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Dover North Carolina Map

Explore Dover, 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 Dover, North Carolina

How to Use This Dover, North Carolina Map

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

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.

CityDover
StateNorth Carolina (NC)
CountyCraven County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude35.215477
Longitude-77.433779
Population349
Density140.4 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes28150, 27341, 28526
Area Code336, 910
County SeatNew Bern
School DistrictCraven County Schools

About Dover, North Carolina

Dover is a locality in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 349. The population density is 140.4 people per km². Dover is located at 35.2155°N, 77.4338°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Dover is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 28150, 27341, 28526.

Dover occupies a quiet expanse of the coastal plain where the horizon stretches wide and unburdened under a sky that shifts from bruised violet to pale gold by dusk. It lies 8.8 miles east-southeast of Kinston, NC (from Kinston, NC: bearing 111°T), and is situated 17.8 miles south of Ayden. Flat, fertile fields dominate the terrain, interrupted only by the dark, slow-moving ribbon of Gum Swamp that meanders through the lowlands just a mile from the center. Beyond the tilled earth, the landscape yields to the deep, verdant shadows of the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Dover Bay Preserve, where the air grows heavy with the scent of damp pine and decaying leaves. The light here does not merely illuminate; it clings to the long, straight roads and the edges of the woodlands, emphasizing the profound stillness of the inland heat that settles over the soil during the midsummer months.

Dover grew from the labor of those who understood the temper of the earth, turning the surrounding acreage into a patchwork of agricultural productivity that has defined the regional economy for generations. While the distant, wilder reaches of the Hofmann Forest remain a reminder of the dense timberlands that once covered this territory, the local character is anchored in the steady, rhythmic persistence of farming and the quiet commerce of the plains. Life moves with a deliberate pace, colored by the legacy of traditional harvests and a social fabric built on the long-standing intersections of rural life. Residents find a singular peace in the solitude of the flatlands, where the absence of distant horizons is replaced by the expansive, open clarity of a landscape that asks for nothing more than the careful attention of those who tend it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Dover Bay Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 078° E
  • Caswell Number 1 Fire Station Museum (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 290° W
  • City of Kinston - Pearson Park (Local Recreation) — 8.9 mi, 290° W
  • Health and Science Museum (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 290° W
  • Ellis Planetarium (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 290° W
  • North Carolina Museum of Natural Science - Contentnea Creek (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 352° N
  • Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 20.5 mi, 140° SE · 162k acres
  • Croatan Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 20.5 mi, 140° SE
  • Neuse River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 20.8 mi, 103° E
  • La Grange Arts Center (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 288° W
  • Neuse Boulevard Cinema (Cinema) — 21.3 mi, 108° E
  • Bear Town Cinema (Cinema) — 21.4 mi, 113° SE
  • Massachusetts Monument (Monument) — 22.4 mi, 106° E
  • New Jersey Monument (Monument) — 22.4 mi, 106° E
  • Rhode Island Monument (Monument) — 22.4 mi, 106° E
  • Catfish Lake South Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.9 mi, 140° SE · 8,490 acres
  • Sudan Shriners (Public Artwork) — 23.7 mi, 108° E
  • Cliffs of the Neuse State Park (State Park) — 24.3 mi, 272° W
  • Fort Neroka (Attraction) — 25.1 mi, 319° NW
  • Cliffs of the Neuss l (Viewpoint) — 25.5 mi, 274° W
  • Hog Wild at Howard Farm (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 187° S
  • New Bern Civil War Battlefield Park (Registered Battlefield) — 26.3 mi, 116° SE
  • Paramount Theatre - Community Theatre (Theatre) — 27.7 mi, 342° N
  • Sheep Ridge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 28.3 mi, 133° SE · 9,315 acres
  • Extreme Action Park (Attraction) — 29.5 mi, 043° NE
  • SJAFB Sabre Base theater (Theatre) — 31.3 mi, 288° W
  • Goose Creek State Park (State Park) — 33.0 mi, 057° NE
  • Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.8 mi, 026° NE · 43k acres
  • Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.4 mi, 057° NE · 230k acres
  • Cape Lookout National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 56.6 mi, 130° SE · 41k acres

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About This Dover Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dover, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.215477, -77.433779. 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 Dover includes the ZIP code (28150, 27341, 28526), telephone area code (336, 910), county seat of Craven County (New Bern), and school district assignment (Craven 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.