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New London North Carolina Map

Explore New London, 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 New London, North Carolina

How to Use This New London, North Carolina Map

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

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.

CityNew London
StateNorth Carolina (NC)
CountyStanly County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude35.443196
Longitude-80.219222
Population607
Density118.7 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code28127
Area Code704, 980
County SeatAlbemarle
School DistrictStanly County Schools

About New London, North Carolina

New London is a locality in Stanly County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 607. The population density is 118.7 people per km². New London is located at 35.4432°N, 80.2192°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. New London is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28127.

New London occupies a quiet expanse of the Piedmont, where the land moves in long, measured swells of red clay and verdant pine. It lies 6.5 miles north of Albemarle, NC (from Albemarle, NC: bearing 350°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north-northeast of Hills. The horizon remains wide and open, though the distant Appalachian Mountains might occasionally haunt the western sky like a faint bruise against the clouds. Water defines the periphery of the terrain, with the steady movement of Little Long Creek carving through the earth just a mile away and the expansive surface of Tuckertown Reservoir waiting only three miles further. In the Town of New London - New London Park, the air holds a particular stillness at dusk, when the light turns the color of honey and the shadows of the hardwoods stretch thin across the grass.

Industry and the echoes of a deep agrarian past provide the architecture of the local character, grounding New London in a history of labor and deliberate growth. While the Uwharrie National Forest stands sixteen miles away as a testament to the wilder roots of the region, the life here is shaped by the practical rhythms of regional trade and the steady hum of commerce that has sustained these families for generations. The sound of water tumbling over stone at Great Falls, six miles distant, serves as a persistent reminder of the natural power that once turned the gears of local enterprise. Life in New London proceeds with a careful, observant grace, favoring the weight of tradition and the quiet satisfaction of a day spent working the soil or attending to the needs of the neighborhood.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Town of New London - New London Park (Local Recreation) — 0.0 mi, 352° N
  • Alcoa Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 345° N
  • Town of Richfield - Richfield Park (Local Recreation) — 3.2 mi, 318° NW
  • Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 4.4 mi, 051° NE · 52k acres
  • Scenic Lookout (Viewpoint) — 4.6 mi, 024° NE
  • Morrow Mountain State Park (State Park) — 6.4 mi, 111° E
  • Stanly County Museum (Museum) — 6.4 mi, 170° S
  • Historic Stony Hill Church Site Monument (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 117° SE
  • Will Lowder Homesite Monument (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 118° SE
  • Morrow Mountain Native American Quarry Site (Historic Ruins) — 9.5 mi, 131° SE
  • Ben Lowder Homesite (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 115° SE
  • Gravity Hill - Folklore Destination (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 351° N
  • Uwharrie Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 115° SE
  • Three Rivers Land Trust Preserve - Bingham (Conservation Area) — 11.3 mi, 079° E
  • Music Hall (Theatre) — 12.9 mi, 041° NE
  • Three Rivers Land Trust Preserve (Conservation Area) — 13.0 mi, 135° SE
  • Davidson County Open Space (Local Park) — 14.4 mi, 027° NE
  • T.M Stanback Barnyard (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 15.2 mi, 331° NW
  • Barnes Creek Falls (Attraction) — 15.9 mi, 080° E
  • Birkhead Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.9 mi, 056° NE · 5,216 acres
  • The Icon (Public Artwork) — 20.9 mi, 263° W
  • Sound Money Museum (Museum) — 22.1 mi, 293° NW
  • Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.1 mi, 160° S · 17k acres
  • Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site (Historic Ruins) — 24.3 mi, 138° SE
  • Lexington Cinema 8 (Cinema) — 26.0 mi, 357° N
  • Millbridge Speedway (Stadium) — 26.2 mi, 304° NW
  • Davidson County Historical Museum (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 356° N
  • Kids Jungle Playground (Theme Park) — 28.8 mi, 260° W
  • Sea Life Aquarium (Aquarium) — 28.9 mi, 260° W
  • Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.7 mi, 181° S · 92k acres

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About This New London Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of New London, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.443196, -80.219222. 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 New London includes the ZIP code (28127), telephone area code (704, 980), county seat of Stanly County (Albemarle), and school district assignment (Stanly 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.