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Pinnacle North Carolina Map

Explore Pinnacle, 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 Pinnacle, North Carolina

How to Use This Pinnacle, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	36.322773
Longitude	-80.423167
Population	786
Density	84.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	27043
Area Code	336
County Seat	Danbury
School District	Stokes County Schools

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About Pinnacle, North Carolina

Pinnacle is a locality in Stokes County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 786. The population density is 84.0 people per km². Pinnacle is located at 36.3228°N, 80.4232°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 27043.

Pinnacle occupies a quiet stretch of land where the earth rises in slow, deliberate swells, defined by the red clay soil that clings to the roots of hardwood trees. It lies 15.2 miles southeast of Mount Airy, NC (from Mount Airy, NC: bearing 140°T), and is situated 5.3 miles northwest of King. The local geography finds its rhythm in the movement of Grassy Creek, which carves a modest path through the landscape, providing a steady, low-voiced companion to the surrounding fields. At the edges of the horizon, the distant Appalachian Mountains appear as faint, blue-gray silhouettes, grounding the view in a vast, ancient geology. Within the immediate vicinity, Pinnacle Lions Park offers a patch of maintained green space that serves as a communal anchor, while the nearby Little Yadkin Watershed Lake Six holds the sky in its calm, glassy surface during the humid stillness of summer afternoons.

Pinnacle maintains an identity shaped by generations of agrarian heritage, where the legacy of tobacco and textile production persists in the architecture of weathered barns and quiet, roadside storefronts. The economy has shifted, yet the pace of life remains tethered to the seasonal turning of the crops and the steady work of the inhabitants who keep the regional character intact. Those seeking the rugged textures of the earth often travel toward the Mica Pit or the cascading waters of Tory Falls, while others trace the path of the Cooks Wall Trail to witness the landscape from a higher elevation. In the evenings, the air carries a crispness that suggests the weight of the forests, marking a place where the modern world feels secondary to the enduring, quiet presence of the land itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pinnacle Lions Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 289° W
Blue Star Memorial (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 177° S
Pilot Mountain Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 1.1 mi, 176° S
Pilot Mountain State Park (State Park) — 1.6 mi, 284° W
City of King Open Space (Local Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 141° SE
City of King - Recreation Acres (Local Recreation) — 3.9 mi, 131° SE
Hanging Rock State Park (State Park) — 5.0 mi, 035° NE
Piedmont Land Conservancy Preserve - Little Yadkin River Bluffs (Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 200° S
Town of Pilot Mountain - Armfield Park (Local Recreation) — 5.8 mi, 331° NW
Surry County Historical Farm Museum (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 234° SW
Rider Falls (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 028° NE
RM Collins Memorial (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 035° NE
Carolina Ziplines Canopy Tour (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 036° NE
Torys Falls (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 051° NE
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 9.3 mi, 043° NE
Balanced Rock (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 056° NE
Stoneman's Raid (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 064° NE
Bethabara Visitor Center (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 149° SE
Stokes County Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 13.5 mi, 064° NE
Hill Farm Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 14.2 mi, 009° N
Blackmon Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 15.8 mi, 320° NW
Earle (Cinema) — 16.0 mi, 320° NW
Mount Airy Museum of Regional History (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 320° NW
A/perture Cinema (Cinema) — 18.3 mi, 148° SE
Balancing Act (Public Artwork) — 18.4 mi, 147° SE
Tractor Brown's Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 228° SW
Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 42.0 mi, 319° NW · 155k acres
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 42.3 mi, 318° NW · 733k acres
Birkhead Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 55.2 mi, 149° SE · 5,216 acres
Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 57.6 mi, 166° S · 52k acres

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