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Fallston North Carolina Map

Explore Fallston, 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 Fallston, North Carolina

How to Use This Fallston, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.42902
Longitude	-81.501479
Population	627
Density	111.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28042
Area Code	704, 980
County Seat	Shelby
School District	Cleveland County Schools

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About Fallston, North Carolina

Fallston is a locality in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 627. The population density is 111.8 people per km². Fallston is located at 35.4290°N, 81.5015°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Fallston is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28042.

Fallston emerges from the quiet, red-clay expanse of the Piedmont as a stillness held within the curve of Magness Creek. It lies 9.6 miles north-northeast of Shelby, NC (from Shelby, NC: bearing 12°T), and is situated 7.7 miles west-northwest of Cherryville. The water moves with a deliberate, low-slung patience, carving a path through the earth that softens the transition between the flat fields and the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains rising fifty-nine miles to the west. Sunlight in the late afternoon catches the surface of Ross Pond, turning the water into a sheet of hammered copper that holds the reflection of passing clouds until they dissolve into the deepening twilight. The air here carries the scent of damp soil and sun-warmed pine, a heavy, grounded atmosphere that seems to slow the respiration of anyone passing through its borders.

Fallston remains defined by the legacy of the agrarian cycles that once dictated the pace of every household, leaving behind a landscape of cultivated plots and enduring homesteads. While the local economy has shifted away from the intensive labor of historic textile and tobacco trades, the character of the place persists in the steady, unassuming maintenance of the land and the quiet activity centered around Belwood Recreation Center Ii. Life here follows the cadence of the seasons rather than the frantic pulse of industry, favoring a social texture built on long-standing familiarity and the measured exchange of pleasantries. There is a particular clarity to the evenings when the humidity breaks, leaving the horizon sharp and the stillness of the fields absolute, reminding those who dwell here that the true weight of the region lies not in its commerce, but in the persistent, quiet endurance of its geography.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Belwood Recreation Center Ii (Local Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 342° N
Lincoln County - West Lincoln Park (Local Recreation) — 6.4 mi, 023° NE
Gaston County Park (Local Park) — 7.2 mi, 125° SE
Little Theater (Theatre) — 7.6 mi, 118° SE
Shelby City Park (Local Park) — 9.3 mi, 199° S
South Mountains Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 11.1 mi, 317° NW
South Mountains State Park (State Park) — 11.9 mi, 333° NW
Tryon Resolves (Monument) — 11.9 mi, 122° SE
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina Preserve (Conservation Area) — 13.8 mi, 335° NW
Jacob Fork Overlook (Viewpoint) — 14.2 mi, 328° NW
Lincoln County Museum of History (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 078° E
Crowders Mountain State Park (State Park) — 17.7 mi, 142° SE
Caboose (Attraction) — 19.4 mi, 256° W
Rhodes Drive (Monument) — 19.4 mi, 114° SE
Major William Chronicle / Captain John Mattocks / William Rabb / John Boyd (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 161° S
Kings Mountain (Registered Battlefield) — 20.9 mi, 161° S
Blacksburg (Public Artwork) — 21.3 mi, 182° S
Hickory Aviation Museum (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 016° N
Catawba County Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 044° NE
Historic Newton Depot (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 043° NE
Catawba Science Center (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 024° NE
Hickory Museum of Art (Gallery) — 23.2 mi, 024° NE
McGalliard Falls (Attraction) — 23.5 mi, 351° N
Belk Centrum (Arts Centre) — 23.6 mi, 025° NE
Jolly Park Amphitheater (Theatre) — 25.7 mi, 198° S
Gaffney Visitors Center & Art Gallery (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 199° S
Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 29.0 mi, 308° NW · 511k acres
Wilson Creek, North Carolina Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 33.4 mi, 340° N · 7,017 acres
Linville Gorge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 34.2 mi, 323° NW · 12k acres
Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 46.0 mi, 174° S · 375k acres

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