Currituck North Carolina Map
Explore Currituck, 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 Currituck, North Carolina
How to Use This Currituck, North Carolina Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Currituck, 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 Currituck.
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 | Currituck |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Mecklenburg County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.165422 |
| Longitude | -80.870628 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 28210, 27929 |
| Area Code | 704, 980, 919, 984 |
| County Seat | Charlotte |
About Currituck, North Carolina
Currituck is a locality in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States. Currituck is located at 35.1654°N, 80.8706°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 28210, 27929.Currituck emerges from the quiet, red-clay expanse of the piedmont, where the earth holds a deep, rusted hue and the horizon remains stubbornly flat against the sky. It lies 4.5 miles south-southwest of Charlotte, NC (from Charlotte, NC: bearing 200°T), and is situated 9.0 miles west-northwest of Matthews. The landscape unfolds in a series of gentle swells, marked by the persistent, rhythmic thinning of hardwoods and the encroaching reach of pine stands that define the local timber line. Only a mile away, the waters of Kings Branch cut a narrow, reflective vein through the silt, while the darker, still surface of Spratt Lake sits three miles distant, mirroring the heavy, humid clouds that gather before a summer storm. Far to the west, the jagged, blue-tinted silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains haunt the edge of the world, providing a permanent, distant anchor for the gaze of anyone looking toward the setting sun.
Currituck carries the weight of a long-settled interior, its character forged by the slow, deliberate turn of agricultural cycles and the fading resonance of textile mills that once anchored the regional economy. The daily tempo here is governed by the pragmatic concerns of land management and the quiet upkeep of homesteads, where the shadow of Mecklenburg County Open Space - Marion Diehl Park offers a singular, preserved pocket of public green within the sprawling development. Life proceeds with a courteous, unhurried precision, favoring the steady work of local commerce over the frantic pace of larger urban centers. In the late afternoon, when the light turns a buttery, translucent yellow, the air carries a distinct scent of dry pine needles and freshly turned soil, grounding the inhabitant in a reality that feels both ancient and entirely immediate.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Mecklenburg County Open Space - Marion Diehl Park (Local Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 108° E
- Mecklenburg County Open Space (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 108° E
- Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 126° SE
- Mecklenburg County Open Space - Little Sugar Creek Greenway (Local Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 122° SE
- Queen's Park sign (Public Artwork) — 1.6 mi, 339° N
- Shain Gallery (Gallery) — 1.9 mi, 071° E
- Isaac Newton Alexander Grist Mill (Historic Ruins) — 1.9 mi, 077° E
- Renaissance Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 279° W
- Sugar Creek Greenway (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 256° W
- Gainseville Midland (Attraction) — 2.4 mi, 040° NE
- Grubb Real Estate Preservation Foundation Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 103° E
- Charles L. Sifford Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 2.6 mi, 346° N
- Hadley Theatre (Theatre) — 2.6 mi, 050° NE
- Anne Neilson Fine Art (Gallery) — 2.6 mi, 103° E
- Rosati Sculpture (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 054° NE
- Jane Parks McDowell Marker (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 261° W
- Crash Site of Eastern Flight 212 (Historic Ruins) — 3.2 mi, 256° W
- Studio 117 Gallery (Gallery) — 3.4 mi, 049° NE
- Manor Theatre (Cinema) — 3.6 mi, 046° NE
- Coach Ken Waldron Field (Stadium) — 3.6 mi, 167° S
- Vietnam Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 030° NE
- Museum of Illusions (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 017° N
- Theater (Theatre) — 4.3 mi, 032° NE
- METALmorphosis (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 257° W
- Bank of America Heritage Center (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 021° N
- Crowders Mountain State Park (State Park) — 22.5 mi, 280° W
- Kings Mountain State Park (State Park) — 25.5 mi, 262° W
- Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 41.4 mi, 228° SW · 375k acres
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About This Currituck Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Currituck, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.165422, -80.870628. 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 Currituck includes the ZIP code (28210, 27929), telephone area code (704, 980, 919, 984), county seat of Mecklenburg County (Charlotte), 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. |
