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Creswell North Carolina Map

Explore Creswell, 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 Creswell, North Carolina

How to Use This Creswell, North Carolina Map

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

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	Creswell
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Washington County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	35.870442
Longitude	-76.392155
Population	207
Density	141.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	27928
Area Code	919, 984
County Seat	Plymouth
School District	Washington County Schools

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About Creswell, North Carolina

Creswell is a locality in Washington County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 207. The population density is 141.2 people per km². Creswell is located at 35.8704°N, 76.3922°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Creswell is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 27928.

Creswell occupies a flat, low-lying expanse of the coastal plain where the horizon stretches thin and pale under an immense sky. It lies 30.3 miles south-southwest of Elizabeth City, NC (from Elizabeth City, NC: bearing 195°T), and is situated 17.7 miles southeast of Edenton. The air here holds a heavy, persistent humidity, carrying the scent of damp earth and brackish salt from the Atlantic Ocean only four miles away. To the west, the land yields to the dense, dark shadows of Pettigrew State Park, where ancient cypress trees stand knee-deep in the water, their gnarled roots anchoring the soil against the shifting tides. The Scuppernong River carves a slow, obsidian path through the fields, its current barely perceptible as it mirrors the passing clouds and the occasional flight of a heron. While the distant silhouette of Long Ridge remains a faint, jagged memory on the far western edge of the world, Creswell remains defined by this intimate proximity to water and the quiet, unending work of the sediment.

Agriculture defines the pulse of Creswell, as vast fields of corn and soybeans mirror the seasonal cycles of light and rain. The local economy is tethered to the fertility of this black soil, an industry that has persisted through generations, grounding the inhabitants in a rhythm dictated by the harvest rather than the frantic pace of distant urban centers. The presence of Phelps Lake to the south provides a singular, glassy stillness that contrasts with the fluid movement of the nearby river, offering a sanctuary for migratory birds and those who seek the solitude of the water’s edge. Life in Creswell moves with the deliberate weight of a place that understands its own geography, where the architecture of the past—simple, functional structures—still stands as a quiet witness to the enduring labor of those who cultivate the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pettigrew State Park (State Park) — 0.3 mi, 181° S
Lantern Acres Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 168° S
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.3 mi, 111° E · 230k acres
Lake Phelps State Lake (State Park) — 5.4 mi, 198° S
Moccasin Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.8 mi, 216° SW
Red Wolf Center (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 076° E
Alligator River Preserve (Conservation Area) — 12.8 mi, 150° SE
Alligator River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 13.3 mi, 086° E
Buckridge Coastal Reserve Dedicated Nature Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 14.9 mi, 113° SE
Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Coastal Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 15.2 mi, 132° SE
Brick House Landing (Monument) — 20.1 mi, 269° W
Bear-ology (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 269° W
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.2 mi, 134° SE · 456k acres
Perquimans County History Museum (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 349° N
Perquimans Arts League (Arts Centre) — 22.4 mi, 349° N
Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge.Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 24.2 mi, 168° S · 755 acres
Belhaven Memorial Museum (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 209° SW
Chowan High School (Monument) — 29.0 mi, 330° NW
U.S. Coast Guard Grumman HU-16E Albatross (Monument) — 29.4 mi, 022° N
Museum of the Albemarle (Museum) — 31.0 mi, 018° N
Mattie Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 32.3 mi, 174° S
Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 33.9 mi, 177° S · 8,920 acres
Lost Colony House (Attraction) — 38.4 mi, 083° E
Jumpmasters Trampoline Park (Attraction) — 40.6 mi, 087° E
The Mother Vine (Attraction) — 40.7 mi, 084° E
105mm (Attraction) — 41.1 mi, 037° NE
Tugboat Explorer Shipwreck (Historic Ruins) — 43.2 mi, 080° E
Cape Hatteras National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 44.0 mi, 087° E · 58k acres
Fort Ocarcoke (Historic Ruins) — 56.8 mi, 160° S
Ocracoke Visitor Center Amphitheater (Theatre) — 56.9 mi, 156° SE

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