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Holly Ridge North Carolina Map

Explore Holly Ridge, 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 Holly Ridge, North Carolina

How to Use This Holly Ridge, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	34.484233
Longitude	-77.553271
Population	4,171
Density	402.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28445
Area Code	910
County Seat	Jacksonville
School District	Onslow County Schools

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About Holly Ridge, North Carolina

Holly Ridge is a locality in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,171. The population density is 402.8 people per km². Holly Ridge is located at 34.4842°N, 77.5533°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Holly Ridge is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28445.

Holly Ridge emerges from the flat, sandy expanse of the coastal plain, defined by the quiet, dark-water passage of Cypress Branch that winds through the low-lying terrain. It lies 19.2 miles south-southwest of Jacksonville, NC (from Jacksonville, NC: bearing 202°T), and is situated 4.7 miles north of Surf City. The air here holds a permanent, salt-tinged humidity, a reminder that the Atlantic Ocean lies only three miles to the east, casting a pale, reflective glow upon the horizon during the humid afternoons. To the north, the dense, tangled vegetation of Purgatory Pocosin creates a natural boundary, while the land remains largely defined by its proximity to the water, where the stillness of the landscape is broken only by the movement of insects and the shifting, brackish tides. Visitors often find themselves drawn to the immediate presence of Onslow County Park, a green sanctuary that serves as a quiet lung for the region, offering a glimpse of the scrubby, resilient flora that defines this low-elevation topography.

Holly Ridge maintains a character shaped by its proximity to military history and the steady, unassuming pace of a coastal service economy. The influence of the nearby installation has long dictated the rhythm of commerce and the growth of the population, grounding the daily life of Holly Ridge in a cycle of service and transition. Beyond the immediate reach of its residential streets, the landscape opens toward the sea, with Moll Island visible in the distance as a solitary silhouette against the shifting gray and blue of the Atlantic Ocean. While the economy has evolved from its mid-century foundations, the underlying spirit of the place remains fixed to the soil and the swampy, impenetrable beauty of the surrounding wetlands, where the light at dusk turns the pine needles to a deep, burnished copper before the long shadows of the coast take hold.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Onslow County Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 029° NE
Holly Shelter Macrosite (Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 258° W
Sages Ridge Preserve (Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 258° W
Holly Shelter Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 242° SW
Stones Creek Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 064° NE
Town of Surf City - Surf City Community Center (Local Recreation) — 3.0 mi, 193° S
Permuda Island Coastal Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 3.1 mi, 116° SE
Saltwater Landing Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 217° SW
Town of Surf City - Soundside Park (Local Recreation) — 3.7 mi, 177° S
One Tree Hill Clay Beach House (Attraction) — 8.4 mi, 083° E
Talos (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 208° SW
Missiles and More Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 208° SW
Pirates Turf (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 208° SW
Sandy Run Savannas State Natural Area (State Park) — 9.3 mi, 334° NW
Sea Turtle Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 12.7 mi, 075° E
Topsail Shoe Tree (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 242° SW
John A. Lejeune (Public Artwork) — 17.1 mi, 043° NE
MCAS New River Theater (Theatre) — 17.6 mi, 020° N
Zing Zumm (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 022° N
9/11 World Trade Center Beam (Monument) — 19.8 mi, 023° NE
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 19.8 mi, 024° NE
Mayfaire 16 Cinema (Cinema) — 23.1 mi, 224° SW
Wrightsville Beach Museum of History (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 218° SW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 23.4 mi, 217° SW
Hog Wild at Howard Farm (Attraction) — 25.4 mi, 008° N
Cape Fear Museum (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 232° SW
Wilma W. Daniels Gallery (Gallery) — 28.0 mi, 234° SW
Bellamy Mansion Museum of History & Design Arts (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 232° SW
Hannah Block Historic USO Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 28.4 mi, 232° SW
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 29.8 mi, 046° NE · 162k acres

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