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Davis North Carolina Map

Explore Davis, 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 Davis, North Carolina

How to Use This Davis, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	34.790939
Longitude	-76.468564
Population	311
Density	55.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	28524
Area Code	910
County Seat	Beaufort
School District	Carteret County Schools

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About Davis, North Carolina

Davis is a locality in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 311. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Davis is located at 34.7909°N, 76.4686°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 28524.

Davis greets the Atlantic Ocean with a low, salt-sprayed horizon where the sky and the marsh grasses seem to breathe in unison. It lies 25.6 miles east-southeast of Havelock, NC (from Havelock, NC: bearing 103°T), and is situated 15.9 miles east-northeast of Morehead City. The land here is defined by the soft, yielding edge of the coast, where the brackish waters of Smyrna Creek meander through the silt before surrendering to the tide. Beyond the immediate reach of the shoreline, the silhouette of Davis Ridge provides a modest, dark anchor against the vast, shifting blues of the horizon. During the quiet hours of the morning, the light catches the moisture on the tall reeds, turning the entire landscape into a shimmering, silver-gray expanse that feels both ancient and fleeting.

Davis has long been a place where the economy is tied to the rhythm of the water, with generations of residents drawing their living from the harvest of the sea. The nearby presence of Cape Lookout National Seashore serves as a reminder of the raw, untamed nature of this coastline, standing in stark contrast to the small, steady pulse of daily life in the village. Further inland, the terrain gives way to the flat, expansive character of Open Grounds, a stark shift from the liquid geography that dominates the eastern perimeter. While the distant, shimmering lure of Big Island remains a constant presence on the water, the people of Davis maintain a grounded, deliberate pace, finding a quiet endurance in a landscape that is forever being reshaped by the salt air and the incoming tide.

Nearby Outdoor Places

North Carolina Coastal Federation Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 257° W
Cape Lookout National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 2.7 mi, 140° SE · 41k acres
Carteret County - Eastern Park (Local Recreation) — 3.1 mi, 237° SW
Blackbeard (Public Artwork) — 5.3 mi, 260° W
Browns Island Tracts (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 211° SW
Carteret County Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 029° NE
Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.8 mi, 040° NE · 43k acres
Rachel Carson Estuarine Reserve Dedicated Nature Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 9.6 mi, 230° SW
North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 9.6 mi, 229° SW
1812 Lighthouse Foundation Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 12.0 mi, 195° S
Island Express Ferry Service (Attraction) — 12.2 mi, 245° SW
Lookout Cruises (Attraction) — 12.2 mi, 245° SW
Michael John Smith (Monument) — 12.3 mi, 245° SW
Amphitheatre (Cinema) — 12.3 mi, 246° SW
Morehead City Waterfront (Attraction) — 14.6 mi, 251° W
Big Rock (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 251° W
Carteret County Historical Society (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 251° W
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 15.2 mi, 273° W · 162k acres
Carteret County Museum of History (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 254° W
Battle Works - Tactical Laser Tag (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 249° W
Atlantic Station Cinema (Cinema) — 17.4 mi, 249° W
Oriental's History Museum (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 323° NW
Pocosin Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 27.4 mi, 272° W · 12k acres
Middle Community Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 29.2 mi, 050° NE
Sheep Ridge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 31.0 mi, 284° W · 9,315 acres
Cape Hatteras National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 32.1 mi, 053° NE · 58k acres
Light Station (Viewpoint) — 35.0 mi, 051° NE
United States Coast Guard (Monument) — 35.3 mi, 050° NE
Ocracoke Visitor Center Amphitheater (Theatre) — 35.4 mi, 050° NE
New Bern Civil War Battlefield Park (Registered Battlefield) — 35.7 mi, 300° NW

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