Frisco North Carolina Map
Explore Frisco, 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 Frisco, North Carolina
How to Use This Frisco, North Carolina Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Frisco, 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 Frisco.
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 | Frisco |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Dare County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.247856 |
| Longitude | -75.59873 |
| Population | 994 |
| Density | 79.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 27936 |
| Area Code | 919, 984 |
| County Seat | Manteo |
| School District | Dare County Schools |
About Frisco, North Carolina
Frisco is a locality in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 994. The population density is 79.2 people per km². Frisco is located at 35.2479°N, 75.5987°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 27936.Frisco maintains a precarious existence upon a slender ribbon of sand, where the relentless energy of the Atlantic Ocean defines the very edge of the horizon. It lies 76.1 miles east-northeast of Havelock, NC (from Havelock, NC: bearing 71°T), and is situated 55.0 miles south of Kill Devil Hills. Salt-laden winds scour the dunes of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, molding the landscape into a shifting, monochromatic sculpture that defies permanence. Beyond the immediate reach of the tides, the terrain flattens into a sparse wilderness, far removed from the distant, hazy silhouette of Sand Ridge that haunts the western skyline. Here, the light at dusk bleeds into a bruised violet, turning the sea into a sheet of hammered pewter that reflects the solitude of a land held together only by marram grass and the stubborn roots of maritime forest.
Frisco survives as a testament to the resilience of those who favor the sea’s volatile bounty over the predictability of the mainland. The local economy persists through the rhythm of seasonal cycles, tethered to the maritime traditions that have sustained inhabitants since the earliest days of settlement. While the modern traveler may pass through, the essence of the place remains anchored in the quiet industry of fishing and the preservation of a coastal way of life that ignores the distant, inland sprawl of the Tar Hole Plains. Life in Frisco follows the pulse of the water, flowing past the quiet waters of Duck Ponds and the marshy edges of Austin Creek, maintaining a deliberate distance from the frantic pace of the world beyond the dunes.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Buxton Woods Coastal Reserve Dedicated Nature Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 0.0 mi, 162° S
- Buxton Woods Coastal Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 0.1 mi, 087° E
- Cape Hatteras National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 0.2 mi, 167° S · 58k acres
- Frisco Bathhouse Sandy Bay Day Use Area (Attraction) — 3.0 mi, 238° SW
- Frisco Hatteras Access (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 240° SW
- Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Pavillion (Theatre) — 4.0 mi, 087° E
- Lost Colony Museum and Gifts (Museum) — 4.7 mi, 074° E
- Hello from Hatteras (Gallery) — 5.0 mi, 243° SW
- America's 1st Attempt at Civil War Reunification (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 250° W
- Graveyard Atlantic Museum and Ramp 55 (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 244° SW
- Flagship USS Minnesota (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 244° SW
- Maritime Casualties of the American Civil War (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 244° SW
- Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.0 mi, 338° N · 456k acres
- Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.8 mi, 016° N · 15k acres
- Cape Lookout National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 28.5 mi, 244° SW · 41k acres
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About This Frisco Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Frisco, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.247856, -75.59873. 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 Frisco includes the ZIP code (27936), telephone area code (919, 984), county seat of Dare County (Manteo), and school district assignment (Dare 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
