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Julian North Carolina Map

Explore Julian, 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 Julian, North Carolina

How to Use This Julian, North Carolina Map

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

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.

CityJulian
StateNorth Carolina (NC)
CountyGuilford County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude35.905136
Longitude-79.660304
Population3,200
Density55.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code27283
Area Code336
County SeatGreensboro

About Julian, North Carolina

Julian is a locality in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,200. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Julian is located at 35.9051°N, 79.6603°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 27283.

Julian reveals itself through the steady, patient movement of the North Prong Stinking Quarter Creek, which carves a path through the red-clay earth of the Piedmont. It lies 13.7 miles south-southeast of Greensboro, NC (from Greensboro, NC: bearing 148°T), and is situated 6.9 miles southeast of Pleasant Garden. The landscape here is characterized by a low, rhythmic swell of fields and dense patches of hardwood, where the light at dusk settles in heavy, golden layers over the tall grasses. Only nineteen miles away, the faint silhouette of Schoolhouse Ridge offers a jagged, distant boundary against the sky, while Teague Lake sits quietly a mile distant, its surface holding the reflection of the changing seasons. Within the quiet perimeter of the Guilford County - Company Mill Preserve, the land remains undisturbed, preserving a quietude that contrasts with the slow, deliberate pace of the surrounding countryside.

Julian carries the weight of a long agrarian inheritance, rooted in the labor of those who first cleared the thickets to cultivate the soil. The local economy has shifted away from the intensive tobacco and textile cycles of the previous century, yet the character of the place remains tethered to a culture of industrious self-reliance and the quiet persistence of rural life. One can still perceive the remnants of these older industries in the layout of the roads and the remnants of historic structures that dot the vicinity, serving as silent markers of a time when the rhythm of the day was dictated by the harvest and the mill. Life in Julian moves with a measured gravity, defined by the seasonal shifting of the air and the enduring, modest work of those who call these woods and fields home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Guilford County - Company Mill Preserve (Local Recreation) — 4.0 mi, 324° NW
  • Guilford County Open Space (Local Recreation) — 4.3 mi, 350° N
  • Guilford County Park (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 311° NW
  • Randolph County Park (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 118° SE
  • NH Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 11.4 mi, 339° N
  • Faith Rock (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 191° S
  • Joseph M. Bryan Foundation Water Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 11.6 mi, 335° NW
  • Deep River State Trail (State Park) — 11.7 mi, 181° S
  • Alamance County - Cedarock Park (Local Conservation Area) — 13.0 mi, 064° NE
  • Martin Luther King Jr. (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 327° NW
  • Studio 503 (Arts Centre) — 13.3 mi, 329° NW
  • North Carolina Railroad (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 327° NW
  • Proxy Gallery (Gallery) — 13.4 mi, 328° NW
  • Cigar Industry (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 327° NW
  • 205 Collaborative (Arts Centre) — 13.4 mi, 329° NW
  • Robeson Theatre (Theatre) — 13.5 mi, 333° NW
  • Stagelights (Theatre) — 13.5 mi, 327° NW
  • Former Pioneer Camp Meeting/Dining Hall Chimney (Historic Ruins) — 13.5 mi, 079° E
  • Greensboro Project Space (Gallery) — 13.6 mi, 328° NW
  • African American Atelier (Gallery) — 13.7 mi, 329° NW
  • AmStar Four Seasons Station (Cinema) — 13.7 mi, 312° NW
  • Weatherspoon Art Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 324° NW
  • Three College Observatory (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 079° E
  • Audubon (Local Conservation Area) — 14.8 mi, 332° NW
  • Cinemark Asheboro (Cinema) — 15.7 mi, 207° SW
  • Mountains-to-Sea Trail (State Park) — 19.6 mi, 029° NE
  • Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 20.0 mi, 202° S · 52k acres
  • Birkhead Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.8 mi, 213° SW · 5,216 acres
  • Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.5 mi, 199° S · 17k acres

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About This Julian Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Julian, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.905136, -79.660304. 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 Julian includes the ZIP code (27283), telephone area code (336), county seat of Guilford County (Greensboro), and school district assignment.

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.