Explore Enfield, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Enfield, 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 Enfield.
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 | Enfield |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Halifax County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 36.180986 |
| Longitude | -77.666642 |
| Population | 1,865 |
| Density | 553.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 27823 |
| Area Code | 919, 984 |
| County Seat | Halifax |
| School District | Halifax County Schools |
Enfield anchors itself firmly in the flat, fertile plains of the coastal plain, where the soil holds the deep, dark richness of long-cultivated earth. It lies 18.1 miles north-northeast of Rocky Mount, NC (from Rocky Mount, NC: bearing 22°T), and is situated 19.4 miles south of Roanoke Rapids. The horizon here remains wide and unencumbered, allowing the late afternoon light to stretch long, amber fingers across fields that have defined the local topography for generations. A mile to the west, the slow, persistent moisture of Burnt Coat Swamp dictates the drainage of the surrounding lowlands, while the landscape rises almost imperceptibly toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Medoc Mountain far to the west. Within the center of the grid, Town of Enfield - Meyer Oakview Park provides a quiet canopy of shade, offering a green respite where the heavy, humid air of the afternoon seems to stall and settle among the branches of mature trees.
History in Enfield is written in the rows of crops and the enduring architecture of its older commercial storefronts, which reflect a legacy rooted in the agrarian cycles of tobacco and cotton. The economy has shifted from the labor-intensive harvests of the past toward a more tempered pace, yet the town retains a distinct character shaped by its distance from the bustle of larger hubs. Five miles away, the waters of Bellamy Lake offer a localized stillness that mirrors the quietude of the residential streets, where the passage of time is marked not by urgency, but by the gradual change of the seasons across the open farmland. People here move with a deliberate, steady cadence, maintaining a social climate that favors long-standing connections and a deep, intuitive knowledge of the land that surrounds them.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Enfield, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.180986, -77.666642. 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 Enfield includes the ZIP code (27823), telephone area code (919, 984), county seat of Halifax County (Halifax), and school district assignment (Halifax 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |