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Haw River North Carolina Map

Explore Haw River, 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 Haw River, North Carolina

How to Use This Haw River, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	36.091526
Longitude	-79.364186
Population	2,252
Density	301.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	27258, 27253
Area Code	336
County Seat	Graham
School District	Alamance-Burlington Schools

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About Haw River, North Carolina

Haw River is a locality in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,252. The population density is 301.1 people per km². Haw River is located at 36.0915°N, 79.3642°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Haw River is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 27258, 27253.

Haw River defines the landscape through the persistent, amber-tinted rush of the waterway that shares its name, carving a path through the dense clay of the North Carolina piedmont. It lies 2.6 miles northeast of Graham, NC (from Graham, NC: bearing 53°T), and is situated 4.1 miles east of Burlington. This inland terrain unfolds in a series of broad, verdant swells that stretch toward the distant silhouette of Corbett Ridge, creating a horizon that feels both expansive and grounded. Sunlight here possesses a particular weight, pressing down on the canopy of hardwoods and pines until the shadows lengthen across the Town of Haw River - Haw River Park, where the current churns against moss-slicked stones. Two miles to the east, the Quaker Creek Reservoir holds its stillness, providing a quiet mirror to the sky that stands in stark contrast to the kinetic, rhythmic churn of the riverbed below.

Textile mills once dictated the pulse of Haw River, their brick facades standing as heavy, silent witnesses to an era when the water’s energy was harnessed to drive the looms of a burgeoning industrial economy. While the clatter of machinery has long since faded from the riverbanks, the legacy of that labor remains etched in the architectural bones of the buildings that still stand along the water’s edge. Modern life in Haw River moves with a deliberate, measured pace, favoring the quiet commerce of local storefronts and the steady, unadorned work of the people who reside in these red-earthed reaches. The air carries the scent of damp soil and leaf litter, a persistent reminder of the inland forest that has reclaimed the edges of the old industrial sites, slowly softening the edges of a history built on fiber, grit, and the relentless flow of the river.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town of Haw River - Haw River Park (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 228° SW
City of Burlington - Town and Country Nature Park (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 306° NW
Haw River Community Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 066° NE
Fairchild Park (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 268° W
Love Graham (Public Artwork) — 2.5 mi, 232° SW
Buffaloe Lanes Mebane (Attraction) — 5.5 mi, 088° E
Alamance County - Cedarock Park (Local Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 214° SW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 7.7 mi, 275° W
Mountains-to-Sea Trail (State Park) — 8.0 mi, 305° NW
Haw River Ballroom (Theatre) — 10.3 mi, 166° S
Three College Observatory (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 193° S
Former Pioneer Camp Meeting/Dining Hall Chimney (Historic Ruins) — 10.8 mi, 198° S
Fireside Farm & Sawmill (Attraction) — 11.8 mi, 137° SE
Panther Branch Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 12.0 mi, 086° E
Orange County Historical Society (Museum) — 14.8 mi, 094° E
Hillsborough Gallery of Arts (Gallery) — 14.8 mi, 094° E
Billy Strayhorn (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 095° E
Hillsborough Arts Council (Gallery) — 14.8 mi, 094° E
Regulators Hanged (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 094° E
Edmund Fanning (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 094° E
Trading Path View (Viewpoint) — 15.6 mi, 093° E
R. Wayne Bailey - Caswell Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 15.8 mi, 013° N
Eno River State Park (State Park) — 16.3 mi, 094° E
Shangri-La Stone Village (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 030° NE
Craig Manor (Historic Ruins) — 18.2 mi, 105° E
Chelsea Theater (Cinema) — 19.5 mi, 117° SE
Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 39.5 mi, 217° SW · 52k acres

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