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Linden North Carolina Map

Explore Linden, 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 Linden, North Carolina

How to Use This Linden, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.254885
Longitude	-78.747245
Population	136
Density	103.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28356
Area Code	704, 980
County Seat	Fayetteville
School District	Cumberland County Schools

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About Linden, North Carolina

Linden is a locality in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 136. The population density is 103.8 people per km². Linden is located at 35.2549°N, 78.7472°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Linden is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28356.

Linden defines itself by the slow, deliberate pulse of the Little River as it carves a path through the low-lying fields of the North Carolina interior. It lies 9.8 miles east-southeast of Anderson Creek, NC (from Anderson Creek, NC: bearing 102°T), and is situated 8.6 miles west-southwest of Dunn. The landscape here is characterized by a quiet flatness, where the horizon stretches wide and unobstructed, interrupted only by the distant, hazy silhouette of Big Ridge rising against the western sky. In the humid, golden stillness of late afternoon, the earth gives off a warmth that seems to hold the light long after the sun has dipped low. Beyond the cleared acreage, the woodland gathers in dense, shadowed thickets, providing a sanctuary for the wildlife that thrives in the nearby Rhodes Pond Game Land. When the air settles, the proximity of Byrd Mill Pond adds a silvered stillness to the periphery, grounding the geography in a series of interconnected, slow-moving waters that define the rhythm of the soil.

Linden persists as a place where the memory of agrarian labor remains etched into the daily conduct of its residents. The economy has long drawn its vitality from the surrounding fields, where the legacy of tobacco cultivation once dictated the seasonal clock, leaving behind sturdy, weathered structures that stand as quiet witnesses to decades of industry. Life in Linden moves with a steady, unadorned grace, favoring the neighborly exchange of goods and the slow maintenance of family-owned land over the frantic pace of larger commercial hubs. The local character is marked by a profound courtesy and a deep-seated connection to the land, where the changing color of the crops serves as a reliable calendar for the year. Even as modern transit lines pull at the edges of the region, Linden maintains a distinct, deliberate stillness, valuing the weight of tradition and the simple endurance of a life spent close to the river’s edge.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Rhodes Pond Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 102° E
Old Bluff Church Civil War Trails Marker (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 165° S
Harnett County - Cape Fear River Trail Park (Local Recreation) — 5.0 mi, 038° NE
"carbine" Williams' Burial (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 165° S
Erwin Municipal Park (Local Park) — 5.6 mi, 038° NE
Town of Wade - Wade Park (Local Recreation) — 6.5 mi, 174° S
Carver's Creek State Park (State Park) — 7.8 mi, 232° SW
Preliminary Park (Local Park) — 8.1 mi, 049° NE
Dunn Area History Museum (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 065° NE
Sandhills Preserve (Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 246° SW
ZipQuest Waterfall Treetop Adventure (Attraction) — 9.6 mi, 221° SW
Taylor's Aquarium (Aquarium) — 9.7 mi, 113° SE
Three Rivers Land Trust Preserve (Conservation Area) — 9.9 mi, 217° SW
J.A. Campbell statue (Public Artwork) — 10.7 mi, 002° N
Lundy Fetterman Museum (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 001° N
Greek Amphitheater (Theatre) — 11.1 mi, 220° SW
Coats Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 022° N
City of Fayetteville Open Space (Local Conservation Area) — 11.3 mi, 214° SW
Clark Park Falls (Attraction) — 13.4 mi, 211° SW
Clark Park Nature Center (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 211° SW
Cape Fear River Trail (Attraction) — 13.5 mi, 211° SW
Benson Museum of Local History (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 052° NE
Raven Rock State Park (State Park) — 14.3 mi, 330° NW
Founders' Circle (Monument) — 14.9 mi, 213° SW
Hubb's Farm (Home of Hubb's Corn Maze) (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 116° SE
Steps On Stage Academy Of Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 21.2 mi, 031° NE
Fuquay-Varina Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 22.8 mi, 353° N
Chatham Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 22.9 mi, 326° NW
Bentonville Civil War Trenches (Registered Battlefield) — 24.3 mi, 082° E
Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 59.8 mi, 292° W · 52k acres

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