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Falcon North Carolina Map

Explore Falcon, 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 Falcon, North Carolina

How to Use This Falcon, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.189887
Longitude	-78.64835
Population	324
Density	88.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28342
Area Code	704, 980
County Seat	Fayetteville
School District	Cumberland County Schools

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About Falcon, North Carolina

Falcon is a locality in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 324. The population density is 88.8 people per km². Falcon is located at 35.1899°N, 78.6483°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Falcon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28342.

Falcon occupies a quiet stretch of land where the South River traces a dark, serpentine path through the low-lying terrain of the North Carolina interior. It lies 16.1 miles northeast of Fayetteville, NC (from Fayetteville, NC: bearing 54°T), and is situated 8.3 miles south-southwest of Dunn. The landscape here is defined by a deep, vegetative stillness, where the humidity clings to the heavy pine needles and the soil holds the damp, dark scent of organic decay. Two miles away, the waters of Rhodes Pond remain a fixed, glassy presence, serving as a sanctuary for local wildlife and a point of stillness in the otherwise flat expanse. On the furthest reaches of the horizon, the faint, hazy outline of Big Ridge provides a distant boundary, reminding the observer of a topography much more dramatic than the level, pine-shadowed ground upon which the locality sits.

Falcon maintains a character forged by the steady, cyclical demands of agrarian labor and the quiet persistence of its residents. The economy has long drawn its strength from the cycles of the earth, echoing a time when the rhythm of life was dictated by the harvest and the movement of goods along the inland waterways. Beyond the agricultural roots, the Rhodes Pond Game Land serves as a vital expanse of preserved woodland, grounding the locality in a tradition of conservation that balances the utilitarian needs of the region with the preservation of its native flora. Life in Falcon moves with a deliberate, unadorned cadence, reflecting a culture that values the measured passage of time over the frenetic pace of larger, more congested centers.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rhodes Pond Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 352° N
Taylor's Aquarium (Aquarium) — 3.4 mi, 078° E
Old Bluff Church Civil War Trails Marker (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 265° W
"carbine" Williams' Burial (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 264° W
Town of Wade - Wade Park (Local Recreation) — 5.1 mi, 246° SW
Clarence Lee Tart Memorial Park (Local Park) — 7.4 mi, 017° N
Dunn Area History Museum (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 015° N
Town of Eastover - Eastover Community Park (Local Recreation) — 9.6 mi, 232° SW
Preliminary Park (Local Park) — 9.7 mi, 005° N
Carver's Creek State Park (State Park) — 11.7 mi, 268° W
Three Rivers Land Trust Preserve (Conservation Area) — 12.1 mi, 253° W
ZipQuest Waterfall Treetop Adventure (Attraction) — 12.2 mi, 257° W
City of Fayetteville Open Space (Local Conservation Area) — 12.9 mi, 246° SW
Greek Amphitheater (Theatre) — 13.4 mi, 253° W
Hubb's Farm (Home of Hubb's Corn Maze) (Attraction) — 13.9 mi, 110° E
Sandhills Preserve (Conservation Area) — 13.9 mi, 273° W
Meadow Museum (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 050° NE
Clark Park Falls (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 241° SW
Clark Park Nature Center (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 241° SW
Cape Fear River Trail (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 241° SW
Benson Museum of Local History (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 023° NE
Coats Museum (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 355° N
Founders' Circle (Monument) — 15.9 mi, 240° SW
J.A. Campbell statue (Public Artwork) — 16.0 mi, 341° N
Bushy Lake State Natural Area (State Park) — 19.0 mi, 180° S
Bentonville Civil War Trenches (Registered Battlefield) — 20.1 mi, 067° NE
Confederate Assault/Morris Farm (Registered Battlefield) — 20.8 mi, 067° NE
Steps On Stage Academy Of Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 23.3 mi, 013° N
North Carolina Safe Harbor Agreement - Red-cockaded Woodpecker (State Conservation Area) — 25.4 mi, 204° SW
Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 64.8 mi, 274° W · 52k acres

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