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Indian Beach North Carolina Map

Explore Indian Beach, 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 Indian Beach, North Carolina

How to Use This Indian Beach, North Carolina Map

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

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	Indian Beach
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Carteret County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	34.686551
Longitude	-76.895218
Population	223
Density	151.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28512
Area Code	910
County Seat	Beaufort
School District	Carteret County Schools

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About Indian Beach, North Carolina

Indian Beach is a locality in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 223. The population density is 151.3 people per km². Indian Beach is located at 34.6866°N, 76.8952°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Indian Beach is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28512.

Indian Beach reveals itself as a slender stretch of land defined by the relentless, rhythmic pulse of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies 13.3 miles south of Havelock, NC (from Havelock, NC: bearing 179°T), and is situated 9.9 miles west-southwest of Morehead City. Salt-heavy winds carry the scent of brine across the dunes, where the shifting sands hold the imprint of tides that rise and fall with gravitational precision. Beyond the immediate reach of the surf, the landscape transitions toward the sheltered, quieter waters of Gales Creek and the dense, protected greenery of the Theodore Roosevelt State Natural Area, which preserves a rare, untamed slice of the maritime wilderness. Far to the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of Davis Ridge serves as the only suggestion of elevated terrain, a stark contrast to the low-lying, porous earth that characterizes this coastal strip. On clearer days, the light over the water takes on a bruised, pearlescent quality, softening the sharp edges of the horizon where the sky dissolves into the deep blue expanse.

Indian Beach maintains a character shaped by its isolation and its enduring relationship with the shifting shoreline, distinct from the more developed hubs of the mainland. While the economy remains tethered to the seasonal ebb and flow of visitors who arrive to traverse the nearby sandbars or explore the nearby Dog Islands, the rhythm of daily life is dictated by the slow, natural cycles of the maritime environment. Local traditions remain quiet and unpretentious, rooted in a history of stewardship that extends toward the protected boundaries of the Croatan National Forest. For those who wander inward, the landscape holds hidden pockets of stillness, such as the quiet banks of Patsy Pond, where the sudden hush of the interior woods replaces the constant roar of the breakers. This is a place where the human presence feels provisional, an arrangement of houses and walkways that acknowledges the power of the tides rather than attempting to master them.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Theodore Roosevelt State Natural Area (State Park) — 2.9 mi, 081° E
Theodore Roosevelt State Natural Area Dedicated Nature Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 2.9 mi, 081° E
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Gales Creek Preserve at Camp Sam Hatcher (Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 347° N
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 3.3 mi, 325° NW · 162k acres
Croatan Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 3.4 mi, 325° NW
Pocosin Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.8 mi, 325° NW · 12k acres
Atlantic Station Cinema (Cinema) — 8.0 mi, 083° E
Battle Works - Tactical Laser Tag (Attraction) — 8.0 mi, 082° E
Carteret County Museum of History (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 072° E
North Carolina Coastal Federation Preserve (Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 082° E
Emerald Plantation Cinema 4 (Cinema) — 8.9 mi, 260° W
Golfin Dolphin Golf Plane (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 274° W
Carteret County Historical Society (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 076° E
Big Rock (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 077° E
Morehead City Waterfront (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 077° E
Hammocks Beach State Park (State Park) — 11.9 mi, 274° W
North Carolina Safe Harbor Agreement - Red-cockaded Woodpecker (State Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 344° N
Carteret County Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 12.5 mi, 059° NE
Cape Lookout National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 13.1 mi, 089° E · 41k acres
Michael John Smith (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 081° E
Lookout Cruises (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 081° E
Sheep Ridge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 14.8 mi, 332° NW · 9,315 acres
Blackbeard (Public Artwork) — 20.1 mi, 072° E
1812 Lighthouse Foundation Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 21.6 mi, 102° E
New Bern Civil War Battlefield Park (Registered Battlefield) — 25.9 mi, 345° N
Oriental's History Museum (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 026° NE
Commons City Worker Memorial (Monument) — 29.6 mi, 285° W
New Bern Firemen's Museum (Museum) — 30.3 mi, 344° N
Zing Zumm (Museum) — 30.3 mi, 278° W
MCAS New River Theater (Theatre) — 31.3 mi, 275° W

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