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Elk Park North Carolina Map

Explore Elk Park, 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 Elk Park, North Carolina

How to Use This Elk Park, North Carolina Map

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

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	Elk Park
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Avery County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.157346
Longitude	-81.978172
Population	542
Density	302.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28622
Area Code	828
County Seat	Newland
School District	Avery County Schools

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About Elk Park, North Carolina

Elk Park is a locality in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 542. The population density is 302.8 people per km². Elk Park is located at 36.1573°N, 81.9782°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Elk Park is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28622.

Elk Park occupies a high-altitude basin where the air turns sharp and thin, defined by the persistent, cold-water pulse of Little Elk Creek. It lies 17.4 miles west-southwest of Boone, NC (from Boone, NC: bearing 256°T), and is situated 18.6 miles south-southeast of Carter. The landscape is a series of steep, wooded inclines that drop into the shadowy depths of Dark Hollow, where the morning light struggles to reach the forest floor before noon. While the distant Blue Ridge Mountains form a jagged, hazy perimeter against the sky, the immediate ground is rugged and mineral-rich, marked by the silent, skeletal remains of the Cranberry Iron Mine that occupies the earth beneath one's boots. A quiet stillness hangs over the landscape, broken only by the sound of water moving over stones, creating a sensory experience that feels both ancient and indifferent to the passage of human time.

Elk Park carries the weight of a hard-rock history, where the extraction of iron once dictated the rhythm of daily life and drew laborers to the steep slopes. The economy has shifted away from the heavy industry of the mines, leaving the community to find its footing in the quietude of the backcountry, far from the frantic pace of the lowlands. Those who live here maintain a connection to the land that is measured in the seasonal cycle of the timber and the slow, deliberate work of maintaining homesteads against the encroaching forest. Life here feels unadorned and solitary, a place where the memory of industrial ambition has been softened by the return of the mountain laurel and the slow, rhythmic crawl of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cranberry Iron Mine (State Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 143° SE
Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 1.1 mi, 201° S · 511k acres
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy - Elk River Preserve (Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 045° NE
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy Preserve (Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 207° SW
Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 1.7 mi, 313° NW · 662k acres
North Cherokee National Forest & Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 313° NW
NC Division of Parks and Recreation Conservation Land (State Park) — 4.4 mi, 219° SW
Law Enforcement Memorial (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 149° SE
Avery County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 149° SE
Clark Gallery (Gallery) — 6.0 mi, 088° E
Yellow Mountain State Natural Area (State Park) — 6.5 mi, 214° SW
Roan Mountain State Park Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 6.7 mi, 274° W
Buck Ridge Lookout Tower (Historic Ruins) — 7.4 mi, 012° N
Pond Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 9.0 mi, 330° NW · 6,920 acres
Patio View of MacRae Peak (Viewpoint) — 9.3 mi, 116° SE
Wilson Creek, North Carolina Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 9.9 mi, 111° E · 7,017 acres
Stack Rock (Attraction) — 10.0 mi, 118° SE
Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 10.1 mi, 140° SE · 5,702 acres
Linn Cove Viaduct (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 116° SE
Mountain Magic Resort (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 038° NE
Greater Foscoe Mining Company (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 090° E
Dianne Borde-Sutherland-Cane Creek Pottery (Gallery) — 12.9 mi, 219° SW
Anvil Arts Studio (Gallery) — 13.1 mi, 175° S
Big Laurel Branch Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 13.1 mi, 338° N · 11k acres
Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station (Historic Ruins) — 16.6 mi, 097° E
The Rock (Public Artwork) — 16.8 mi, 077° E
State Line Drive-in Movie Theater (Cinema) — 16.8 mi, 313° NW
Ensemble Stage (Theatre) — 16.9 mi, 096° E
Earth Day 2011 (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 077° E
Hickory Ridge Living History Museum (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 078° E

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