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Plain View North Carolina Map

Explore Plain View, 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 Plain View, North Carolina

How to Use This Plain View, North Carolina Map

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

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	Plain View
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Sampson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	35.243991
Longitude	-78.560225
Population	1,923
Density	44.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	28338, 28334
Area Code	704, 980
County Seat	Clinton
School District	Sampson County Schools

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About Plain View, North Carolina

Plain View is a locality in Sampson County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,923. The population density is 44.6 people per km². Plain View is located at 35.2440°N, 78.5602°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 28338, 28334.

Plain View occupies a stretch of fertile, level earth where the horizon feels expansive and the sky claims a vast portion of the day. It lies 20.5 miles east of Anderson Creek, NC (from Anderson Creek, NC: bearing 97°T), and is situated 5.0 miles southeast of Dunn. The Jumping Run traces a path through the landscape, its slow, dark waters carving a quiet artery through the fields that define the local terrain. While Big Ridge rises in the distant west, a faint and hazy silhouette against the evening light, the immediate surroundings remain defined by the steady, low-slung geography of the interior plains. To the north, the gentle depression known as The Dismal marks the earth, while the still, reflective surface of Jernigan Pond offers a place of respite for the local wildlife. The air here holds a particular quality of stillness, especially as the sun begins to fade and the shadows of the pines lengthen across the furrowed rows of the soil.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Plain View, a tradition rooted in the deep, responsive dirt that has sustained generations of families who know the exact temperament of their acreage. Life moves in accordance with the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest, a rhythm that persists even as the modern world encroaches on the edges of the grid. Residents often gather for recreation at Clarence Lee Tart Memorial Park, a space that serves as a quiet anchor for the social life of the neighborhood. The character of the people is marked by a deliberate, thoughtful pace, a byproduct of living in a place where the land commands respect and the days are measured by the quality of one's labor. Plain View maintains a modest, enduring presence, defined not by grand monuments, but by the persistent, honest work of those who call these fields their own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Taylor's Aquarium (Aquarium) — 3.4 mi, 209° SW
Clarence Lee Tart Memorial Park (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 320° NW
Rhodes Pond Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 273° W
Dunn Area History Museum (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 328° NW
North Carolina Rails-to-Trails Preserve (Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 329° NW
Preliminary Park (Local Park) — 7.2 mi, 325° NW
Meadow Museum (Museum) — 7.9 mi, 048° NE
Harnett County - Cape Fear River Trail Park (Local Recreation) — 8.8 mi, 303° NW
Benson Museum of Local History (Museum) — 9.5 mi, 004° N
Town of Benson - Benson Parks and Recreation Department (Local Recreation) — 9.9 mi, 009° N
Old Bluff Church Civil War Trails Marker (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 246° SW
"carbine" Williams' Burial (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 246° SW
Hubb's Farm (Home of Hubb's Corn Maze) (Attraction) — 11.7 mi, 136° SE
Coats Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 331° NW
Bentonville Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 073° E
Bentonville Civil War Trenches (Registered Battlefield) — 14.1 mi, 073° E
Confederate Assault/Morris Farm (Registered Battlefield) — 14.9 mi, 072° E
J.A. Campbell statue (Public Artwork) — 15.2 mi, 319° NW
Lundy Fetterman Museum (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 319° NW
Carver's Creek State Park (State Park) — 17.2 mi, 256° W
Three Rivers Land Trust Preserve (Conservation Area) — 18.0 mi, 247° SW
ZipQuest Waterfall Treetop Adventure (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 249° W
Steps On Stage Academy Of Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 18.9 mi, 001° N
Greek Amphitheater (Theatre) — 19.4 mi, 246° SW
Clark Park Falls (Attraction) — 20.5 mi, 238° SW
Cape Fear River Trail (Attraction) — 20.6 mi, 239° SW
North Carolina Safe Harbor Agreement - Red-cockaded Woodpecker (State Conservation Area) — 21.2 mi, 035° NE
Raven Rock State Park (State Park) — 22.2 mi, 308° NW
Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 69.9 mi, 290° W · 52k acres

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