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Jarvisburg North Carolina Map

Explore Jarvisburg, 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 Jarvisburg, North Carolina

How to Use This Jarvisburg, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	36.202939
Longitude	-75.866582
Population	680
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	27939, 27947
Area Code	919, 984
County Seat	Currituck

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About Jarvisburg, North Carolina

Jarvisburg is a locality in Currituck County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 680. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Jarvisburg is located at 36.2029°N, 75.8666°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 27939, 27947.

Jarvisburg stretches across a flat, low-lying expanse where the humid breath of the Atlantic Ocean defines the shifting temperament of the sky. It lies 22.3 miles east-southeast of Elizabeth City, NC (from Elizabeth City, NC: bearing 106°T), and is situated 8.7 miles west-northwest of Southern Shores. Salt air permeates the soil here, clinging to the needles of loblolly pines and the weathered siding of houses that have stood firm against the persistent, wandering winds. To the east, the horizon holds the memory of the sea, while the interior landscape remains marked by the quiet, brackish drainage of Duck Creek as it winds toward the coast. Far to the west, the distant profile of Jockeys Ridge breaks the monotony of the plains, a faint serrated edge against the sunset, while closer to home, the calm waters of Perch Pond offer a still, dark mirror to the passing clouds. The land remains soft and yielding, a quiet corridor of earth that feels perpetually suspended between the heavy sky and the encroaching tide.

Jarvisburg carries the quiet weight of generations who learned to harvest a living from the margins of the water and the sandy loam. Beyond the small-scale agricultural plots that once defined the local economy, the area retains a deep-rooted connection to the maritime trades that shaped the Outer Banks, even as modern life filters in from the north and south. Residents often venture toward Currituck County Park to find respite in the marshy solitude, or they look toward the horizon where the silhouette of Dews Island rises from the sound like a dark, submerged spine. While the pace of the modern world accelerates elsewhere, life here follows the lunar tides and the seasonal migration of birds, leaving the Jeep Trail to be reclaimed by brush and sand in the wilder reaches. There is a particular, unforced dignity in the way Jarvisburg preserves its isolation, remaining a place where the primary commerce is the steady, patient work of existing in harmony with a landscape that refuses to be tamed.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Currituck County Park (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 349° N
Currituck County - Walnut Island Park (Local Recreation) — 2.7 mi, 349° N
North River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 327° NW
North River Game Land Dedicated Nature Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 3.4 mi, 327° NW
Pine Island Audubon Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 014° N
Currituck Banks Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 151° SE
Kitty Hawk Woods Coastal Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 10.4 mi, 136° SE
105mm (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 335° NW
North River Game Lands (Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 316° NW
Century of Flight Monument (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 131° SE
Kitty Hawk Pier (Viewpoint) — 11.2 mi, 129° SE
Currituck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.4 mi, 346° N · 16k acres
Wright Brother's Shed (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 136° SE
Theatre of Dare (Attraction) — 13.6 mi, 135° SE
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.6 mi, 179° S · 456k acres
Flight 4 (Monument) — 16.7 mi, 138° SE
Lost Colony House (Attraction) — 20.3 mi, 155° SE
Tugboat Explorer Shipwreck (Historic Ruins) — 20.6 mi, 140° SE
Museum of the Albemarle (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 288° W
The Mother Vine (Attraction) — 22.2 mi, 150° SE
Outer Banks History Center (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 151° SE
Cape Hatteras National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 25.4 mi, 144° SE · 58k acres
Pettigrew State Park (State Park) — 28.4 mi, 229° SW
Red Wolf Center (Museum) — 29.4 mi, 225° SW
Perquimans Arts League (Arts Centre) — 33.4 mi, 269° W
Perquimans County History Museum (Museum) — 33.5 mi, 268° W
Witch of Pungo (Grace Sherwood) Home Site (Historic Ruins) — 35.4 mi, 349° N
VFA-81 Battle E Winner (Public Artwork) — 42.7 mi, 348° N
Imax (Cinema) — 43.2 mi, 351° N
Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum (Museum) — 44.4 mi, 352° N

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