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Newport North Carolina Map

Explore Newport, 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 Newport, North Carolina

How to Use This Newport, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	34.770703
Longitude	-76.879076
Population	4,364
Density	221.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28570
Area Code	910
County Seat	Beaufort
School District	Carteret County Schools

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About Newport, North Carolina

Newport is a locality in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,364. The population density is 221.2 people per km². Newport is located at 34.7707°N, 76.8791°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Newport is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28570.

Newport unfolds across a low, humid landscape where the dark, tannin-stained waters of Deep Creek slice through the pine-flat woods. It lies 6.8 miles south-southeast of Havelock, NC (from Havelock, NC: bearing 159°T), and is situated 8.7 miles west-northwest of Morehead City. The air here holds a heavy, salt-sweet moisture, drifting in from the Atlantic Ocean only four miles to the east, softening the edges of the horizon and cooling the skin during the long, languid afternoons. Nearby, the expansive Croatan Game Land provides a vast, unmanicured buffer of tangled brush and timber, while the quiet surface of Mill Pond reflects the shifting clouds that gather before the evening storms. In the distance, the faint, hazy suggestion of Davis Ridge marks the far reach of the land, though the immediate terrain remains stubbornly flat, defined by the slow, deliberate movement of water toward the coast.

Newport maintains a steady, modest pace of life, rooted in the rhythms of a region that has long looked toward the timber industry and the nearby maritime corridors for its livelihood. The surrounding woodlands have shaped the character of the inhabitants, creating a culture of self-reliance that persists even as the local economy shifts. Residents often seek the solitude of the Neusiok Trail, walking paths that wind through the dense, resilient growth of the area, or they look toward the Dog Islands as a distant, quiet boundary in the water. Life in Newport is marked by the cycle of the seasons, where the scent of pine needles and damp earth defines the morning, and the proximity to the coast ensures that the weather is never truly still, but always in a state of subtle, shifting transition.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — locality lies within · 162k acres
Croatan Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — locality lies within
Fort Benjamin Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 084° E
Newport River Park (State Recreation Area) — 1.2 mi, 065° NE
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Gales Creek Preserve at Camp Sam Hatcher (Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 220° SW
Pocosin Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 4.6 mi, 299° NW · 12k acres
Theodore Roosevelt State Natural Area (Marine Protected Area) — 5.5 mi, 158° S
Carteret County Museum of History (Museum) — 7.6 mi, 116° SE
Battle Works - Tactical Laser Tag (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 124° SE
Atlantic Station Cinema (Cinema) — 8.5 mi, 124° SE
Carteret County Historical Society (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 110° E
Big Rock (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 110° E
Morehead City Waterfront (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 110° E
Sheep Ridge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 10.6 mi, 316° NW · 9,315 acres
Golfin Dolphin Golf Plane (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 244° SW
Emerald Plantation Cinema 4 (Cinema) — 12.2 mi, 232° SW
Michael John Smith (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 107° E
Lookout Cruises (Attraction) — 12.8 mi, 107° E
Blackbeard (Public Artwork) — 18.1 mi, 088° E
New Bern Civil War Battlefield Park (Registered Battlefield) — 20.7 mi, 338° N
Oriental's History Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 030° NE
1812 Lighthouse Foundation Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 22.6 mi, 117° SE

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