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Granite Quarry North Carolina Map

Explore Granite Quarry, 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 Granite Quarry, North Carolina

How to Use This Granite Quarry, North Carolina Map

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

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	Granite Quarry
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Rowan County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	35.612362
Longitude	-80.446726
Population	2,984
Density	396.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	28146, 28072
Area Code	704, 980
County Seat	Salisbury
School District	Rowan-Salisbury Schools

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About Granite Quarry, North Carolina

Granite Quarry is a locality in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,984. The population density is 396.6 people per km². Granite Quarry is located at 35.6124°N, 80.4467°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Granite Quarry is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 28146, 28072.

Granite Quarry occupies a sturdy, terrestrial stretch of the North Carolina piedmont where the earth turns a deep, iron-rich red beneath the heavy canopy of hardwoods and pines. It lies 4.3 miles south-southeast of Salisbury, NC (from Salisbury, NC: bearing 159°T), and is situated 8.1 miles east-northeast of China Grove. Sunlight filters through the oak limbs to strike the surface of Granite Lake, turning the water into a flat, obsidian plate that reflects the slow drift of clouds over the local landscape. Nearby, the water of Crane Creek pulls steadily through a narrow cut in the soil, its current muted by the thick, damp loam of the forest floor. Beyond the immediate canopy, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the western horizon, standing as a permanent, jagged reminder of the tectonic weight that defines this interior region.

Granite Quarry draws its identity from the subterranean strength of the stone that gives the place its title, a legacy built upon the extraction of high-grade rock that once fed the hunger of industrial expansion. The economy here has shifted from the loud, rhythmic clatter of the quarries toward a quieter, modern pace, yet the remnants of that heavy labor remain embedded in the local architecture and the enduring character of the people. Visitors find a modest, persistent tranquility at Granite Civic Park, where the land serves as a communal anchor for a population that values a steady, predictable rhythm over the frantic pace of larger hubs. Life here is measured by the changing color of the leaves and the cooling air of the late afternoon, a quiet existence shaped by the hard, foundational geology that lies just beneath the surface of everyday life.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Granite Civic Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 303° NW
Granite Lake Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 029° NE
Dunn's Mountain Park (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 051° NE
Three Rivers Land Trust Preserve - Dunns Mountain (Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 051° NE
Rowan County - Dunn's Mountain Park (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 051° NE
Soldier Monument (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 334° NW
Maine Monument (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 334° NW
Patriot’s Flag Concourse (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 349° N
Alcoa Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 062° NE
Spencer Woods Park (Local Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 001° N
Town of Spencer - Fred and Alice Stanback Educational Forest and Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 001° N
T.M Stanback Barnyard (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 5.7 mi, 074° E
Three Rivers Land Trust Preserve (Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 333° NW
Sound Money Museum (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 249° W
Millbridge Speedway (Stadium) — 9.5 mi, 287° W
Second Creek Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 294° NW
Gravity Hill - Folklore Destination (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 100° E
Textile Heritage Center (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 336° NW
Lazy 5 Ranch (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 15.4 mi, 273° W
The Icon (Public Artwork) — 16.3 mi, 209° SW
Scenic Lookout (Viewpoint) — 16.5 mi, 117° SE
Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 16.9 mi, 114° SE · 52k acres
Carolina Theatre (Theatre) — 18.1 mi, 037° NE
Davidson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 036° NE
Lexington Cinema 8 (Cinema) — 18.3 mi, 039° NE
Music Hall (Theatre) — 21.3 mi, 095° E
Trebuchet (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 235° SW
Da Vinci Flying Machine (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 235° SW
Toddlers Swan Swing (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 235° SW
Birkhead Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 27.6 mi, 093° E · 5,216 acres

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