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Earl North Carolina Map

Explore Earl, 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 Earl, North Carolina

How to Use This Earl, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.193462
Longitude	-81.533147
Population	198
Density	88.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	28073, 28038
Area Code	704, 980
County Seat	Shelby
School District	Cleveland County Schools

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About Earl, North Carolina

Earl is a locality in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 198. The population density is 88.8 people per km². Earl is located at 35.1935°N, 81.5331°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Earl is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 28073, 28038.

Earl occupies a quiet expanse of the North Carolina piedmont, where the terrain settles into a rhythmic series of low, wooded ridges and cleared agricultural plots. It lies 6.8 miles south of Shelby, NC (from Shelby, NC: bearing 179°T), and is situated 8.6 miles east-southeast of Boiling Springs. Wylies Creek carves a persistent, narrow path through the red clay soil, its waters moving with a deliberate pace that mirrors the stillness of the surrounding fields. On the distant western horizon, the faint, bruised-purple silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains emerge during the clearest hours of the day, serving as a reminder of the higher country that lies sixty-five miles to the west. The light here in the late afternoon possesses a heavy, amber quality, catching the dust kicked up from unpaved lanes and turning the foliage of the hardwoods into a flickering bronze.

Earl developed as a quiet junction point for local commerce, its growth tied to the steady output of the region’s timber and the slow, seasonal cycles of harvest. Life in Earl retains a measured pace, far removed from the frantic energy of the state’s urban centers, and remains connected to the land through the proximity of Patterson Springs Park, where the local vegetation thrives in protected solitude. Families often spend their weekends near the edges of C E Harry Lake, a quiet body of water that offers a reprieve from the heat of the summer months. Though the influence of the broader regional economy periodically shifts, the people maintain a legacy of self-reliance, looking toward the distant geography of Love Valley as a marker of the broader, undulating landscape that defines this interior corner of the state.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Patterson Springs Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 020° N
Blacksburg (Public Artwork) — 5.1 mi, 169° S
Holly Oak Park (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 002° N
Broad River Greenway (Local Recreation) — 5.8 mi, 273° W
Cherokee Ford Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 8.3 mi, 191° S
Kings Mountain State Park (State Park) — 8.9 mi, 104° E
Hoover Monument (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 113° SE
Crowders Mountain State Park (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 102° E
In Honor Of The Three African American Patriots (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 114° SE
Kings Mountain Centennial Monument (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 113° SE
Little Theater (Theatre) — 9.6 mi, 080° E
Boulders Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.8 mi, 097° E
Jolly Park Amphitheater (Theatre) — 10.3 mi, 218° SW
Gaffney Visitors Center & Art Gallery (Attraction) — 10.4 mi, 219° SW
Lake Cherokee (State Recreation Area) — 10.4 mi, 194° S
Truck (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 219° SW
Cherokee County Veterans Museum (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 219° SW
Former site of Deepcore and The Abyss Movie Set (Historic Ruins) — 10.9 mi, 174° S
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church (Historic Ruins) — 15.2 mi, 181° S
Worth Mountain Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.4 mi, 167° S
Lake Thicketty (State Recreation Area) — 16.1 mi, 240° SW
Caboose (Attraction) — 20.6 mi, 304° NW
Lincoln County Museum of History (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 039° NE
Spartanburg Science Center (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 234° SW
Chapman Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 27.9 mi, 234° SW
Spartanburg Art Museum (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 234° SW
Studio LB (Gallery) — 28.0 mi, 233° SW
Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 30.2 mi, 171° S · 375k acres
Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 40.1 mi, 328° NW · 511k acres
Linville Gorge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 47.1 mi, 335° NW · 12k acres

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