Ossipee North Carolina Map
Explore Ossipee, 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 Ossipee, North Carolina
How to Use This Ossipee, North Carolina Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ossipee, 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 Ossipee.
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 | Ossipee |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Alamance County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 36.172079 |
| Longitude | -79.510579 |
| Population | 536 |
| Density | 340.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 27244 |
| Area Code | 336 |
| County Seat | Graham |
| School District | Alamance-Burlington Schools |
About Ossipee, North Carolina
Ossipee is a locality in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 536. The population density is 340.9 people per km². Ossipee is located at 36.1721°N, 79.5106°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Ossipee is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 27244.Ossipee spreads across a quiet expanse of the North Carolina piedmont, where the land unfolds in modest swells of clay and timber. It lies 4.8 miles north of Elon, NC (from Elon, NC: bearing 357°T), and is situated 6.7 miles northwest of Burlington. The Reedy Fork carves a patient path through the landscape, its waters moving with a deliberate, steady weight that defines the local drainage. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the distant, hazy silhouette of Corbett Ridge anchors the western horizon, providing a permanent backdrop to the shifting seasonal light. A mile from the center of activity, the Mountains-to-Sea Trail offers a quiet corridor for those who walk the earth, while Whitesell Lake Number One sits five miles away, holding the sky in its glass-still surface during the long, humid afternoons of late summer.
Ossipee draws its character from a history of labor and the steady pulse of the regional economy, where the remnants of textile industry and traditional land use still color the daily temperament. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the turning of the soil and the slow, persistent growth of the surrounding woodland, far removed from the frantic pace of the coast. People move with a practiced, measured courtesy, reflecting a culture built on the heavy work of the past and the quiet pragmatism of the present. Even as the modern world encroaches, the stillness of the woods and the persistent flow of the Reedy Fork ensure that Ossipee retains a deep, internal gravity, grounded firmly in the red dirt of the piedmont.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Mountains-to-Sea Trail (State Park) — 1.2 mi, 125° SE
- Town of Elon Open Space (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 177° S
- Guilford County Park (Local Park) — 4.3 mi, 203° SW
- William F Moricle Recreational Complex (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 201° S
- Amphitheater (Theatre) — 4.9 mi, 174° S
- Guilford County Open Space (Local Recreation) — 5.3 mi, 212° SW
- Love Graham (Public Artwork) — 9.4 mi, 139° SE
- R. Wayne Bailey - Caswell Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 028° NE
- Raynay Alpaca Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 13.2 mi, 002° N
- Veterns Memorial (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 322° NW
- Haw River State Park (State Park) — 14.2 mi, 294° NW
- NH Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 14.7 mi, 238° SW
- Buffaloe Lanes Mebane (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 111° E
- 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 15.8 mi, 275° W
- Robeson Theatre (Theatre) — 15.9 mi, 246° SW
- Audubon (Local Conservation Area) — 16.0 mi, 251° W
- Cone Brothers (Monument) — 16.3 mi, 249° W
- Former Pioneer Camp Meeting/Dining Hall Chimney (Historic Ruins) — 16.6 mi, 163° S
- Studio 503 (Arts Centre) — 16.7 mi, 245° SW
- Three College Observatory (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 160° S
- The Marshall Muse Gallery (Gallery) — 16.7 mi, 247° SW
- 205 Collaborative (Arts Centre) — 16.8 mi, 246° SW
- Guilford Native American Art Gallery (Gallery) — 16.9 mi, 246° SW
- GreenHill Center for NC Art (Gallery) — 16.9 mi, 247° SW
- Weatherspoon Art Museum (Museum) — 18.0 mi, 246° SW
- Shangri-La Stone Village (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 062° NE
- Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 40.3 mi, 203° SW · 52k acres
- Birkhead Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 42.9 mi, 209° SW · 5,216 acres
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About This Ossipee Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ossipee, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.172079, -79.510579. 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 Ossipee includes the ZIP code (27244), telephone area code (336), county seat of Alamance County (Graham), and school district assignment (Alamance-Burlington 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
