Chimney Rock North Carolina Map
Explore Chimney 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 Chimney Rock, North Carolina
How to Use This Chimney Rock, North Carolina Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Chimney 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 Chimney 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 | Chimney Rock |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Rutherford County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.439286 |
| Longitude | -82.246502 |
| Population | 148 |
| Density | 35.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 28720 |
| Area Code | 828 |
| County Seat | Rutherfordton |
About Chimney Rock, North Carolina
Chimney Rock is a locality in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 148. The population density is 35.0 people per km². Chimney Rock is located at 35.4393°N, 82.2465°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 28720.Chimney Rock occupies a rugged corridor where the Broad River carves a restless path through the earth, marking the transition from the lowlands toward the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Black Mountains. It lies 14.7 miles northeast of Hendersonville, NC (from Hendersonville, NC: bearing 55°T), and is situated 6.2 miles east-northeast of Edneyville. This landscape is dominated by the sheer, vertical presence of Chimney Rock State Park, where granite monoliths rise above the canopy to catch the first light of dawn. Below these heights, the moisture of the air clings to the moss and lichen, while the roar of Hickorynut Falls echoes through the crags of Hickory Nut Gorge, defining the acoustic character of the terrain. The light here shifts rapidly, filtering through the dense hardwoods to create long, shifting patterns of shadow that stretch across the forest floor by mid-afternoon.
Chimney Rock has long functioned as a gateway for the traveler, its economy tethered to the natural gravity of the mountains rather than the cycles of agriculture or industry that define the flatter provinces to the east. The local character remains shaped by the proximity of Lake Lure, which acts as a quiet, reflective basin for the runoff of the surrounding slopes. Generations have built their lives in the shadow of the rock, developing a culture that favors the steady, measured pace of the highlands over the frantic energy of the piedmont. It is a place where the history of the land—etched in the stone and the rushing water—remains the primary narrative, grounding the daily work of the people in the geology of the gorge.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Chimney Rock State Park (State Park) — 0.1 mi, 250° W
- Town of Lake Lure Open Space (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 112° E
- Pulpit Rock (Viewpoint) — 0.5 mi, 207° SW
- Town of Lake Lure - Morse Park (Local Recreation) — 0.8 mi, 108° E
- Bat Cave Preserve (Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 285° W
- Hickory Nut Gorge Macrosite (Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 286° W
- Buffalo Creek Park (Local Park) — 3.6 mi, 042° NE
- Canopy Ridge Farm (Attraction) — 4.4 mi, 106° E
- Edneyville High School Monument (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 240° SW
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 299° NW
- Green River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 181° S
- Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 10.7 mi, 355° N · 511k acres
- Big Bradley Falls (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 192° S
- Blue Ridge Assembly (Public Artwork) — 12.2 mi, 335° NW
- Battle of Round Mountain Monument (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 168° S
- Polk County History Museum (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 168° S
- McDowell Tourism Authority (Attraction) — 13.5 mi, 016° N
- Arrowhead Gallery & Studios (Arts Centre) — 13.5 mi, 016° N
- Old Fort Railroad Museum (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 015° N
- Fonta Flora State Trail (State Park) — 13.7 mi, 009° N
- Western North Carolina Air Museum (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 229° SW
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 235° SW
- Earthly Minds Gallery (Gallery) — 15.1 mi, 202° S
- Heartwood Gallery (Gallery) — 15.2 mi, 202° S
- Wood Berry Gallery (Gallery) — 15.2 mi, 202° S
- Tryon Theatre (Cinema) — 16.0 mi, 178° S
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 268° W
- Pisgah National Game Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 19.5 mi, 278° W · 72k acres
- Shining Rock Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 31.5 mi, 260° W · 18k acres
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 44.8 mi, 290° W · 521k acres
Latest News: Chimney Rock
Loading news…
World News
Loading news-world…
More World News
Loading news-world…
About This Chimney Rock Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Chimney Rock, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.439286, -82.246502. 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 Chimney Rock includes the ZIP code (28720), telephone area code (828), county seat of Rutherford County (Rutherfordton), 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. |
