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Pelham North Carolina Map

Explore Pelham, 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 Pelham, North Carolina

How to Use This Pelham, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	36.510139
Longitude	-79.471691
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	27311
Area Code	336
County Seat	Yanceyville

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About Pelham, North Carolina

Pelham is a locality in Caswell County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Pelham is located at 36.5101°N, 79.4717°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 27311.

Pelham unfolds across the quiet, red-clay expanse of the North Carolina piedmont, where the land stretches out in long, rhythmic swells of earth and field. It lies 15.2 miles northeast of Reidsville, NC (from Reidsville, NC: bearing 45°T), and is situated 6.8 miles southwest of Danville. Little Mill Creek carves a narrow, silver path through the landscape, its waters moving with a deliberate, low-voiced persistence that marks the pulse of the terrain. To the north, the horizon remains open and vast, though on the clearest mornings, the faint, bruised purple of Corbett Ridge can be discerned as a jagged line against the waking sky. The light here has a particular quality, thick and golden in the late afternoon, catching the dust of the fields and turning the common woodland into something luminous and still. Four miles away, the waters of Beach Hollow Lakes offer a cool, glassy reprieve from the heat, reflecting the changing clouds that drift over the flat, agrarian reaches of the countryside.

Pelham maintains an economy tethered to the slow turn of the seasons, rooted in the legacy of tobacco fields and the enduring industry of the textile mills that once defined the regional livelihood. Life in Pelham moves with a measured, contemplative gravity, shaped by the generations who have worked the soil and sustained the local trade. The presence of Druid Hills Park provides a quiet sanctuary just a few miles distant, allowing the surrounding wilderness to press inward against the boundaries of the local roads. Even as modern patterns shift the focus of the workforce, the character of the place remains anchored in the remnants of its history, visible in the weathered architecture and the deliberate, courteous manner of its people. The days are defined by the subtle transitions of the sun, from the damp, gray stillness of dawn to the deep, resonant shadows that stretch across the meadows as evening settles over the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ballou Park (Local Park) — 5.0 mi, 033° NE
Brockton Pl. (Viewpoint) — 5.4 mi, 036° NE
Family Fun Zone (Attraction) — 5.8 mi, 026° NE
Swanson Studio (Gallery) — 6.3 mi, 039° NE
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 039° NE
Anglers Park (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 056° NE
Danville Science Center (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 043° NE
Carrington Pavilion (Stadium) — 7.1 mi, 043° NE
Raynay Alpaca Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 10.3 mi, 190° S
Richmond-Miles History Museum (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 134° SE
R. Wayne Bailey - Caswell Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 162° S
Buccaneer Stadium (Stadium) — 11.0 mi, 133° SE
Veterns Memorial (Monument) — 16.4 mi, 221° SW
Dan River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 17.5 mi, 256° W
Patrick Henry Monument (Monument) — 20.2 mi, 303° NW
Shangri-La Stone Village (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 135° SE
Haw River State Park (State Park) — 23.1 mi, 222° SW
Stoneville Sign (Public Artwork) — 24.4 mi, 263° W
Mayo River State Park (State Park) — 26.0 mi, 259° W
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 28.3 mi, 183° S
9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 28.3 mi, 219° SW
Lawson Family Murder Museum (Museum) — 28.4 mi, 253° W
Buffaloe Lanes Mebane (Attraction) — 30.9 mi, 158° S
Gretna Little Theatre (Theatre) — 31.1 mi, 011° N
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 63.5 mi, 346° N · 733k acres
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 71.5 mi, 006° N · 1.1M acres

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