connection to the physical labor of the fields and the seasonal rhythms of the woods. For those seeking the solitude of the wilderness, the Neusiok Trail offers a measured path through the surrounding timberland, providing a connection to the deeper, shadowed interior of the region. There is a profound stillness in the way the day ends here, as the heat wanes and the shadows stretch across the fields, leaving Cherry Branch to settle into the quietude of the deep inland plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 0.4 mi, 139° SE · 162k acres
Croatan Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 0.4 mi, 140° SE
Great Island Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 090° E
City of Havelock - Havelock Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 4.8 mi, 225° SW
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Anderson Creek Preserve (Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 288° W
North Carolina Safe Harbor Agreement - Red-cockaded Woodpecker (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 240° SW
Oriental's History Museum (Museum) — 9.6 mi, 044° NE
Sheep Ridge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 10.9 mi, 259° W · 9,315 acres
Pocosin Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 11.6 mi, 223° SW · 12k acres
New Bern Civil War Battlefield Park (Registered Battlefield) — 14.2 mi, 305° NW
Carteret County Museum of History (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 168° S
Carteret County Historical Society (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 160° S
Big Rock (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 159° S
Morehead City Waterfront (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 159° S
Battle Works - Tactical Laser Tag (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 169° S
Atlantic Station Cinema (Cinema) — 16.1 mi, 169° S
Fort Macon State Park (State Park) — 16.4 mi, 158° S
North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 16.8 mi, 153° SE
Amphitheatre (Cinema) — 16.8 mi, 151° SE
Michael John Smith (Monument) — 16.9 mi, 151° SE
Lookout Cruises (Attraction) — 17.0 mi, 151° SE
Island Express Ferry Service (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 150° SE
Spider Lady (Monument) — 17.5 mi, 313° NW
Sudan Shriners (Public Artwork) — 17.7 mi, 314° NW
New Bern Firemen's Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 314° NW
Cape Lookout National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 18.4 mi, 153° SE · 41k acres
Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.7 mi, 090° E · 43k acres
Aurora Fossil Museum (Museum) — 25.9 mi, 003° N
1812 Lighthouse Foundation Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 26.8 mi, 142° SE
MCAS New River Theater (Theatre) — 38.7 mi, 248° W

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