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McAdenville North Carolina Map

Explore McAdenville, 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 McAdenville, North Carolina

How to Use This McAdenville, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.259306
Longitude	-81.075354
Population	890
Density	253.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28101
Area Code	704, 980
County Seat	Gastonia
School District	Gaston County Schools

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About McAdenville, North Carolina

McAdenville is a locality in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 890. The population density is 253.4 people per km². McAdenville is located at 35.2593°N, 81.0754°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. McAdenville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28101.

McAdenville defines itself by the deliberate, steady movement of the South Fork Catawba River as it carves through the red clay of the piedmont. It lies 2.4 miles west-northwest of Belmont, NC (from Belmont, NC: bearing 298°T), and is situated 6.3 miles east of Gastonia. The landscape here is a composition of dense, verdant woodlands and low, undulating ridges that rise toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains on the western horizon. Within the quiet boundaries of the Catawba Lands Conservancy - Pharr Yarns Preserve, the air carries a persistent, earthy dampness, cooling the skin even in the height of a humid afternoon. The light at dusk settles heavily upon the water, turning the river’s surface into a dull, hammered silver that mirrors the encroaching shadows of the oaks and hickories.

Economic life in McAdenville remains tethered to a legacy of textile production, a history that echoes in the sturdy, red-brick architecture that lines the streets. The rhythms of the locality are dictated by the interplay of this industrial past and the modern preservation of its natural surroundings, where the proximity of Lake Wylie provides a vast, quiet expanse of water just a few miles to the south. Residents observe a pace of life that values the stillness of the woods over the clamor of the wider world, finding a distinct, communal pride in the seasonal transformation of their streets. It is a place where the pulse of the machinery has slowed, yet the character of the settlement persists, grounded in the dark soil and the persistent, unceasing flow of the river.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Catawba Lands Conservancy - Pharr Yarns Preserve (Conservation Area) — 0.0 mi, 055° NE
Gaston County Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 288° W
Mcdonald Field (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 316° NW
Catawba Lands Conservancy - Goat Island Preserve (Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 169° S
St. Benedict Statue & Basilica of Maryhelp (Viewpoint) — 1.8 mi, 085° E
Redlair Plant Conservation Preserve (State Resource Management Area) — 2.4 mi, 337° NW
US National Whitewater Center (Local Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 090° E
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 3.6 mi, 108° E
Mecklenburg County Open Space - Iswa Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 104° E
Russel McConnel Memorial (Public Artwork) — 4.7 mi, 265° W
River Oaks Academy Birthday Rock (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 058° NE
F-4 Phantom II (Attraction) — 6.8 mi, 110° E
Rhodes Drive (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 300° NW
Air Midwest Flight 5481 Memorial (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 117° SE
Dave Harris Stadium (Stadium) — 10.0 mi, 099° E
District 57 (Theme Park) — 10.2 mi, 097° E
METALmorphosis (Attraction) — 10.4 mi, 136° SE
Crowders Mountain State Park (State Park) — 10.8 mi, 262° W
Crash Site of Eastern Flight 212 (Historic Ruins) — 11.1 mi, 131° SE
Museum of Illusions (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 101° E
Bank of America Heritage Center (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 100° E
Discovery Place IMAX (Cinema) — 13.4 mi, 099° E
Stage Door Theater (Theatre) — 13.4 mi, 100° E
Culture Palette (Arts Centre) — 13.6 mi, 099° E
Goodyear Arts (Gallery) — 13.7 mi, 094° E
Loyd Studios (Gallery) — 13.7 mi, 094° E
Kings Mountain State Park (State Park) — 15.8 mi, 242° SW
Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 39.3 mi, 209° SW · 375k acres
Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 57.6 mi, 329° NW · 511k acres

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