Kure Beach North Carolina Map
Explore Kure 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 Kure Beach, North Carolina
How to Use This Kure Beach, North Carolina Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Kure 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 Kure 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 | Kure Beach |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | New Hanover County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 33.99684 |
| Longitude | -77.907208 |
| Population | 2,191 |
| Density | 961.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 28449 |
| Area Code | 910 |
| County Seat | Wilmington |
| School District | New Hanover County Schools |
About Kure Beach, North Carolina
Kure Beach is a locality in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,191. The population density is 961.3 people per km². Kure Beach is located at 33.9968°N, 77.9072°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Kure Beach is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28449.Kure Beach defines the edge of the world where the solid earth surrenders to the vast, rhythmic expansion of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies 9.6 miles south of Myrtle Grove, NC (from Myrtle Grove, NC: bearing 189°T), and is situated 2.8 miles south-southwest of Carolina Beach. Salt spray carries a sharp, metallic tang that settles upon the dunes of New Hanover County Park, where the wind-sculpted grasses bend in constant obeisance to the tide. Beyond the immediate reach of the sand, the land remains low and level, stretching toward the quiet surface of Carolina Lake and the deeper, darker currents of the Cape Fear River. While the distant, hazy silhouette of Big Bay Ridge might haunt the thoughts of those who look inland, the horizon here belongs entirely to the shifting blue-gray expanse of the water.
Kure Beach maintains an economy tethered to the seasonal pulse of the tides, drawing its character from a long history of maritime vigilance and the slow, deliberate pace of coastal life. Pleasure Island acts as a narrow bridge between the river and the sea, anchoring a landscape that has transitioned from its early days of isolation into a modest, enduring outpost. Local life revolves around the steady maintenance of the shoreline and the quiet commerce of those who favor the solitude of the coast over the density of the interior. The atmosphere remains unpretentious, defined by the sound of the surf against the pilings and the way the late afternoon light flattens the color of the dunes into a pale, dusty gold.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- New Hanover County Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 250° W
- Naval Gun (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 211° SW
- Artillery (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 212° SW
- North Pelican Island Audubon Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 275° W
- 1921 Fort Fisher Monument (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 198° S
- No Name Island Audubon Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 245° SW
- Fort Fisher State Recreation Area (State Park) — 2.2 mi, 202° S
- Carolina Beach State Park (State Park) — 2.4 mi, 346° N
- Lower Cape Fear River Islands Registered Heritage Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 230° SW
- Brooke Home (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 016° N
- North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 3.3 mi, 208° SW
- Zekes Island Estuarine Reserve Dedicated Nature Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 3.3 mi, 213° SW
- North Carolina Safe Harbor Agreement - Red-cockaded Woodpecker (State Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 322° NW
- Freeman Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 018° N
- Orton Plantation (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 331° NW
- Minnie Evans Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 7.2 mi, 359° N
- Timeless Treasures (Gallery) — 8.4 mi, 230° SW
- Ricky Evans Gallery (Gallery) — 8.4 mi, 231° SW
- The Artisan's Gallery On Howe (Gallery) — 8.4 mi, 230° SW
- City of Boiling Spring Lakes - Boiling Spring Lakes Community Center (Local Recreation) — 9.0 mi, 280° W
- Buoy 2 (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 225° SW
- Buoy 1 (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 225° SW
- Crossover Trail (Viewpoint) — 15.1 mi, 249° W
- Bottle Chapel (Public Artwork) — 15.7 mi, 017° N
- Amphitheater (Theatre) — 16.2 mi, 022° N
- Wrightsville Beach Museum of History (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 021° N
- Cape Fear Serpentarium (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 16.5 mi, 352° N
- Latimer House Museum (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 352° N
- Hannah Block Historic USO Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 16.5 mi, 352° N
- Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 66.8 mi, 044° NE · 162k acres
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About This Kure Beach Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kure Beach, North Carolina. Coordinates: 33.99684, -77.907208. 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 Kure Beach includes the ZIP code (28449), telephone area code (910), county seat of New Hanover County (Wilmington), and school district assignment (New Hanover 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. |
