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James City North Carolina Map

Explore James City, 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 James City, North Carolina

How to Use This James City, North Carolina Map

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

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	James City
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Craven County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	35.045369
Longitude	-76.998097
Population	5,291
Density	264.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	28560
Area Code	910
County Seat	New Bern
School District	Craven County Schools

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About James City, North Carolina

James City is a locality in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 5,291. The population density is 264.9 people per km². James City is located at 35.0454°N, 76.9981°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 28560.

James City occupies a landscape defined by the persistent, dark currents of Scotts Creek, which winds its way through the low-lying terrain with a quiet, deliberate gravity. It lies 1.5 miles south-southeast of New Bern, NC (from New Bern, NC: bearing 159°T), and is situated 5.1 miles south of Forest. The air here holds a heavy, salt-tinged moisture, a lingering influence from the distant Atlantic that softens the edges of the horizon and turns the evening light into a bruised, atmospheric violet. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the land stretches out in a flat, unassuming expanse, occasionally broken by the dense, tangled shadows of the Croatan National Forest that rises in the distance. Residents often look toward the muted, gray silhouette of Marsh Island or the calm surface of Cypress Lake, where the water remains undisturbed save for the subtle ripples of a passing heron.

James City emerged from a history of resilience and transformation, evolving from a place of refuge into a residential corridor that balances the industrial pulse of the region with the encroaching wildness of the bottomlands. The local economy draws its vitality from the steady commerce of the nearby City of New Bern - Lawson Creek Park, where the intersection of land and water provides a focal point for both labor and leisure. Life in James City moves with the predictable, unhurried cadence of the changing tides, punctuated by the occasional traveler seeking the quiet solitude of the Duffy Trail or the maritime activity near the Northwest Creek Marina. Here, the legacy of the soil remains visible in the way the local architecture keeps close to the earth, grounded by a long tradition of navigating the humid, fertile geography of the coastal plain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

New Bern Civil War Battlefield Park (Registered Battlefield) — 1.0 mi, 280° W
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 2.0 mi, 259° W · 162k acres
Croatan Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 2.1 mi, 256° W
Craven County - Creekside Park (Local Recreation) — 2.3 mi, 304° NW
Neuse River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 016° N
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Brices Creek Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 211° SW
City of New Bern - Lawson Creek Park (Local Recreation) — 4.4 mi, 316° NW
Spider Lady (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 331° NW
USRC Diligence (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 332° NW
U.S.C.G.C. Pamlico (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 332° NW
Lawson Creek Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 324° NW
Sudan Shriners (Public Artwork) — 4.8 mi, 334° NW
New Bern Firemen's Museum (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 331° NW
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Trent River Preserve (Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 240° SW
Bear Town Cinema (Cinema) — 6.0 mi, 306° NW
Sheep Ridge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 6.7 mi, 197° S · 9,315 acres
Neuse Boulevard Cinema (Cinema) — 6.7 mi, 319° NW
Catfish Lake South Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 9.9 mi, 222° SW · 8,490 acres
North Carolina Safe Harbor Agreement - Red-cockaded Woodpecker (State Conservation Area) — 12.7 mi, 169° S
Oriental's History Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 093° E
Aurora Fossil Museum (Museum) — 21.5 mi, 033° NE
Golfin Dolphin Golf Plane (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 189° S
Carteret County Museum of History (Museum) — 26.1 mi, 149° SE
Battle Works - Tactical Laser Tag (Attraction) — 27.4 mi, 150° SE
Carteret County Historical Society (Museum) — 27.5 mi, 144° SE
Morehead City Waterfront (Attraction) — 27.7 mi, 144° SE
Lookout Cruises (Attraction) — 29.6 mi, 140° SE
Cape Lookout National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 30.9 mi, 142° SE · 41k acres
MCAS New River Theater (Theatre) — 33.7 mi, 229° SW
1812 Lighthouse Foundation Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 39.7 mi, 137° SE

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