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Pleasant Hill North Carolina Map

Explore Pleasant Hill, 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 Pleasant Hill, North Carolina

How to Use This Pleasant Hill, North Carolina Map

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

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	Pleasant Hill
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Wilkes County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.254037
Longitude	-80.894621
Population	831
Density	124.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	28572, 27298, 27866, 28621
Area Code	919, 984, 828
County Seat	Wilkesboro
School District	Wilkes County Schools

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About Pleasant Hill, North Carolina

Pleasant Hill is a locality in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 831. The population density is 124.1 people per km². Pleasant Hill is located at 36.2540°N, 80.8946°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 28572, 27298, 27866.

Pleasant Hill occupies a quiet expanse of the Piedmont where the land settles into a series of long, rhythmic slopes that catch the amber light of late afternoon. It lies 22.7 miles southwest of Mount Airy, NC (from Mount Airy, NC: bearing 223°T), and is situated 2.1 miles west-northwest of Elkin. The air here holds a stillness that seems to gather in the hollows, drawing the eye toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains that define the western horizon. Within a mile of the center, the waters of Long Branch move with a steady, quiet purpose, carving a path through the red clay soil, while the nearby Elkin Reservoir offers a calm surface that mirrors the shifting clouds of the inland sky. Just a short distance away, the water of Carter Falls breaks over the stone, providing a constant, low-frequency hum that anchors the landscape against the stillness of the surrounding woods.

Pleasant Hill maintains a character forged by the steady labor of the land and the resilient heritage of the surrounding region. The local economy and the daily rhythm of life remain tethered to the traditions of the Piedmont, where the remnants of earlier textile and agricultural industries have shaped the way families organize their time. Residents often find their way to the Town of Elkin Open - Elkin and Alleghany Railroad Trail, a path that repurposed old rail lines into a corridor for movement and reflection. While the deeper, more dramatic folds of the earth belong to the distant Engle Hollow, Pleasant Hill possesses its own subtle gravity, defined by the way the sun warms the brick and timber of the older buildings when the workday finally draws to a close.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wilkes County Open Space (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 013° N
Town of Elkin Open - Elkin and Alleghany Railroad Trail (Local Recreation) — 1.7 mi, 084° E
Town of Elkin - Elkin Municipal Park (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 092° E
Mountains-to-Sea Trail (State Park) — 2.2 mi, 018° N
Chatham Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 098° E
Piedmont Land Conservancy Preserve - Long Point Preserve (Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 032° NE
US 21 overlook (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 330° NW
Mitchell River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 007° N
Stone Mountain State Park (State Park) — 10.3 mi, 319° NW
Lower Falls (Attraction) — 11.7 mi, 316° NW
Middle Falls (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 317° NW
John Harmon Gallery (Public Artwork) — 12.3 mi, 332° NW
Widows Falls (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 316° NW
Tractor Brown's Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 124° SE
Wilkes Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 14.7 mi, 247° SW
Vaughn-Woltz Order of the Arrow Campfire Arena Time Capsule (Monument) — 15.4 mi, 010° N
Liberty Theatre Cinema (Cinema) — 15.4 mi, 245° SW
Stone Mountain Overlook (Viewpoint) — 15.6 mi, 323° NW
Crouse's Chimney (Historic Ruins) — 15.7 mi, 006° N
Wilkes Heritage Museum (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 243° SW
Thurmond Chatham Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 16.2 mi, 307° NW
Old Lone Hickory Store (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 143° SE
Veteran Memorial (Monument) — 17.3 mi, 123° SE
Thunder Road Museum (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 031° NE
Surry County Historical Farm Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 086° E
Alleghany Community Auditorium (Theatre) — 21.9 mi, 324° NW
Andy Griffith Playhouse (Theatre) — 23.2 mi, 043° NE
Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 34.5 mi, 351° N · 155k acres
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 35.1 mi, 350° N · 733k acres
Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 41.3 mi, 247° SW · 511k acres

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