Grassy Creek North Carolina Map
Explore Grassy Creek, 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 Grassy Creek, North Carolina
How to Use This Grassy Creek, North Carolina Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Grassy Creek, 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 Grassy Creek.
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 | Grassy Creek |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Ashe County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.882345 |
| Longitude | -82.056782 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 12.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 28777, 28631 |
| Area Code | 828 |
| County Seat | Jefferson |
About Grassy Creek, North Carolina
Grassy Creek is a locality in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Grassy Creek is located at 35.8823°N, 82.0568°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 28777, 28631.Grassy Creek winds through a landscape of quiet, emerald-dusted slopes where the morning mist clings to the low-lying hollows like breath on a cold pane. It lies 29.3 miles north-northeast of Boone, NC (from Boone, NC: bearing 33°T), and is situated 19.3 miles south-southeast of Marion. The land here possesses a raw, unvarnished weight, defined by the steady, persistent flow of Grassy Creek as it carves a path toward the South Fork of the New River State Natural and Scenic River. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises into rugged, wooded ridges that hide the deeper, shadowed recesses of Jacks Bottom. Though the distant silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains frame the horizon in a hazy, indigo blur, the local earth remains defined by its own clay-heavy soil and the stubborn, wild greenery that thrives in the absence of the frantic pace found elsewhere.
History in Grassy Creek is written in the rusted remnants of old farm equipment and the enduring silence of fields once governed by the cycles of tobacco and timber. Economic life has shifted from the labor-intensive harvests of the past toward a more private, self-sufficient existence, though the legacy of those agrarian roots lingers in the architecture of weathered barns and split-rail fences. Residents who seek the stillness of the terrain often gravitate toward the Bearpen Trail for a slow ascent, or find a different sort of solitude near the waters of Hampton Lake. Life moves with the deliberate tempo of the seasons, characterized by a polite, reserved courtesy that respects the privacy of the land and the quiet dignity of those who choose to call these hills their permanent residence.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Mitchell County Open Space (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 050° NE
- NC Mineral and Gem Festival (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 318° NW
- The Loops Overlook (Viewpoint) — 1.8 mi, 107° E
- Conservation Trust for North Carolina Preserve (Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 129° SE
- Gillespie Gap (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 172° S
- Town of Spruce Pine - Riverside Park (Local Recreation) — 2.1 mi, 344° N
- Town of Spruce Pine - Brad Regan Memorial Park (Local Recreation) — 2.1 mi, 315° NW
- Pisgah Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 080° E
- Mosaic Mural (Public Artwork) — 2.4 mi, 344° N
- Toe River Arts (Gallery) — 2.4 mi, 344° N
- Treats Studio (Gallery) — 2.5 mi, 343° N
- Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 2.8 mi, 148° SE · 511k acres
- Yellow Mountain/Raven Cliffs Registered Heritage Area (Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 000° N
- Yellow Mountain State Natural Area (State Park) — 5.3 mi, 006° N
- Armstrong Fish Hatchery (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 203° SW
- Linville Gorge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.8 mi, 113° SE · 12k acres
- Anvil Arts Studio (Gallery) — 8.1 mi, 043° NE
- Linville Falls (Attraction) — 8.6 mi, 057° NE
- Daffodil Flats (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 111° E
- Buck Creek Trout Farm (Attraction) — 10.6 mi, 210° SW
- Lake James State Park (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 125° SE
- The McDowell's and The Carson's (Monument) — 12.3 mi, 177° S
- Viewing Blind (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 134° SE
- Historic Carson House (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 180° S
- Yancey County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 280° W
- Foothills Community Theatre (Theatre) — 14.0 mi, 169° S
- Marion Train Depot (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 169° S
- Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 15.3 mi, 355° N · 662k acres
- Old Fort Railroad Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 202° S
- Arrowhead Gallery & Studios (Arts Centre) — 18.9 mi, 202° S
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About This Grassy Creek Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grassy Creek, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.882345, -82.056782. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Grassy Creek includes the ZIP code (28777, 28631), telephone area code (828), county seat of Ashe County (Jefferson), and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
