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Cove City North Carolina Map

Explore Cove City, 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 Cove City, North Carolina

How to Use This Cove City, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.187384
Longitude	-77.320792
Population	378
Density	228.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28523
Area Code	910
County Seat	New Bern
School District	Craven County Schools

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About Cove City, North Carolina

Cove City is a locality in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 378. The population density is 228.8 people per km². Cove City is located at 35.1874°N, 77.3208°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Cove City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28523.

Cove City occupies a flat, expansive stretch of land where the horizon feels wide and unencumbered by the clutter of larger metropolises. It lies 15.6 miles east-southeast of Kinston, NC (from Kinston, NC: bearing 109°T), and is situated 16.6 miles west-northwest of New Bern. Core Creek moves with a deliberate, sluggish patience through the low-lying fields, its dark waters reflecting the heavy, humid sky that defines the region’s climate. Four miles away, the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Dover Bay Preserve offers a quiet sanctuary of tangled vegetation and sediment-rich earth, providing a glimpse into the wilder, untamed character of the landscape. The air here holds a distinct, heavy stillness in the late afternoon, when the long shadows of pines stretch across the soil and the heat begins to dissipate into the damp, cooling ground.

Cove City maintains a steady, modest pace that reflects its long-standing connection to the surrounding agricultural fields and the timber industry that once dominated the wider area. While the bustling centers of the piedmont remain distant, the local economy leans into the quiet productivity of the plains, supported by the proximity of expansive woodlands like the distant Hofmann Forest. Life in Cove City is measured by the seasonal cycles of the harvest and the simple, persistent maintenance of homes and roads that have stood for generations. Even when the pace of the outside world accelerates, the people here move with a deliberate grace, anchored by the familiar rhythm of the creek and the deep, fertile silence of the surrounding plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Dover Bay Preserve (Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 308° NW
Craven County - West Craven Park (Local Recreation) — 10.8 mi, 074° E
City of New Bern - Martin Marietta Park (Local Recreation) — 12.5 mi, 102° E
Neuse River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 14.1 mi, 101° E
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 14.4 mi, 136° SE · 162k acres
Croatan Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 14.4 mi, 136° SE
Neuse Boulevard Cinema (Cinema) — 14.6 mi, 109° E
Bear Town Cinema (Cinema) — 14.8 mi, 115° SE
Caswell Number 1 Fire Station Museum (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 289° W
Massachusetts Monument (Monument) — 15.7 mi, 106° E
Health and Science Museum (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 289° W
Ellis Planetarium (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 289° W
New Jersey Monument (Monument) — 15.7 mi, 106° E
Rhode Island Monument (Monument) — 15.8 mi, 106° E
New Bern Firemen's Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 109° E
Sudan Shriners (Public Artwork) — 17.0 mi, 109° E
Catfish Lake South Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.7 mi, 151° SE · 8,490 acres
North Carolina Museum of Natural Science - Contentnea Creek (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 334° NW
New Bern Civil War Battlefield Park (Registered Battlefield) — 19.7 mi, 119° SE
Sheep Ridge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.5 mi, 141° SE · 9,315 acres
Hog Wild at Howard Farm (Attraction) — 25.3 mi, 202° S
Extreme Action Park (Attraction) — 27.2 mi, 030° NE
Goose Creek State Park (State Park) — 29.2 mi, 047° NE
Fort Neroka (Attraction) — 31.0 mi, 312° NW
Cliffs of the Neuss l (Viewpoint) — 32.0 mi, 277° W
Paramount Theatre - Community Theatre (Theatre) — 32.0 mi, 332° NW
MCAS New River Theater (Theatre) — 32.8 mi, 192° S
Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.0 mi, 019° N · 43k acres
Cape Lookout National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 50.5 mi, 132° SE · 41k acres
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.4 mi, 051° NE · 230k acres

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