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Richlands North Carolina Map

Explore Richlands, 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 Richlands, North Carolina

How to Use This Richlands, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	34.900289
Longitude	-77.542751
Population	2,287
Density	541.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	28740, 28574
Area Code	828, 910
County Seat	Jacksonville
School District	Onslow County Schools

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About Richlands, North Carolina

Richlands is a locality in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,287. The population density is 541.1 people per km². Richlands is located at 34.9003°N, 77.5428°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Richlands is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 28740, 28574.

Richlands occupies a low-lying stretch of coastal plain where the humidity clings to the skin like a warm, damp silk. It lies 12.0 miles north-northwest of Jacksonville, NC (from Jacksonville, NC: bearing 327°T), and is situated 7.1 miles northwest of Half Moon. The horizon remains flat, broken only by the silhouettes of pine stands and the occasional farmhouse, while the brackish scent of Morgan Bay drifts inland on the prevailing breeze. Only two miles separate the soil from the reach of the tide, and the nearby Squires Run cuts a quiet, tea-colored path through the sediment. To the west, the dark, tangled thickets of Hell Pocosin create a natural boundary, their dense vegetation offering a stark contrast to the cleared fields that define much of the surrounding landscape. Within the immediate vicinity, Onslow County Park provides a modest expanse of green, a place where the light at dusk settles in long, golden bars across the grass, turning the common weeds into something almost luminous.

Richlands maintains a rhythm dictated by the cycles of agriculture and the steady, unpretentious commerce of the eastern plains. Generations have worked this soil, leaving a legacy of tobacco and textile roots that persist beneath the veneer of modern life. While the bustle of larger hubs feels distant, the economy here stays tethered to the land and the modest industry that sustains the families who have long called the region home. Further afield, the vast reach of Hofmann Forest serves as a reminder of the wilder, untamed geography that once dominated the entire coastal shelf. Life proceeds with a measured, Southern courtesy, where the heat of the afternoon slows the pace of the day and the evening brings a stillness that seems to rise directly from the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Onslow County Park (Local Park) — locality lies within
Onslow County - Richlands Steed Park (Local Recreation) — 1.0 mi, 093° E
Hog Wild at Howard Farm (Attraction) — 4.7 mi, 140° SE
City of Jacksonville - Jacksonville Commons (Local Recreation) — 10.7 mi, 134° SE
Commons City Worker Memorial (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 133° SE
Richard Ray Flags (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 133° SE
Zing Zumm (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 147° SE
Beirut Memorial (Monument) — 12.8 mi, 145° SE
MCAS New River Theater (Theatre) — 13.5 mi, 156° SE
Stones Creek Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 15.1 mi, 170° S
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 17.4 mi, 079° E · 162k acres
Croatan Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 17.4 mi, 079° E
Sandy Run Savannas State Natural Area (State Park) — 18.0 mi, 191° S
Angola Bay Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 18.8 mi, 217° SW
John A. Lejeune (Public Artwork) — 19.7 mi, 146° SE
Catfish Lake South Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 20.7 mi, 089° E · 8,490 acres
Liberty Hall (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 280° W
Cowan Museum of History and Science (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 280° W
Caswell Number 1 Fire Station Museum (Museum) — 24.8 mi, 355° N
Health and Science Museum (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 354° N
Sheep Ridge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 26.2 mi, 091° E · 9,315 acres
Hammocks Beach State Park (State Park) — 26.6 mi, 125° SE
Sea Turtle Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 28.0 mi, 155° SE
One Tree Hill Clay Beach House (Attraction) — 28.8 mi, 164° S
Bear Town Cinema (Cinema) — 29.3 mi, 062° NE
Neuse Boulevard Cinema (Cinema) — 30.4 mi, 060° NE
Cliffs of the Neuss l (Viewpoint) — 30.4 mi, 321° NW
Golfin Dolphin Golf Plane (Attraction) — 30.4 mi, 117° SE
New Bern Civil War Battlefield Park (Registered Battlefield) — 31.5 mi, 071° E
Arts Co of Faison (Arts Centre) — 36.8 mi, 294° NW

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