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Farmington North Carolina Map

Explore Farmington, 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 Farmington, North Carolina

How to Use This Farmington, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	36.008493
Longitude	-80.535687
Population	291
Density	69.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	27803, 27028
Area Code	919, 984, 336
County Seat	Nashville
School District	Davie County Schools

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About Farmington, North Carolina

Farmington is a locality in Nash County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 291. The population density is 69.2 people per km². Farmington is located at 36.0085°N, 80.5357°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 27803, 27028.

Farmington occupies a quiet expanse of the Piedmont where the earth holds the red clay of the region beneath a canopy of hardwoods. It lies 2.8 miles west of Rocky Mount, NC (from Rocky Mount, NC: bearing 272°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east-southeast of Nashville. Maple Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the soil, its presence defining the low-lying drainage that sustains the surrounding meadows. Sunlight here possesses a heavy, amber quality in the late afternoon, catching the dust of rural roads and illuminating the transition toward the distant horizon where Medoc Mountain lingers as a faint, gray suggestion of elevation. Residents often find their way toward the water at City Lake or spend idle hours walking the quiet, shaded trails of Farmington Park, where the forest canopy dampens the sounds of the modern world. Those who seek the rush of moving water travel a short distance to observe the descent at Upper Falls, where the current breaks over stone with a steady, rhythmic pulse.

Farmington maintains a legacy rooted in the agrarian cycles that long dictated the pace of the local economy, favoring the steady cultivation of the land over the frantic growth seen in larger centers. The history of the area persists in the architecture of older homesteads and the remnants of fields that once supported tobacco production, a trade that shaped the social fabric and labor patterns of previous generations. Daily life in Farmington reflects a measured, deliberate character, where the influence of regional traditions remains visible in the way neighbors interact and in the enduring preference for local commerce. As the sun dips, the cooling air carries the scent of pine and damp earth, grounding the inhabitants in a landscape that values the quiet continuity of the seasons and the sturdy, unpretentious nature of the Piedmont.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Davie County Youth Park (Local Recreation) — 2.8 mi, 183° S
Forsyth County Open Space - Tanglewood (Local Recreation) — 6.5 mi, 100° E
Tanglewood Festival of Lights (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 088° E
Site of Sunny Acres (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 045° NE
Creative Drama Children's Theater Performing Arts Studio & Playhouse (Theatre) — 8.5 mi, 076° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.8 mi, 047° NE
Veteran Memorial (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 323° NW
Old Lone Hickory Store (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 289° W
Perkins Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 155° SE
Tractor Brown's Museum (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 318° NW
Davidson County Open Space (Local Park) — 12.9 mi, 119° SE
Textile Heritage Center (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 185° S
Alcoa Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 14.0 mi, 165° S
Bethabara Visitor Center (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 053° NE
Pilot Mountain State Park (State Park) — 16.9 mi, 005° N
A/perture Cinema (Cinema) — 17.3 mi, 069° E
Coffee Pot (Public Artwork) — 17.3 mi, 071° E
Allison Woods (Nature Reserve) — 17.7 mi, 243° SW
Surry County Historical Farm Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 005° N
Overlook E (Viewpoint) — 19.3 mi, 075° E
Davidson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 129° SE
Carolina Theatre (Theatre) — 20.3 mi, 129° SE
Lexington Cinema 8 (Cinema) — 21.0 mi, 129° SE
Millbridge Speedway (Stadium) — 24.9 mi, 189° S
Browder Family Cemetery (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 043° NE
Hanging Rock State Park (State Park) — 27.4 mi, 019° N
Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 39.8 mi, 149° SE · 52k acres
Birkhead Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 42.9 mi, 129° SE · 5,216 acres
Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 57.2 mi, 337° NW · 155k acres
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 57.3 mi, 336° NW · 733k acres

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