China Grove North Carolina Map
Explore China 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.
Interactive Map of China Grove, North Carolina
How to Use This China Grove, North Carolina Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for China 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 China 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 | China Grove |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Rowan County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.569306 |
| Longitude | -80.581732 |
| Population | 4,434 |
| Density | 479.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 28023 |
| Area Code | 704, 980 |
| County Seat | Salisbury |
| School District | Rowan-Salisbury Schools |
About China Grove, North Carolina
China Grove is a locality in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,434. The population density is 479.0 people per km². China Grove is located at 35.5693°N, 80.5817°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. China Grove is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28023.China Grove emerges from the red-clay expanse of the Piedmont, where the horizon remains flat and expansive, broken only by the silhouettes of hardwoods that turn a bruised purple in the low light of a North Carolina dusk. It lies 6.1 miles north-northeast of Kannapolis, NC (from Kannapolis, NC: bearing 22°T), and is situated 9.3 miles southwest of Salisbury. The landscape possesses a quiet, terrestrial patience, defined by the steady, modest flow of Grants Creek as it winds through the outskirts, and the placid, glassy surface of Lake Corriher, which holds the sky in its depths just a short distance away. Far to the west, the Appalachian Mountains remain a faint, serrated bruise against the sunset, too distant to dominate the sky but present enough to suggest the rugged elevation of the interior. Within the immediate reach of the town, Hannah Park provides a green, quiet anchor, where the air feels heavy with the scent of damp earth and the long shadows of afternoon stretch across the grass.
China Grove carries the weight of a legacy built upon the rhythmic clatter of textile looms and the labor of the rail lines that once dictated the pulse of the local economy. The architecture of the older storefronts reflects a time when the prosperity of the region was tied tightly to the cultivation of tobacco and the production of cotton, leaving behind a sturdy, utilitarian aesthetic that favors function over flourish. Today, the pace of life maintains a deliberate, measured cadence, rooted in a culture that values the warmth of a neighborly nod and the enduring traditions of the regional barbecue. Even as the modern world shifts, the identity of China Grove remains firmly fastened to its origins, a place where the history of industry is still legible in the brickwork of the old mills and the quiet, persistent work of those who call these inland plains home.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Sound Money Museum (Museum) — 0.1 mi, 060° NE
- Hannah Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 036° NE
- Town of China Grove Community Center (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 272° W
- Village Grove Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 273° W
- Town of Landis - Lake Corriher (Local Recreation) — 1.2 mi, 252° W
- Three Rivers Land Trust Preserve - Belk (Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 007° N
- Three Rivers Land Trust Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 021° N
- Ring of Honor (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 206° SW
- Francis Locke (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 358° N
- Millbridge Speedway (Stadium) — 6.0 mi, 346° N
- Second Creek Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 346° N
- Maine Monument (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 044° NE
- Lazy 5 Ranch (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 8.6 mi, 295° NW
- The Icon (Public Artwork) — 11.3 mi, 181° S
- Alcoa Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 12.5 mi, 042° NE
- T.M Stanback Barnyard (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 13.8 mi, 071° E
- Fairhaven Theatre (Theatre) — 14.2 mi, 228° SW
- Trebuchet (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 228° SW
- Palace Theatre (Theatre) — 14.3 mi, 227° SW
- Da Vinci Flying Machine (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 227° SW
- Toddlers Swan Swing (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 228° SW
- Royal Pavilion (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 228° SW
- AmStar 14 (Cinema) — 15.5 mi, 275° W
- Lilly Gallery (Gallery) — 15.6 mi, 252° W
- Tyler-Tallman Hall (Arts Centre) — 15.6 mi, 252° W
- Kids Jungle Playground (Theme Park) — 16.0 mi, 210° SW
- Lake Norman State Park (State Park) — 19.8 mi, 289° W
- Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 23.4 mi, 099° E · 52k acres
- Morrow Mountain State Park (State Park) — 28.6 mi, 112° E
- Birkhead Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 35.2 mi, 088° E · 5,216 acres
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About This China Grove Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of China Grove, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.569306, -80.581732. 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 China Grove includes the ZIP code (28023), telephone area code (704, 980), county seat of Rowan County (Salisbury), and school district assignment (Rowan-Salisbury Schools).
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. |
