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Gaston North Carolina Map

Explore Gaston, 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 Gaston, North Carolina

How to Use This Gaston, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	36.500428
Longitude	-77.64498
Population	1,008
Density	230.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	27832
Area Code	919, 984
County Seat	Jackson
School District	Northampton County Schools

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About Gaston, North Carolina

Gaston is a locality in Northampton County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,008. The population density is 230.2 people per km². Gaston is located at 36.5004°N, 77.6450°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Gaston is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 27832.

Gaston occupies a quiet reach of the piedmont where the earth rises in modest, clay-heavy swells beneath a canopy of hardwoods and pine. It lies 2.7 miles north of Roanoke Rapids, NC (from Roanoke Rapids, NC: bearing 11°T), and is situated 4.5 miles northeast of South Rosemary. Black Duck Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the local terrain just a mile from the center, its shaded banks providing a cool sanctuary for the deer and herons that haunt the low-lying thickets. The light here tends toward a muted, dusty gold as the afternoon wanes, catching the needles of the pines and illuminating the sprawling, flat greens of the Town of Gaston - Grant/Copeland Park. Beyond the immediate tree line, the horizon remains steady and level, occasionally punctuated by the distant, hazy silhouette of Wilkins Hill rising eight miles away. Two miles to the north, the expanse of Roanoke Rapids Lake holds the sky in its dark, still surface, acting as a silent mirror for the shifting clouds that drift across the interior plains.

Gaston emerged from the steady labor of the land, its identity forged by the rhythms of agriculture and the expansion of the rail lines that once anchored the regional economy. The legacy of the textile mills and the slow, deliberate work of the fields remains visible in the plain, sturdy architecture of the older buildings that stand along the main thoroughfares. Life in Gaston moves with the measured pace of a place that has seen the rise and fall of industrial tides, yet remains anchored by a deep-seated connection to the soil and the local wood. Residents often gather where the shade is deepest, maintaining a culture of reserved hospitality that values the quiet dignity of a day’s work well finished. Even as the modern world encroaches with its restless speed, Gaston persists as a place where the seasons dictate the schedule, and the surrounding woods offer a constant, grounding presence against the backdrop of a changing state.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town of Gaston - Grant/Copeland Park (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 075° E
Town of Gaston - Dwight Hall Park (Local Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 153° SE
Sam Patterson Statue (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 192° S
Roanoke River Islands (Tnc) Preserve (Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 165° S
Confederate Cemetery (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 155° SE
Royal Palace Theatre (Cinema) — 6.6 mi, 177° S
Tar River Land Conservancy Preserve (Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 200° S
North Carolina Safe Harbor Agreement - Red-cockaded Woodpecker (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 117° SE
Joseph Montfort Burial Site (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 166° S
Greensville County-Emporia Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 024° NE
Roanoke River Wetlands Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 14.6 mi, 138° SE
Medoc Mountain State Park (State Park) — 19.4 mi, 219° SW
Lake Brunswick Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 19.9 mi, 347° N
Brunswick County Museum (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 328° NW
Medoc Mountain Canoe & Kayak access (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 219° SW
Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia Community House and Interpretive Center (Museum) — 28.3 mi, 060° NE
Rock Museum (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 155° SE
Model Railroad / Doll Museum / Chamber of Commerce (Museum) — 31.0 mi, 300° NW
Colonial Theatre (Theatre) — 31.0 mi, 300° NW
Watchable Wildlife Platform (Viewpoint) — 36.9 mi, 281° W
Parkhill Cinema 3 (Cinema) — 41.7 mi, 174° S
Blount-Bridgers House (Gallery) — 41.7 mi, 172° S
Petersburg National Battlefield Park (National Park) — 42.8 mi, 017° N · 212 acres
Chowan Swamp State Natural Area (State Park) — 42.9 mi, 100° E
Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.7 mi, 145° SE · 43k acres
Reminiscing (Public Artwork) — 44.2 mi, 252° W
Jones Performing Arts Center, Louisburg College Auditorium (Theatre) — 45.5 mi, 233° SW
Confederate winter quarters (Historic Ruins) — 47.9 mi, 011° N
It's A Zoo Life (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 49.3 mi, 182° S
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 60.2 mi, 090° E · 228k acres

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