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Milton North Carolina Map

Explore Milton, 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 Milton, North Carolina

How to Use This Milton, North Carolina Map

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

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.

CityMilton
StateNorth Carolina (NC)
CountyCaswell County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude36.539029
Longitude-79.208628
Population155
Density153.8 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code27305
Area Code336
County SeatYanceyville
School DistrictCaswell County Schools

About Milton, North Carolina

Milton is a locality in Caswell County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 155. The population density is 153.8 people per km². Milton is located at 36.5390°N, 79.2086°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Milton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 27305.

Milton remains a quiet witness to the slow, deliberate turning of the Piedmont seasons, defined by the steady, dark pulse of Country Line Creek as it carves through the red clay soil. It lies 28.4 miles east-northeast of Reidsville, NC (from Reidsville, NC: bearing 63°T), and is situated 10.8 miles east-southeast of Danville. This inland landscape is a tapestry of timber and pasture, where the horizon is kept low and wide, occasionally punctuated by the distant, hazy silhouette of Corbett Ridge far to the west. Sunlight here has a heavy, golden clarity, lingering in the long afternoons to bronze the fields and cast deep, violet shadows across the undulating terrain. Only five miles away, the waters of Hyco Lake offer a stillness that mirrors the sky, while the nearby R. Wayne Bailey - Caswell Game Land provides a vast, quiet sanctuary for the wilder edges of the woods to persist undisturbed.

Milton carries the weight of a long agricultural lineage, once a bustling hub where the scent of cured tobacco defined the local economy and shaped the architectural ambition of its early brick storefronts. Though the frantic pace of the trade has faded into the quietude of modern life, the legacy of that era remains in the sturdy, deliberate craftsmanship of the older buildings that anchor the center of the grid. Today, the rhythm of the day is dictated by the slow maintenance of land and the neighborly exchange of a courteous, unhurried culture. Life in Milton proceeds without the need for artifice, grounded by a heritage that values the persistence of the soil and the enduring character of a place that has learned how to age with grace and a stubborn, quiet dignity.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • R. Wayne Bailey - Caswell Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 181° S
  • Anglers Park (Local Park) — 7.7 mi, 281° W
  • Hyco Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 125° SE
  • Dan Daniel Memorial Park (Local Park) — 9.1 mi, 286° W
  • Carrington Pavilion (Stadium) — 10.2 mi, 288° W
  • Danville Science Center (Museum) — 10.3 mi, 288° W
  • Swanson Studio (Gallery) — 11.0 mi, 285° W
  • Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 285° W
  • Caswell County - Caswell County Park (Local Recreation) — 11.3 mi, 217° SW
  • Buccaneer Stadium (Stadium) — 11.5 mi, 215° SW
  • Brockton Pl. (Viewpoint) — 11.7 mi, 282° W
  • Richmond-Miles History Museum (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 217° SW
  • Caswell Ultramafic Forest Preserve (Conservation Area) — 12.4 mi, 179° S
  • Family Fun Zone (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 285° W
  • Shangri-La Stone Village (Attraction) — 16.5 mi, 181° S
  • Blue Star Memorial (Monument) — 20.2 mi, 058° NE
  • Raynay Alpaca Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 20.4 mi, 233° SW
  • Cinema I & II at the World of Sports (Cinema) — 20.9 mi, 060° NE
  • Halifax Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 22.1 mi, 045° NE
  • Banister River Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 25.8 mi, 059° NE
  • Boars Nest a Dukes of Hazzard Museum (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 135° SE
  • Castle Mont Rouge (Historic Castle / Fort) — 26.4 mi, 141° SE
  • Veterns Memorial (Monument) — 29.2 mi, 241° SW
  • Staunton River State Park (State Park) — 29.2 mi, 070° E
  • Gretna Little Theatre (Theatre) — 29.7 mi, 344° N
  • Eno River State Park (State Park) — 31.6 mi, 160° S
  • Booker T. Washington National Monument (National Monument) — 48.7 mi, 324° NW · 244 acres
  • Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 66.6 mi, 344° N · 733k acres
  • George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 69.4 mi, 355° N · 1.1M acres
  • James River Face Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 71.4 mi, 350° N · 8,849 acres

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About This Milton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Milton, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.539029, -79.208628. 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 Milton includes the ZIP code (27305), telephone area code (336), county seat of Caswell County (Yanceyville), and school district assignment (Caswell 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.