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Glade Valley North Carolina Map

Explore Glade Valley, 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 Glade Valley, North Carolina

How to Use This Glade Valley, North Carolina Map

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

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	Glade Valley
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Alleghany County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.471798
Longitude	-81.05147
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	28627
Area Code	828
County Seat	Sparta

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About Glade Valley, North Carolina

Glade Valley is a locality in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Glade Valley is located at 36.4718°N, 81.0515°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 28627.

Glade Valley reveals itself through the clear, unhurried flow of Glade Creek, which carves a path through the quiet earth like a silver thread pulled taut. It lies 24.7 miles west of Mount Airy, NC (from Mount Airy, NC: bearing 266°T), and is situated 14.9 miles south-southwest of Galax. The landscape here is defined by deep, verdant soil and the consistent presence of Bullhead Mountain State Natural Area, where the terrain rises in rugged silence just a mile away. Light shifts across the fields in long, amber rectangles as the afternoon wanes, catching the moisture that rises from the damp earth. To the far west, the distant silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains hang like a pale, serrated blade against the sky, marking a boundary that feels both eternal and unreachable. A mile or two from the center, the stillness of Noname waits in the hollows, reflecting the clouds in a surface as flat and dark as polished slate.

History in Glade Valley is a quiet accumulation of labor, rooted in the traditions of land stewardship and the steady persistence of local agriculture. The economy has long drawn its strength from the soil, honoring the legacy of those who worked the fields before the modern machinery of the present day arrived to alter the pace of harvest. Residents move with a deliberate grace, respecting the distance between neighbors and the weight of a spoken promise. Those who seek the solitude of the outdoors often find their way to the Dogwood Trail, while others may travel toward the sound of Little Falls, where the water breaks against the stone in a constant, rhythmic pulse. Life here remains tethered to the seasons, finding its character in the transition of colors across the canopy and the enduring, humble work of keeping a homestead.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bullhead Mountain State Natural Area (State Park) — 0.8 mi, 160° S
Conservation Trust for North Carolina Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 121° SE
Bullhead Mountain Overlook (Viewpoint) — 2.5 mi, 216° SW
Stone Mountain State Park (State Park) — 2.9 mi, 194° S
Sam Brown Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 308° NW
Alleghany Community Auditorium (Theatre) — 4.9 mi, 302° NW
John Harmon Gallery (Public Artwork) — 5.1 mi, 145° SE
Widows Falls (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 190° S
Thurmond Chatham Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 231° SW
Allegheny County Open Space (Local Park) — 5.5 mi, 285° W
Mitchell River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 084° E
Middle Falls (Attraction) — 6.3 mi, 174° S
Lower Falls (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 175° S
Blue Ridge Conservancy Preserve (Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 042° NE
US 21 overlook (Attraction) — 7.9 mi, 150° SE
Crouse's Chimney (Historic Ruins) — 10.5 mi, 087° E
Vaughn-Woltz Order of the Arrow Campfire Arena Time Capsule (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 089° E
Jeff Matthews Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 027° NE
Chestnut Creek School of the Arts (Arts Centre) — 14.9 mi, 028° NE
Thunder Road Museum (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 083° E
Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 19.2 mi, 001° N · 155k acres
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 19.3 mi, 004° N · 733k acres
Five Ridge Theatre (Theatre) — 20.6 mi, 240° SW
Wilkes Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 21.3 mi, 193° S
Little Dry Run Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.2 mi, 340° N · 2,856 acres
Liberty Theatre Cinema (Cinema) — 22.2 mi, 194° S
Wilkes Heritage Museum (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 194° S
Little Wilson Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.4 mi, 301° NW · 5,461 acres
Mount Airy Museum of Regional History (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 085° E
Earle (Cinema) — 24.8 mi, 085° E

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