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Nags Head North Carolina Map

Explore Nags Head, 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 Nags Head, North Carolina

How to Use This Nags Head, North Carolina Map

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

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	Nags Head
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Dare County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	35.947529
Longitude	-75.625685
Population	3,168
Density	184.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	27959
Area Code	919, 984
County Seat	Manteo
School District	Dare County Schools

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About Nags Head, North Carolina

Nags Head is a locality in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,168. The population density is 184.8 people per km². Nags Head is located at 35.9475°N, 75.6257°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Nags Head is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 27959.

Nags Head occupies a precarious sliver of land where the relentless salt spray of the Atlantic Ocean defines the very texture of the morning air. It lies 42.0 miles east-southeast of Elizabeth City, NC (from Elizabeth City, NC: bearing 123°T), and is situated 5.8 miles south-southeast of Kill Devil Hills. Beyond the shifting, sun-bleached crests of Jockeys Ridge, the landscape yields to the expansive, protected dunes of Jockeys Ridge State Park, a terrain that feels less like solid ground and more like a fluid, golden sea frozen in an act of perpetual migration. Toward the interior, the horizon softens into the quiet, marshy fringes near Doughs Creek, while the distant, shadowed presence of Nags Head Island marks the boundary between the restless surf and the calmer, brackish currents of the sound. The light here possesses a particular, sharp clarity at dusk, turning the sand into a pale, bruised violet that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the wind has turned cool.

Maritime history remains the bedrock of Nags Head, rooted in the precarious survival of those who once watched the horizon for the silhouettes of passing ships. While the modern economy has shifted toward the seasonal cadence of tourism and the steady commerce of coastal life, the memory of the sea’s volatility lingers in the weathered wood of older cottages and the hushed, respectful tone of those who navigate the shifting shoals. A traveler might venture toward the Thomas Hariot Nature Trail to find a respite from the salt-heavy gales, or look toward the Turn Basin, where the water gathers in a stillness that contrasts sharply with the nearby churning tides. Even as the pace of contemporary life quickens, the fundamental character of Nags Head remains anchored to the unpredictable grace of the coast, a place where the geography is always in motion, slowly reshaping itself beneath the weight of the sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town of Nags Head Beach Access (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 101° E
Jockeys Ridge State Park (State Park) — 0.5 mi, 327° NW
Soundside Overlook (Viewpoint) — 0.8 mi, 315° NW
Nags Head Woods Preserve Dedicated Nature Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 1.5 mi, 323° NW
Tugboat Explorer Shipwreck (Historic Ruins) — 1.9 mi, 352° N
Nags Head Woods (Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 323° NW
Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 329° NW
Ymca Park (Local Recreation) — 2.2 mi, 337° NW
The Mother Vine (Attraction) — 2.9 mi, 237° SW
Roanoke Island Marshes Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 205° SW
Cape Hatteras National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 3.3 mi, 156° SE · 58k acres
Outer Banks History Center (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 222° SW
Roanoke Island Marshes Dedicated Nature Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 3.8 mi, 190° S
Run Hill State Natural Area (State Park) — 4.3 mi, 328° NW
Jumpmasters Trampoline Park (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 212° SW
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.8 mi, 257° W · 456k acres
Lost Colony House (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 262° W
1903/12/17 Sculpture (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 333° NW
First Flight Boulder (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 334° NW
Flight 1 (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 334° NW
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.3 mi, 154° SE · 15k acres
Theatre of Dare (Attraction) — 9.0 mi, 335° NW
Red Wolf Center (Museum) — 34.5 mi, 265° W
Museum of the Albemarle (Museum) — 41.0 mi, 306° NW
Studio 12 (Gallery) — 42.1 mi, 171° S
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Pavillion (Theatre) — 48.4 mi, 173° S
Perquimans Arts League (Arts Centre) — 49.8 mi, 290° W
Perquimans County History Museum (Museum) — 49.8 mi, 290° W
Hello from Hatteras (Gallery) — 50.7 mi, 183° S
Mattie Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 54.4 mi, 227° SW

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