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Pumpkin Center North Carolina Map

Explore Pumpkin Center, 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 Pumpkin Center, North Carolina

How to Use This Pumpkin Center, North Carolina Map

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

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	Pumpkin Center
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Onslow County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	34.786034
Longitude	-77.364175
Population	1,855
Density	565.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	28655, 28092, 28546
Area Code	704, 980, 910
County Seat	Jacksonville
School District	Onslow County Schools

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About Pumpkin Center, North Carolina

Pumpkin Center is a locality in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,855. The population density is 565.3 people per km². Pumpkin Center is located at 34.7860°N, 77.3642°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 28655, 28092, 28546.

Pumpkin Center emerges from the low-lying terrain where the dark, sluggish waters of Wolf Swamp carve their path through the heavy, moisture-laden soil. It lies 4.2 miles northeast of Jacksonville, NC (from Jacksonville, NC: bearing 52°T), and is situated 6.0 miles north-northwest of Piney Green. This coastal plain landscape is defined by a persistent, humid stillness, where the air often tastes of salt carried inland from Morgan Bay, only three miles to the southeast. On the horizon, the land remains stubbornly flat, though on the clearest days, one might imagine the faint, jagged suggestion of Bryants Ridge rising far to the west, a distant ghost beyond the reach of the local horizon. The proximity to Elizabeth Lake creates a basin of quiet, reflective water that mirrors the expansive sky, while the proximity to Onslow County Park provides a buffer of protected greenery against the encroaching scrub and pine.

Pumpkin Center maintains an economy rooted in the patient rhythms of the soil and the shifting tides of the neighboring coast, reflecting a history shaped by those who learned to work both the timber-rich reaches of Hofmann Forest and the damp, fertile earth. Life here moves with the slow, deliberate pace of a region that has long looked toward the water for its livelihood, whether through small-scale maritime trade or the cultivation of the surrounding fields. While modern pressures occasionally ripple through the quietude, the local character remains defined by a stoic, self-reliant independence, evidenced by the way the evening light catches the weathered siding of older structures that have withstood the coastal winds for generations. It is a place where the distinction between the land and the salt-marsh is often blurred, leaving the residents to navigate a world that is as much defined by the reach of the tides as it is by the steady, sun-warmed cycles of the agricultural calendar.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Onslow County Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 138° SE
City of Jacksonville - Jacksonville Commons (Local Recreation) — 1.7 mi, 296° NW
Commons City Worker Memorial (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 283° W
Richard Ray Flags (Monument) — 2.2 mi, 282° W
NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 301° NW
City of Jacksonville - Northeast Creek Park (Local Recreation) — 2.5 mi, 175° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 3.6 mi, 233° SW
Montford Point Marine Memorial (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 226° SW
Zing Zumm (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 234° SW
Stones Creek Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 137° SE
MCAS New River Theater (Theatre) — 6.3 mi, 226° SW
Hog Wild at Howard Farm (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 301° NW
John A. Lejeune (Public Artwork) — 8.4 mi, 174° S
Croatan Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 9.8 mi, 062° NE
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 9.8 mi, 062° NE · 162k acres
Catfish Lake South Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 12.8 mi, 056° NE · 8,490 acres
Hammocks Beach State Park (State Park) — 13.8 mi, 122° SE
Sea Turtle Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 15.4 mi, 154° SE
Pocosin Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 16.4 mi, 086° E · 12k acres
Golfin Dolphin Golf Plane (Attraction) — 17.9 mi, 110° E
Emerald Plantation Cinema 4 (Cinema) — 19.8 mi, 115° SE
One Tree Hill Clay Beach House (Attraction) — 20.0 mi, 187° S
Bear Town Cinema (Cinema) — 26.7 mi, 036° NE
New Bern Civil War Battlefield Park (Registered Battlefield) — 26.8 mi, 047° NE
New Bern Firemen's Museum (Museum) — 28.8 mi, 039° NE
Talos (Attraction) — 32.6 mi, 208° SW
Missiles and More Museum (Museum) — 32.6 mi, 208° SW
Carteret County Museum of History (Museum) — 34.6 mi, 097° E
Caswell Number 1 Fire Station Museum (Museum) — 34.9 mi, 339° N
Cliffs of the Neuss l (Viewpoint) — 43.0 mi, 317° NW

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