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Reelsboro North Carolina Map

Explore Reelsboro, 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 Reelsboro, North Carolina

How to Use This Reelsboro, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.134051
Longitude	-76.913274
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	28560, 28556
Area Code	910
County Seat	Bayboro

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About Reelsboro, North Carolina

Reelsboro is a locality in Pamlico County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Reelsboro is located at 35.1341°N, 76.9133°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 28560, 28556.

Reelsboro occupies a stretch of low-lying flatland where the heavy, humid air of the coastal plain carries the scent of damp pine needles and dark, slow-moving water. It lies 7.6 miles east-northeast of New Bern, NC (from New Bern, NC: bearing 77°T), and is situated 7.8 miles east-southeast of Forest. The landscape is defined by the encroaching shadows of the Croatan National Forest to the south and the persistent, sluggish presence of Black Creek, which curls through the earth like a dormant vein just a mile away. Light here possesses a distinct, syrupy quality during the late afternoon, turning the fields a bruised gold before the gray dampness of dusk settles over the soil. On the far horizon, one might catch the ghost of a silhouette where the distant Davis Ridge rises, though the land itself remains stubbornly level, defined more by the density of its timber and the depth of its silt than by any dramatic elevation.

Reelsboro functions as a quiet intersection of rural labor, where the rhythms of the seasons dictate the pace of life far more than the clocks in the neighboring mercantile buildings. The economy remains tethered to the land and the nearby waterways, with the presence of the Neuse River Game Land providing a vast, protected buffer that keeps the encroaching reach of modern development at bay. Residents often look toward the maritime influence of the Northwest Creek Marina for work or recreation, recognizing that the proximity to the water shapes the local character as surely as the harvest cycles. While the distant, shimmering surface of Cypress Lake offers a reprieve for those seeking the stillness of inland water, the people here remain focused on the steady, unremarkable work of maintaining their homesteads, living with a stoic grace that reflects a long history of working the stubborn, fertile earth of the coastal interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Neuse River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 259° W
Pamlico County Parks and Recreation (Local Recreation) — 6.8 mi, 089° E
Sudan Shriners (Public Artwork) — 7.2 mi, 255° W
USRC Diligence (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 254° W
U.S.C.G.C. Pamlico (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 254° W
World War II Memorial (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 256° W
New Bern Firemen's Museum (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 256° W
Light Ground Pocosin Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 116° SE
New Bern Civil War Battlefield Park (Registered Battlefield) — 8.3 mi, 224° SW
City of New Bern - Martin Marietta Park (Local Recreation) — 9.1 mi, 275° W
Neuse Boulevard Cinema (Cinema) — 9.3 mi, 263° W
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 9.6 mi, 202° S · 162k acres
Croatan Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 9.6 mi, 202° S
Bear Town Cinema (Cinema) — 10.0 mi, 255° W
Aurora Fossil Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 031° NE
Sheep Ridge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 14.2 mi, 208° SW · 9,315 acres
Oriental's History Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 120° SE
Catfish Lake South Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.6 mi, 220° SW · 8,490 acres
Goose Creek State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 22.5 mi, 001° N
North Carolina Historic Bath (Museum) — 24.4 mi, 013° N
Extreme Action Park (Attraction) — 28.7 mi, 341° N
Carteret County Museum of History (Museum) — 29.7 mi, 163° S
Morehead City Waterfront (Attraction) — 30.8 mi, 158° S
Battle Works - Tactical Laser Tag (Attraction) — 31.2 mi, 163° S
Golfin Dolphin Golf Plane (Attraction) — 31.5 mi, 196° S
Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.7 mi, 060° NE · 50k acres
Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.7 mi, 116° SE · 43k acres
Cape Lookout National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 33.6 mi, 155° SE · 41k acres
Mattie Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 37.9 mi, 060° NE
MCAS New River Theater (Theatre) — 41.4 mi, 227° SW

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