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Fairfield North Carolina Map

Explore Fairfield, 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 Fairfield, North Carolina

How to Use This Fairfield, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.5504
Longitude	-76.226508
Population	231
Density	12.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	27577, 27408, 28103, 27826
Area Code	704, 980, 919, 984
County Seat	Swan Quarter
School District	Hyde County Schools

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About Fairfield, North Carolina

Fairfield is a locality in Hyde County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 231. The population density is 12.7 people per km². Fairfield is located at 35.5504°N, 76.2265°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 27577, 27408, 28103.

Fairfield occupies a low, level stretch of land where the horizon feels vast and the sky claims more than its share of the view. It lies 52.1 miles south of Elizabeth City, NC (from Elizabeth City, NC: bearing 178°T), and is situated 55.0 miles east-northeast of New Bern. The air here carries a heavy, salt-sweet moisture, drifting from the Atlantic Ocean only eleven miles away to settle over the flat, dark soil. To the north, the waters of Lake Mattamuskeet mirror the changing colors of the clouds, while the Alligator River winds through the nearby landscape like a slow, dark pulse. Beyond the horizon, the faint, hazy suggestion of Buck Ridge offers the only deviation from a terrain defined by its profound, marshy flatness. The proximity to the Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge ensures that the silence is frequently broken by the sudden, rushing beat of wings as migratory birds descend upon the wetlands, turning the dusk into a frantic, living shadow.

Fairfield grew from the necessity of working this stubborn, water-logged earth, where agriculture remains the quiet backbone of the local economy. Generations have organized their lives around the cycles of harvest and the slow, deliberate movement of the seasons, maintaining a pace that ignores the frantic acceleration of the outside world. Near Heron Bay Island, the remnants of older ways of life persist in the weathered timber of structures that have held their ground against the humidity and the occasional surge of the tides. The people here understand the land not as a static backdrop, but as a shifting partner, one that demands a steady, patient hand in exchange for its yield. Life in Fairfield continues with a grounded, unassuming dignity, shaped by the weight of the water and the persistent, quiet endurance of those who have made this landscape their own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.5 mi, 160° S · 100k acres
Gull Rock Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 1.5 mi, 357° N
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.8 mi, 325° NW · 230k acres
Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge.Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 4.3 mi, 225° SW · 755 acres
Alligator River Preserve (Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 008° N
Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 10.6 mi, 177° S · 8,920 acres
Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Coastal Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 10.8 mi, 015° N
New Lake Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 11.2 mi, 000° N
Mattie Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 11.5 mi, 210° SW
Pettigrew State Park (State Park) — 16.3 mi, 316° NW
Lake Phelps State Lake (State Park) — 16.9 mi, 322° NW
Moccasin Overlook (Viewpoint) — 21.6 mi, 324° NW
Belhaven Memorial Museum (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 268° W
Red Wolf Center (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 358° N
Cape Hatteras National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 32.8 mi, 156° SE · 58k acres
Historic Civil War Marker (Monument) — 32.8 mi, 156° SE
Fort Ocarcoke (Historic Ruins) — 32.9 mi, 162° S
Ocracoke Visitor Center Amphitheater (Theatre) — 32.9 mi, 156° SE
United States Coast Guard (Monument) — 32.9 mi, 156° SE
LT. Robert Maynard (Monument) — 32.9 mi, 156° SE
North Carolina Historic Bath (Museum) — 33.4 mi, 261° W
Cape Lookout National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 34.2 mi, 165° S · 41k acres
Ocracoke Pony Pens (Attraction) — 34.2 mi, 144° SE
Middle Community Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 34.9 mi, 166° S
Aurora Fossil Museum (Museum) — 35.9 mi, 242° SW
Bear-ology (Museum) — 36.7 mi, 307° NW
Cedar Island Rentals (Attraction) — 37.3 mi, 188° S
Graveyard Atlantic Museum and Ramp 55 (Attraction) — 37.9 mi, 129° SE
Hello from Hatteras (Gallery) — 38.6 mi, 127° SE
Frisco Hatteras Access (Attraction) — 39.4 mi, 125° SE

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