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Elizabethtown North Carolina Map

Explore Elizabethtown, 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 Elizabethtown, North Carolina

How to Use This Elizabethtown, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	34.629337
Longitude	-78.60529
Population	3,296
Density	251.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28337
Area Code	704, 980
County Seat	Elizabethtown
School District	Bladen County Schools

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About Elizabethtown, North Carolina

Elizabethtown is a locality in Bladen County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,296. The population density is 251.1 people per km². Elizabethtown is located at 34.6293°N, 78.6053°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Elizabethtown is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28337.

Elizabethtown occupies a quiet expanse of the coastal plain where the blackwater currents of the Cape Fear River carve a steady, purposeful path through the sandy soil. It lies 22.9 miles east of Lumberton, NC (from Lumberton, NC: bearing 88°T), and is situated 12.1 miles east-northeast of Bladenboro. The landscape here favors low, level stretches of pine and hardwood, punctuated by the damp, shaded depressions of Smith Swamp four miles to the west. A mile away, the surface of Greenes Pond holds the reflection of the sky with a stillness that contrasts against the persistent motion of the nearby riverbed. At the periphery of the horizon, the faint, hazy silhouette of Pea Ridge offers the only suggestion of elevation in an otherwise flat, verdant terrain. Within the center of the local geography, the Town of Elizabethtown Park provides a communal clearing where the light of late afternoon filters through the canopy, casting long, amber shadows across the grass.

Elizabethtown maintains a rhythm defined by the agricultural cycles of the region, where the legacy of forestry and field work remains embedded in the daily labor of the people. Six miles distant, the Bladen Lakes State Forest serves as a reminder of the vast, timber-rich environment that has shaped the local economy since the early settlements. The character of Elizabethtown is measured and deliberate, favoring the quiet endurance of a place that values its connection to the land over the frantic pace of the larger centers further west. While the industry of the area has evolved, the fundamental reliance on the surrounding woods and soil persists, maintaining a continuity that bridges the past and the present. Here, the humid air often carries the scent of pine needles and damp earth, a sensory signature that marks the passage of seasons for those who inhabit the flat, pine-dotted horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town of Elizabethtown Park (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 357° N
Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 280° W
Walace S Le'Nwa D Park (Local Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 271° W
Audubon Environmental Land Trust Preserve (Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 175° S
Quail Circle Mini-Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 256° W
Bladen Lakes State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.7 mi, 018° N
White Lake State Lake (State Park) — 5.5 mi, 082° E
Singletary Lake State Park (State Park) — 7.7 mi, 107° E
North Carolina Safe Harbor Agreement - Red-cockaded Woodpecker (State Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 079° E
Turnbull Creek Preserve (Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 010° N
Whitehall Plantation Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 11.8 mi, 125° SE
Griffin's Whirl (Viewpoint) — 27.8 mi, 234° SW
The Farmer's Barn (Attraction) — 28.8 mi, 205° SW
North Carolina Marble Co (Monument) — 29.6 mi, 035° NE
Stage Road Monument (Attraction) — 30.5 mi, 113° SE
Patriot (Grady) Monument (Attraction) — 30.5 mi, 113° SE
Loyalist Monument (Attraction) — 30.5 mi, 113° SE
Howitzer (Monument) — 31.0 mi, 320° NW
Parkton Animal Oasis (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 31.2 mi, 311° NW
Independent Light Infantry Museum (Museum) — 33.3 mi, 332° NW
Edgar Allen Poe's House (Museum) — 33.6 mi, 331° NW
Ghost Tower (Monument) — 33.7 mi, 331° NW
Cook Quad Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 34.7 mi, 332° NW
Red Springs Historical Museum (Museum) — 34.8 mi, 291° W
Clark Park Nature Center (Museum) — 35.1 mi, 335° NW
Greek Amphitheater (Theatre) — 37.9 mi, 336° NW
The County Farm Museum (Museum) — 39.4 mi, 213° SW
Taylor's Aquarium (Aquarium) — 39.5 mi, 001° N
Arts Co of Faison (Arts Centre) — 42.9 mi, 038° NE
Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 60.4 mi, 205° SW · 35k acres

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