Hazelwood North Carolina Map

About Hazelwood, North Carolina

Hazelwood is a locality in Wake County, North Carolina, United States. Hazelwood is located at 35.8051°N, 78.8017°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 28786, 27513, 28738.

Hazelwood occupies a quiet expanse of the interior landscape, defined by a terrain that slopes gently toward the steady, unassuming presence of Coles Branch. It lies 1.5 miles northwest of Cary, NC (from Cary, NC: bearing 309°T), and is situated 9.4 miles west-northwest of Raleigh. The air here holds a peculiar stillness, especially as the late afternoon light stretches long shadows across the fields and turns the distant silhouette of Poplar Ridge into a soft, bruised purple against the horizon. Vegetation thrives in the damp, fertile soil near the water, while the nearby Town of Cary Open Space - Robert V. Godbold Park offers a quiet sanctuary where the local flora remains undisturbed by the persistent hum of the modern world. Even the surface of Lake Crabtree, visible just a short distance away, reflects the sky with a clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the surrounding woodland, grounding the entire area in a deep, earthen silence.

History in Hazelwood is recorded in the modest materials of its architecture and the fading ghosts of its former industrial ambition. The regional economy, once tethered to the rhythmic output of mills and the steady labor of the land, has shifted into something more fluid and less defined by the heavy machinery of the past. Residents move with a deliberate pace, navigating a life shaped by the intersection of inland traditions and the subtle requirements of a changing workforce. There is a particular texture to the afternoons here, a sense that the inhabitants are observing the slow pulse of the seasons as they tend to the tasks of the day, indifferent to the frantic speed of the outside world. This is a place where the memory of the soil remains potent, and the quiet dignity of work continues to define the character of those who remain.

About This Hazelwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hazelwood, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.80515, -78.801673. 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 Hazelwood includes the ZIP code (28786, 27513, 28738), telephone area code (919, 984, 828), county seat of Wake County (Raleigh), and school district assignment.

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.