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Hayesville North Carolina Map

Explore Hayesville, 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 Hayesville, North Carolina

How to Use This Hayesville, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.0462
Longitude	-83.817953
Population	461
Density	279.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28904
Area Code	828
County Seat	Hayesville
School District	Clay County Schools

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About Hayesville, North Carolina

Hayesville is a locality in Clay County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 461. The population density is 279.9 people per km². Hayesville is located at 35.0462°N, 83.8180°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Hayesville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28904.

Hayesville marks its presence where Town Creek carves a persistent, silver thread through the clay-rich soil of the lower mountain plateau. It lies 45.0 miles southwest of Cherokee Indian Reservation, NC (from Cherokee Indian Reservation, NC: bearing 228°T), and is situated 26.4 miles west-southwest of Franklin. The land here breathes in the cool, damp drafts that roll down from the distant, hazy silhouette of the Great Smoky Mountains, settling into the quiet concavity of Sanderson Cove. Sunlight often lingers in the basin, turning the late afternoon air to the color of bruised peaches, while the nearby waters of Chatuge Lake reflect a stillness that seems to hold the very weight of the surrounding timber. Beyond the immediate clearing, the deep, verdant sprawl of the Nantahala National Forest anchors the horizon, providing a vast, living backdrop to the daily transit of light and shadow across the fields.

Hayesville sustains itself through a quiet continuity of trade and stewardship, centered on the foundational rhythms of the Clay County - Clay County Recreation Center. Historically, the area evolved from the necessity of agrarian survival, where the labor of the hand defined the economy long before the current modest shift toward regional services and tourism. Residents here often gather near the banks of Town Creek, an enduring reminder of the water that once powered the basic industry of the early frontier. Those seeking the sudden, thunderous rush of water find their way to Leatherwood Falls, where the spray clings to the ferns and moss-slicked stone in a perpetual, cold mist. In Hayesville, the pace of life remains tethered to the seasonal turn of the hardwood canopy, an existence defined by the patient, deliberate work of those who call these highlands home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cherokee Homestead Exhibit (Attraction) — 0.1 mi, 214° SW
Clay County - Clay County Recreation Center (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 144° SE
Nantahala National Forest (National Forest) — 2.2 mi, 357° N · 533k acres
Turbine (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 134° SE
Nantahala Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 2.9 mi, 141° SE · 730 acres
Mainspring Conservation Trust - Robie Trade Lands Preserve (Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 179° S
Brasstown Valley Resort (State Recreation Area) — 5.9 mi, 194° S
Bonnie Day Arbor (Viewpoint) — 6.0 mi, 153° SE
Waterwheel (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 154° SE
Fishing Hole Rock (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 153° SE
Southern Nantahala Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.9 mi, 123° SE · 24k acres
Rivercane Rendezvous (Public Artwork) — 8.0 mi, 265° W
Brasstown Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 8.0 mi, 174° S · 13k acres
Swallow Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 147° SE
Trees Plaque (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 282° W
Site of Fort Butler (Monument) — 12.8 mi, 281° W
Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.4 mi, 175° S
Snowbird Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 16.0 mi, 338° N · 8,491 acres
Junaluska Memorial (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 002° N
Graham County Historical Association (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 002° N
Council Ring (Theatre) — 19.8 mi, 247° SW
The Foxfire Museum (Museum) — 25.6 mi, 111° E
Nacoochee Mound;ᎾᎫᏥ (Historic Ruins) — 25.8 mi, 166° S
Too-Cowee;ᎧᏫᏱ (Historic Ruins) — 27.1 mi, 056° NE
Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center (Arts Centre) — 27.5 mi, 058° NE
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 27.6 mi, 005° N · 521k acres
Ed Jenkins National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 28.3 mi, 222° SW · 24k acres
Swain County Visitor Center and Heritage Museum (Museum) — 33.7 mi, 038° NE
Yahoola Cherokee Museum (Museum) — 36.6 mi, 195° S
Bleu Art Gallery (Gallery) — 36.7 mi, 195° S

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