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Clyde North Carolina Map

Explore Clyde, 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 Clyde, North Carolina

How to Use This Clyde, North Carolina Map

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

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.

CityClyde
StateNorth Carolina (NC)
CountyHaywood County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude35.533438
Longitude-82.910691
Population1,368
Density608.5 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code28721
Area Code828
County SeatWaynesville
School DistrictHaywood County Schools

About Clyde, North Carolina

Clyde is a locality in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,368. The population density is 608.5 people per km². Clyde is located at 35.5334°N, 82.9107°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Clyde is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28721.

Clyde anchors itself firmly within the verdant, cradling embrace of Thompson Cove, where the land rises in quiet, purposeful swells. It lies 5.4 miles northeast of Waynesville, NC (from Waynesville, NC: bearing 55°T), and is situated 4.1 miles west of Canton. The Pigeon River carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its waters reflecting the shifting canopy of the nearby Bent Creek Experimental Forest. At the center of daily movement, Town of Clyde - Clyde Park offers a quiet common ground where the air holds the crisp, thin quality of high elevation. On clear days, the distant silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains etch a jagged, indigo boundary against the horizon, anchoring the visual field of the valley. Three miles to the north, Lake Palcoy remains a still, reflective presence, its surface often mirroring the slow drift of clouds that gather above the ridges.

Clyde grew from the steady, industrious spirit of mountain commerce, defined by the rhythm of small-scale agriculture and the movement of goods through the valley floor. The local economy has shifted from the labor of early mills and timber to a modern pace that respects the quietude of the cove, maintaining a character shaped by the Appalachian ballad tradition and the persistence of regional craftsmanship. Residents move with an observant courtesy, their lives tethered to the seasonal turn of the hardwood trees and the steady, predictable flow of the Pigeon River. This is a place where the history of the land is measured not in grand monuments, but in the enduring utility of the soil and the way the evening light settles, cool and amber, across the fields of Thompson Cove.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • The "big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 275° W
  • Town of Clyde - Clyde Park (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 011° N
  • Shook Museum (Museum) — 0.5 mi, 254° W
  • Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy Easement (Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 009° N
  • Chief Junaluska (Public Artwork) — 3.4 mi, 266° W
  • Town of Canton - Canton Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 3.6 mi, 100° E
  • Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 5.4 mi, 197° S · 511k acres
  • Pisgah National Game Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 197° S · 72k acres
  • Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy Preserve (Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 089° E
  • Shining Rock Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.0 mi, 159° S · 18k acres
  • Cold Mountain Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 184° S
  • Pisgah View State Park (State Park) — 7.4 mi, 113° SE
  • Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 284° W
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 9.7 mi, 330° NW · 521k acres
  • Cove Field Ridge Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.0 mi, 225° SW
  • Middle Prong Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 11.2 mi, 187° S · 7,482 acres
  • Nantahala National Forest (National Forest) — 12.1 mi, 207° SW · 533k acres
  • Lyn Lowry Cross (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 247° SW
  • Buck Springs Lodge foundation (Historic Ruins) — 12.3 mi, 132° SE
  • Soco Craft & Tower Inc (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 264° W
  • 1983 Plane Crash (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 249° W
  • Ferin Fire Tower (Historic Ruins) — 14.3 mi, 111° E
  • 1915 Climax Locomotive (Attraction) — 14.9 mi, 149° SE
  • Sliding Rock (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 156° SE
  • RIverside Studios (Gallery) — 19.5 mi, 078° E
  • Art Garden AVL (Gallery) — 19.5 mi, 081° E
  • Andy Herod Gallery (Gallery) — 19.6 mi, 079° E
  • Grail Moviehouse (Cinema) — 19.6 mi, 081° E
  • Asheville Pinball Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 078° E
  • Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 21.1 mi, 071° E

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About This Clyde Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Clyde, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.533438, -82.910691. 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 Clyde includes the ZIP code (28721), telephone area code (828), county seat of Haywood County (Waynesville), and school district assignment (Haywood County 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.