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Hookerton North Carolina Map

Explore Hookerton, 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 Hookerton, North Carolina

How to Use This Hookerton, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.425162
Longitude	-77.588304
Population	413
Density	499.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28538
Area Code	910
County Seat	Snow Hill
School District	Greene County Schools

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About Hookerton, North Carolina

Hookerton is a locality in Greene County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 413. The population density is 499.9 people per km². Hookerton is located at 35.4252°N, 77.5883°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Hookerton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28538.

Hookerton occupies a low-lying expanse of the coastal plain where the earth holds the dark, damp memory of ancient alluvial cycles. It lies 11.2 miles north of Kinston, NC (from Kinston, NC: bearing 358°T), and is situated 9.2 miles west-northwest of Grifton. Contentnea Creek carves a deliberate, winding path through the landscape, its tea-colored waters moving with a heavy, quiet purpose that dictates the slow drainage of the surrounding fields. The horizon remains stubbornly flat, broken only by the occasional silhouette of a loblolly pine or the austere geometry of barns that have surrendered their paint to the humidity. At the Town of Hookerton - Hookerton Recreation Park, the air carries a persistent, earthy fragrance, as if the soil itself is exhaling after the heat of the afternoon. When the light leans low and golden, the shadows stretch across the flat terrain, turning the fields into a study of muted ochre and deep, verdant shadow.

Hookerton grew from the necessity of the land, its history tethered to the rhythmic demands of agriculture and the stubborn resilience of those who worked the black, fertile dirt. The economy remains anchored to the patterns of the harvest, a legacy that persists in the quiet industry of the region and the deliberate pace of daily life. While Pulley Pond sits six miles away as a still, reflective reprieve from the work of the fields, the collective focus of the people stays fixed on the soil and the seasonal shifts of the crops. The culture here is defined by an understated gravity, a way of moving through the day that acknowledges the weight of tradition without needing to announce it. In the evenings, the stillness settles over the houses with a singular, profound density, marking the end of another cycle in a place where the passage of time is measured by the growth of the grain and the steady, unhurried flow of the creek.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town of Hookerton - Hookerton Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 159° S
Greene County History Museum (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 294° NW
Greene County - Greene County Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 6.0 mi, 292° W
North Carolina Museum of Natural Science - Contentnea Creek (Museum) — 6.7 mi, 082° E
Middle Swamp Creek (State Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 016° N
Nooherooka Monument, Snow Hill (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 300° NW
Fort Neroka (Attraction) — 9.0 mi, 300° NW
Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 9.8 mi, 071° E
Ellis Planetarium (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 179° S
Health and Science Museum (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 179° S
Paramount Theatre - Community Theatre (Theatre) — 11.9 mi, 001° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 12.3 mi, 002° N
Regal Greenville Grande (Cinema) — 14.6 mi, 045° NE
Nuclear Mishap (Monument) — 18.1 mi, 297° NW
F4E Phantom II (Public Artwork) — 20.4 mi, 257° W
Cliffs of the Neuse State Park (State Park) — 20.6 mi, 229° SW
Cliffs of the Neuss l (Viewpoint) — 21.0 mi, 233° SW
Thomas Koritz Clinic (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 258° W
SJAFB Sabre Base theater (Theatre) — 21.5 mi, 258° W
Daniels Chapel (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 257° W
Arts council of Wayne county studios (Arts Centre) — 23.1 mi, 263° W
Art studio 102 (Arts Centre) — 23.1 mi, 263° W
Odom Farming Company (Theme Park) — 25.3 mi, 273° W
It's A Zoo Life (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 25.5 mi, 349° N
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 37.3 mi, 144° SE · 162k acres
Croatan Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 37.3 mi, 144° SE
Catfish Lake South Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 39.7 mi, 144° SE · 8,490 acres
Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.7 mi, 032° NE · 43k acres
Sheep Ridge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 44.8 mi, 139° SE · 9,315 acres
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.4 mi, 072° E · 230k acres

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