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Fairview North Carolina Map

Explore Fairview, 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 Fairview, North Carolina

How to Use This Fairview, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.522518
Longitude	-82.401308
Population	2,771
Density	171.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	28144, 28730, 27017, 28110
Area Code	336, 704, 980
County Seat	Tarboro
School District	Buncombe County Schools

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About Fairview, North Carolina

Fairview is a locality in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,771. The population density is 171.9 people per km². Fairview is located at 35.5225°N, 82.4013°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 28144, 28730, 27017.

Fairview emerges from the quiet, verdant expanse of the landscape as a place where the earth moves in steady, deliberate swells of soil and clay. It lies 1.0 miles north-northwest of Tarboro, NC (from Tarboro, NC: bearing 330°T), and is situated 13.9 miles east of Rocky Mount. Hendricks Creek carves a persistent path through the low ground, its waters moving with a somber, reflective clarity that mirrors the shifting sky above the trees. The light here often gathers in the hollows during the late afternoon, turning the dust of the fields into a fine, suspended gold. Six miles away, the surface of Nobles Millpond remains largely undisturbed, save for the occasional ripple of a dragonfly or the heavy, rhythmic splash of a turtle slipping from a log. Visitors seeking the local rhythm often gather near the Tarboro Swimming Pool Complex, where the air feels lighter and the pace of the day slows to match the cooling shadows cast by the surrounding timber.

Fairview holds a character shaped by the long, patient labor of those who have worked the fields and tended the regional trade of the piedmont. The economy here remains rooted in the cycle of the seasons, echoing a history of agriculture and the quiet persistence of local commerce that favors substance over spectacle. While The Hill stands as a distant, singular point on the horizon twenty-four miles away, the immediate concerns of the people stay grounded in the maintenance of their own homesteads and the shared stewardship of the land. There is a distinct, unhurried quality to the afternoons, felt in the way the wind moves through the tobacco rows and the steady, resonant hum of engines passing on the back roads. Life in Fairview proceeds with a practiced, internal grace, honoring a heritage of self-reliance that values the weight of a handshake as much as the produce of the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Buncombe County Park (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 085° E
Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 133° SE
Conserving Carolina - Florence Nature Preserve (Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 128° SE
Hickory Nut Gorge Macrosite (Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 105° E
Rattlesnake Knob Observation Point (Viewpoint) — 4.4 mi, 130° SE
Blue Ridge Assembly (Public Artwork) — 6.4 mi, 034° NE
Flood Gallery Fine Art Center (Gallery) — 6.7 mi, 302° NW
Southern Highland Craft Guild (Gallery) — 7.2 mi, 309° NW
Lake Julian Park (Local Park) — 7.6 mi, 247° SW
Dixie Highway Monument (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 227° SW
Chimney Rock State Park (State Park) — 8.2 mi, 131° SE
Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 8.6 mi, 350° N · 511k acres
Edneyville High School Monument (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 159° S
Level 42 Gallery & Studio (Gallery) — 9.9 mi, 292° W
Grail Moviehouse (Cinema) — 10.0 mi, 292° W
Asheville Pinball Museum (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 300° NW
Antler Hill Village (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 283° W
The Den (Historic Ruins) — 10.5 mi, 343° N
Potato House (Historic Ruins) — 10.5 mi, 343° N
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 234° SW
Pisgah National Game Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 255° W · 72k acres
Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 11.6 mi, 311° NW
Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 12.3 mi, 000° N · 2,577 acres
McDowell Tourism Authority (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 059° NE
Arrowhead Gallery & Studios (Arts Centre) — 14.3 mi, 059° NE
Old Fort Railroad Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 059° NE
Mount Mitchell State Park (State Park) — 15.4 mi, 019° N
Shining Rock Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.5 mi, 252° W · 18k acres
Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 31.1 mi, 344° N · 662k acres
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 34.7 mi, 285° W · 521k acres

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