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Littleton North Carolina Map

Explore Littleton, 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 Littleton, North Carolina

How to Use This Littleton, North Carolina Map

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

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.

CityLittleton
StateNorth Carolina (NC)
CountyHalifax County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude36.434593
Longitude-77.911932
Population559
Density227.0 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code27850
Area Code919, 984
County SeatHalifax
School DistrictHalifax County Schools

About Littleton, North Carolina

Littleton is a locality in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 559. The population density is 227.0 people per km². Littleton is located at 36.4346°N, 77.9119°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Littleton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 27850.

Littleton rises from the modest, steady elevation of the Piedmont, where the land stretches out in quiet, arable expanses defined by the persistent presence of Butterwood Creek. It lies 14.4 miles west of Roanoke Rapids, NC (from Roanoke Rapids, NC: bearing 263°T), and is situated 12.0 miles west of South Rosemary. The atmosphere here carries the scent of damp earth and pine, especially as the light leans toward dusk, casting long, amber shadows across the fields that once anchored the region’s agricultural identity. To the north, the waters of Lake Gaston offer a vast, reflective stillness, while the distant, wooded reaches of Embro Game Land provide a dense, undisturbed sanctuary for local wildlife. Wilkins Hill remains a subtle marker on the distant horizon, a gentle interruption in an otherwise level landscape that demands patience and rewards those who observe the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons.

Littleton maintains a character shaped by the enduring legacies of its agrarian roots, where the economy transitioned from the labor of tobacco fields to a more modern, measured pace of commerce and regional service. The town serves as a quiet center for those who value a life tied to the rhythms of the soil and the proximity of inland waters. Local life moves with a distinct, courteous gravity, reflecting a history of resilience and the quiet dignity of a place that has seen the transformation of industry without losing its composure. Whether one is passing through the modest storefronts or looking out toward the timbered edges of the nearby woods, the identity of Littleton persists in the clarity of its air and the steady, unpretentious way its people navigate the day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Embro Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 190° S
  • Warren County - Buck Spring Park (Local Recreation) — 5.6 mi, 304° NW
  • Tar River Land Conservancy Preserve (Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 316° NW
  • Brinkleyville Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 175° S
  • Medoc Mountain State Park (State Park) — 10.7 mi, 168° S
  • Warren County - Warren County Recreational Complex (Local Recreation) — 12.1 mi, 270° W
  • Medoc Mountain Canoe & Kayak access (Attraction) — 12.4 mi, 174° S
  • Dr. L. Julian Haywood (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 260° W
  • Sam Patterson Statue (Monument) — 14.4 mi, 083° E
  • Royal Palace Theatre (Cinema) — 15.3 mi, 098° E
  • Confederate Cemetery (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 090° E
  • John H. Kerr Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 21.3 mi, 290° W
  • Brunswick County Museum (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 009° N
  • Kerr Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 23.0 mi, 288° W
  • Colonial Theatre (Theatre) — 23.4 mi, 329° NW
  • Model Railroad / Doll Museum / Chamber of Commerce (Museum) — 23.4 mi, 329° NW
  • South Hill Tobacco Museum (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 329° NW
  • Lake Gordon Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 24.3 mi, 317° NW
  • Watchable Wildlife Platform (Viewpoint) — 24.4 mi, 299° NW
  • Greensville County-Emporia Historical Museum (Museum) — 26.8 mi, 050° NE
  • Reminiscing (Public Artwork) — 28.7 mi, 251° W
  • Jones Performing Arts Center, Louisburg College Auditorium (Theatre) — 31.3 mi, 223° SW
  • Occoneechee State Park (State Park) — 31.5 mi, 291° W
  • Rock Museum (Museum) — 34.8 mi, 128° SE
  • Solitary Sentinel (Attraction) — 36.9 mi, 292° W
  • Vollmer Farms (Attraction) — 38.1 mi, 207° SW
  • Hill Ridge Farms (Attraction) — 41.3 mi, 226° SW
  • Parkhill Cinema 3 (Cinema) — 41.7 mi, 152° SE
  • Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 50.7 mi, 128° SE · 43k acres
  • Petersburg National Battlefield Park (National Park) — 53.0 mi, 031° NE · 212 acres

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About This Littleton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Littleton, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.434593, -77.911932. 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 Littleton includes the ZIP code (27850), telephone area code (919, 984), county seat of Halifax County (Halifax), and school district assignment (Halifax 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 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.