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Germanton North Carolina Map

Explore Germanton, 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 Germanton, North Carolina

How to Use This Germanton, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	36.250145
Longitude	-80.239041
Population	790
Density	174.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	27019
Area Code	336
County Seat	Danbury
School District	Stokes County Schools

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About Germanton, North Carolina

Germanton is a locality in Stokes County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 790. The population density is 174.2 people per km². Germanton is located at 36.2501°N, 80.2390°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 27019.

Germanton occupies a quiet expanse of the North Carolina piedmont where the earth rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells of red clay and deep-rooted oak. It lies 11.3 miles north of Winston Salem, NC (from Winston Salem, NC: bearing 4°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east of King. Buffalo Creek carves a persistent, silver-threaded path through the landscape, its waters moving with a steady, unpretentious purpose that defines the low-lying reaches of the terrain. The air here holds a particular weight at dusk, cooling rapidly as the shadows stretch long across the fields, while the distant, hazy blue silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the western horizon like a fading memory. Residents often find their way to the quiet green acres of Germanton Park, or venture a few miles toward the stillness of Fox Pond, where the water mirrors the shifting colors of the sky with startling clarity.

Germanton carries the echoes of early colonial settlement in the quiet dignity of its older structures and the persistence of its agrarian roots. The local economy, once deeply tied to the rhythms of tobacco cultivation, now reflects the measured pace of a modern interior landscape where the legacy of hard work remains a quiet, guiding principle. Those who seek the rugged edges of the region might push toward the nine-mile mark to traverse the Cooks Wall Trail or witness the sudden, vertical rush of Upper Cascade Falls, where the water breaks against the stone in a perpetual, rhythmic agitation. Life in Germanton moves with a deliberate, singular intensity, favoring the slow accumulation of neighborly habit over the frantic speed of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Forsyth County Open Space - Horizons Park (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 168° S
Germanton Park (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 051° NE
Browder Family Cemetery (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 029° NE
Town of Rural Hall Open Space - Covington Memorial Park (Local Recreation) — 3.1 mi, 252° W
Graveyard Trail (State Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 227° SW
Bethabara Visitor Center (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 206° SW
Hanging Rock State Park (State Park) — 8.0 mi, 004° N
Upper Casscades (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 351° N
Hidden Falls (Attraction) — 10.4 mi, 353° N
Window Falls (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 354° N
A/perture Cinema (Cinema) — 10.5 mi, 183° S
Balancing Act (Public Artwork) — 10.5 mi, 182° S
Pilot Mountain Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.9 mi, 291° W
Blue Star Memorial (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 291° W
Stokes County Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 11.1 mi, 010° N
Stoneman's Raid (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 010° N
Original Site of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 181° S
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 12.4 mi, 342° N
Pilot Mountain State Park (State Park) — 13.0 mi, 295° NW
Guilford County Park (Local Park) — 13.7 mi, 130° SE
Surry County Historical Farm Museum (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 276° W
Creative Drama Children's Theater Performing Arts Studio & Playhouse (Theatre) — 16.8 mi, 209° SW
Lawson Family Murder Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 058° NE
Rainbow Magic Alpaca Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 20.8 mi, 112° E
MoJo JoJo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 22.1 mi, 122° SE
Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 46.1 mi, 157° SE · 52k acres
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 53.1 mi, 314° NW · 733k acres

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