Hot Springs North Carolina Map
Explore Hot Springs, 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 Hot Springs, North Carolina
How to Use This Hot Springs, North Carolina Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hot Springs, 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 Hot Springs.
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 | Hot Springs |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Madison County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.892325 |
| Longitude | -82.829032 |
| Population | 520 |
| Density | 70.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 28743 |
| Area Code | 828 |
| County Seat | Marshall |
| School District | Madison County Schools |
About Hot Springs, North Carolina
Hot Springs is a locality in Madison County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 520. The population density is 70.0 people per km². Hot Springs is located at 35.8923°N, 82.8290°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Hot Springs is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28743.Hot Springs occupies a deep, verdant basin where the cool, rushing current of Spring Creek carves a path through the ancient, folded earth. It lies 25.4 miles northwest of Asheville, NC (from Asheville, NC: bearing 323°T), and is situated 16.8 miles south of Greene. The landscape rises in steep, timbered slopes that define the character of Pisgah National Forest, creating a world enclosed by high ridges and the quiet gravity of the interior woods. In the distance, the hazy, indigo silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains frame the horizon, marking a boundary between the valley floor and the vast, inland expanse of the continent. The light here clings to the ridges at dusk, turning the canopy into a mosaic of deep bronze and shadow, while the air maintains a crisp, subterranean chill even as the afternoon heat wanes.
Hot Springs has long served as a sanctuary for those seeking the restorative mineral waters that emerge from the ground, a legacy that anchored the settlement in the rugged isolation of the wilderness. Beyond the influence of the nearby Stokely Hollow, the economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, drawing travelers who traverse the rugged terrain or seek the solitude of the wilderness trails. While the influence of the Cherokee National Forest looms to the west, the local pace is dictated by the slow, seasonal transition of the hardwoods and the enduring traditions of the Appalachian highland. Life here is measured by the passage of water over stone and the steady, unpretentious labor of those who remain to tend the valley, far from the frantic pulse of the modern world.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Dixie Highway Monument (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 242° SW
- Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 0.3 mi, 208° SW · 511k acres
- Lover's Leap (Viewpoint) — 0.5 mi, 099° E
- North Cherokee National Forest & Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 011° N
- Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 2.1 mi, 011° N · 662k acres
- Shelton Laurel Massacre (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 058° NE
- Declaration of Independence (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 129° SE
- Lainard Bush Art Studio (Gallery) — 10.5 mi, 129° SE
- Sandy Mush Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 12.8 mi, 157° SE
- Buncombe County Park (Local Park) — 15.1 mi, 176° S
- Anderson Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 16.2 mi, 106° E
- Ellen Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 16.2 mi, 106° E
- Rural Heritage Museum (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 106° E
- Sampson Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.3 mi, 036° NE · 11k acres
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 17.8 mi, 243° SW · 521k acres
- Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 254° W
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 134° SE
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 23.5 mi, 139° SE
- David Crockett Museum (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 024° NE
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower (Attraction) — 24.1 mi, 112° E
- Berm Park (Public Artwork) — 24.9 mi, 176° S
- Shook Museum (Museum) — 25.4 mi, 191° S
- RIverside Studios (Gallery) — 25.4 mi, 145° SE
- Asheville Pinball Museum (Museum) — 25.5 mi, 143° SE
- Andy Herod Gallery (Gallery) — 25.6 mi, 145° SE
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 26.1 mi, 114° SE · 2,577 acres
- Pisgah National Game Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 27.4 mi, 158° S · 72k acres
- Pisgah View State Park (State Park) — 27.6 mi, 175° S
- Mount Mitchell State Park (State Park) — 29.1 mi, 099° E
- Shining Rock Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 30.9 mi, 181° S · 18k acres
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About This Hot Springs Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hot Springs, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.892325, -82.829032. 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 Hot Springs includes the ZIP code (28743), telephone area code (828), county seat of Madison County (Marshall), and school district assignment (Madison County Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
