Explore Pine Level, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Pine Level, 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 Pine Level.
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 | Pine Level |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Johnston County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.503014 |
| Longitude | -78.249276 |
| Population | 2,046 |
| Density | 459.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 28455, 27577 |
| Area Code | 910, 919, 984 |
| County Seat | Smithfield |
| School District | Johnston County Schools |
Pine Level spreads across the low, flat terrain of the piedmont, where the earth gives way to quiet expanses of field and thicket. It lies 5.4 miles east of Smithfield, NC (from Smithfield, NC: bearing 86°T), and is situated 2.8 miles southeast of Selma. Moccasin Creek carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape, its dark waters mirroring the heavy, humid sky that hangs over the region throughout the summer months. At the edge of the residential grid, W I Rowland Pond holds a stillness that seems to absorb the afternoon heat, providing a dark, glass-like surface that anchors the surrounding greenery. Sunlight here possesses a particular quality, thickening as it hits the pine needles and dusty road shoulders, casting long, amber shadows that define the slow transition from afternoon into evening.
Pine Level maintains a rhythm rooted in its agricultural heritage, where the legacy of tobacco cultivation still lingers in the wide-open tracts of soil that flank the roads. The economy has shifted over the generations, yet the focus remains on the steady, industrious work of the people who keep the local commerce moving. At the center of public life, Pine Level Recreation Park offers a space for the community to gather, its grass-covered grounds serving as a commons where the pace of the day slows to match the movement of the wind through the trees. The character of the place is marked by a quiet, persistent resilience, a way of existing that values the small, reliable connections made over the fence line or across a counter, far from the restless energy of the larger world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pine Level, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.503014, -78.249276. 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 Pine Level includes the ZIP code (28455, 27577), telephone area code (910, 919, 984), county seat of Johnston County (Smithfield), and school district assignment (Johnston 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 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. |