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Halifax North Carolina Map

Explore Halifax, 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 Halifax, North Carolina

How to Use This Halifax, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	36.328486
Longitude	-77.58942
Population	170
Density	143.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	27839
Area Code	919, 984
County Seat	Halifax
School District	Weldon City Schools

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About Halifax, North Carolina

Halifax is a locality in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 170. The population density is 143.6 people per km². Halifax is located at 36.3285°N, 77.5894°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Halifax is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 27839.

Halifax emerges from the flat, pine-shadowed plains of the Roanoke Valley, defined by the slow, amber-tinted waters of Quankey Creek that carve a quiet path through the soil. It lies 9.9 miles south-southeast of Roanoke Rapids, NC (from Roanoke Rapids, NC: bearing 159°T), and is situated 10.4 miles southeast of South Rosemary. The land here holds a heavy, humid stillness, where the low-slung horizon remains unbroken by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Ahoskie Ridge thirty-four miles to the north. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy of hardwoods, illuminating the dust motes that dance above the damp earth, while the proximity of the Northampton County Open Space ensures a persistent, wild quietude at the periphery of the fields. Three miles away, the surface of Pearces Pond remains a dark, polished mirror, undisturbed save for the occasional ripple of a wading bird or the sudden plunge of a bass.

Halifax retains the weathered dignity of a place where the foundational weight of early political assembly lingers in the brickwork of its older structures. Once a center of colonial agitation and legislative fervor, the local economy long ago transitioned from the sharp, labor-intensive cycles of tobacco cultivation into a more tempered rhythm of agriculture and timber management. The character of the people is forged in the enduring patterns of the seasons, where the scent of cured leaves and damp pine needles marks the passage of time more reliably than any clock. On quiet afternoons, the air carries a resonant, humid clarity, reflecting a social landscape that values the unhurried exchange of courtesies and a deep, unspoken tether to the specific, fertile dirt of the bottomlands.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Joseph Montfort Burial Site (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 332° NW
Northampton County Open Space (Local Recreation) — 2.9 mi, 049° NE
Roanoke River Bottomlands Megasite (Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 127° SE
Tillery Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 133° SE
Larkspur Ridge Fee (Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 118° SE
Royal Palace Theatre (Cinema) — 5.9 mi, 332° NW
Roanoke River Wetlands Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 091° E
Town of Weldon - River Falls Park (Local Recreation) — 6.6 mi, 360° N
Confederate Cemetery (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 353° N
Sam Patterson Statue (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 338° N
Medoc Mountain State Park (State Park) — 15.5 mi, 258° W
Rock Museum (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 147° SE
Medoc Mountain Canoe & Kayak access (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 253° W
Greensville County-Emporia Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.8 mi, 006° N
Blount-Bridgers House (Gallery) — 29.5 mi, 174° S
Parkhill Cinema 3 (Cinema) — 29.6 mi, 177° S
Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.5 mi, 137° SE · 43k acres
Brunswick County Museum (Museum) — 33.0 mi, 334° NW
Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia Community House and Interpretive Center (Museum) — 33.8 mi, 039° NE
It's A Zoo Life (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 37.7 mi, 187° S
Chowan Swamp State Natural Area (State Park) — 39.4 mi, 084° E
Colonial Theatre (Theatre) — 40.6 mi, 313° NW
Model Railroad / Doll Museum / Chamber of Commerce (Museum) — 40.6 mi, 313° NW
Jones Performing Arts Center, Louisburg College Auditorium (Theatre) — 42.3 mi, 249° W
Watchable Wildlife Platform (Viewpoint) — 43.7 mi, 296° NW
Vollmer Farms (Attraction) — 44.2 mi, 233° SW
Reminiscing (Public Artwork) — 45.1 mi, 268° W
Petersburg National Battlefield Park (National Park) — 53.6 mi, 010° N · 212 acres
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.3 mi, 079° E · 228k acres

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