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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.

CityFairview
StateNorth Carolina (NC)
CountyOrange County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude35.522518
Longitude-82.401308
Population2,771
Density171.9 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes28144, 28730, 27017, 28110
Area Code336, 704, 980
County SeatHillsborough
School DistrictBuncombe County Schools

About Fairview, North Carolina

Fairview is a locality in Orange 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 spreads its quiet acreage across the red-clay expanse of the piedmont, where the earth holds a deep, rusted hue and the horizon lifts toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Poplar Ridge. It lies 8.6 miles east of Mebane, NC (from Mebane, NC: bearing 94°T), and is situated 1.1 miles northwest of Hillsborough. The light here settles thick and honeyed over the fields in the late afternoon, casting long, lean shadows across Hillsborough Heights Park, which serves as the central anchor for the local landscape. Nearby, the Eno River traces a winding path through the heavy soil, its waters moving with a deliberate, muddy grace that reflects the changing temper of the seasons. A mile away, the stillness of Piedmont Minerals Lake provides a mirror for the sky, holding the silence of the woods in its cool, unmoving depths while the air remains weighted with the scent of damp loam and pine needles.

Fairview maintains a steady, industrious pulse that respects the long legacy of agriculture and regional craft, keeping a pace that favors deliberate work over frantic expansion. The economy remains tethered to the land and the quiet ingenuity of its residents, who have seen the patterns of labor shift from traditional field crops to the modern demands of a changing commerce. Though the North Carolina State University Forest lies miles away, its influence lingers in the professional focus on forestry and land stewardship that informs much of the local way of life. Life in Fairview proceeds with a courtesy born of long-standing acquaintance, where the rhythm of the day is marked by the shifting sun rather than the clock, and the people carry a quiet pride in the simple, enduring character of their home.

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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About This Fairview Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fairview, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.522518, -82.401308. 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 Fairview includes the ZIP code (28144, 28730, 27017), telephone area code (336, 704, 980), county seat of Orange County (Hillsborough), and school district assignment (Buncombe 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.