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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	Rowan 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	Salisbury
School District	Buncombe County Schools

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About Fairview, North Carolina

Fairview is a locality in Rowan 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 occupies a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of Town Creek, which carves a path through the verdant, inland terrain. It lies 1.2 miles south-southeast of Salisbury, NC (from Salisbury, NC: bearing 166°T), and is situated 8.6 miles northeast of China Grove. The air here holds a particular clarity, especially as the late afternoon sun illuminates the deep greens of the surrounding woodlands and the quiet expanses of open land. Residents often congregate at the Fairview Heights Playground, where the earth feels firm and the horizon stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. Only a mile away, the surface of Mirror Lakes catches the shifting light, reflecting the heavy clouds that gather during the humid, mid-summer afternoons.

Economic life in Fairview has long been tethered to the slow, deliberate cultivation of the soil and the quiet industry of those who have made this earth their own. The collective memory of the region favors the steady pace of agrarian roots, where the tradition of local labor remains an essential thread in the daily conduct of its people. Life proceeds with a measured, intentional gravity, far removed from the clamor of the coast or the frantic pace of larger centers. Whether it is the sound of water moving over stone in Town Creek or the stillness that settles over the fields after a hard day of work, Fairview maintains a character that is defined less by grand monuments and more by the quiet, enduring persistence of the land itself.

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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