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Gorman North Carolina Map

Explore Gorman, 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 Gorman, North Carolina

How to Use This Gorman, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	36.041782
Longitude	-78.806865
Population	1,104
Density	146.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	27704
Area Code	919, 984
County Seat	Durham
School District	Durham Public Schools

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About Gorman, North Carolina

Gorman is a locality in Durham County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,104. The population density is 146.9 people per km². Gorman is located at 36.0418°N, 78.8069°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 27704.

Gorman occupies a quiet stretch of the Piedmont where the earth holds a deep, rusted hue and the air carries the heavy, humid stillness of the interior. It lies 5.1 miles northeast of Durham, NC (from Durham, NC: bearing 55°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south-southwest of Butner. The landscape unfolds in a series of subtle, rhythmic swells, broken by the dense, tangled verdure of the Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association Preserve which encompasses the immediate surroundings. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of Couch Mountain provides a faint anchor to the horizon, while the terrain itself is shaped by the persistent, winding course of Panther Creek, which carves a modest path through the red clay just a mile away. As the light begins to wane, a golden, syrupy quality settles over the fields, turning the tall grasses into shimmering blades and casting long, indigo shadows that stretch toward the quiet waters of Brinkley Lake.

Gorman retains the steady, deliberate pulse of a place shaped by generations of agrarian labor and the slow transition into modern regional commerce. The history of the locality remains tethered to the traditions of the Piedmont, where the echoes of tobacco cultivation and early textile production have gradually faded into the backdrop of contemporary life. While the influence of larger intellectual centers like the North Carolina State University Forest remains felt in the regional character, Gorman maintains a distinctive, self-contained pace, favoring the quiet industriousness of local enterprise over the clamor of rapid expansion. The rhythm of daily existence here is marked by the shifting seasons of the inland climate, where the heat of the summer months gives way to a crisp, cooling clarity that invites a slower, more intentional observation of the surrounding woods and winding waterways.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association Preserve (Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 307° NW
Butner-Falls of Neuse Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 090° E
Falls Lake (Recreation Area) — 1.5 mi, 013° N
Glenn Elementary School (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 250° W
Triangle Greenways Council Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 157° SE
City of Durham Open Space (Local Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 282° W
Durham County Open Space (Local Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 135° SE
Falls Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.4 mi, 121° SE
Vapor Rings (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 262° W
Traveling Seeds (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 262° W
Wind Garden (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 262° W
Bird Viewing (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 262° W
Open Space (State Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 121° SE
Northgate Cinema (Cinema) — 5.9 mi, 255° W
Old Durham Mural (Public Artwork) — 5.9 mi, 242° SW
Cardinal (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 242° SW
Peace Pole (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 222° SW
Wake County Open Space Land (Local Recreation) — 6.3 mi, 078° E
St. Joseph's Historic Foundation Hayti Heritage Center (Arts Centre) — 6.4 mi, 233° SW
Brody Theater (Theatre) — 6.5 mi, 250° W
Outsiders Gallery (Arts Centre) — 6.8 mi, 250° W
Eno River State Park (State Park) — 7.4 mi, 289° W
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 253° W
Page Auditorium (Theatre) — 8.0 mi, 249° W
Griffith Film Theater (Cinema) — 8.0 mi, 250° W
Durham Pump Station (Historic Ruins) — 8.8 mi, 279° W
William B. Umstead State Park (State Park) — 10.3 mi, 166° S
Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 10.6 mi, 073° E
Abandoned Tobacco Barn and Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 12.5 mi, 285° W
Castle Mont Rouge (Historic Castle / Fort) — 14.9 mi, 337° NW

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