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River Road North Carolina Map

Explore River Road, 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 River Road, North Carolina

How to Use This River Road, North Carolina Map

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

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	River Road
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Beaufort County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	35.50683
Longitude	-76.990782
Population	4,048
Density	220.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	27889
Area Code	919, 984
County Seat	Washington
School District	Beaufort County Schools

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About River Road, North Carolina

River Road is a locality in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,048. The population density is 220.5 people per km². River Road is located at 35.5068°N, 76.9908°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 27889.

River Road stretches through a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of red clay soil and the steady, low-lying posture of the piedmont. It lies 22.3 miles east-southeast of Greenville, NC (from Greenville, NC: bearing 109°T), and is situated 4.4 miles southeast of Washington. The terrain here favors broad, open expanses of farmland that catch the amber light of late afternoon, turning the fields into a canvas of deep ochre and bronze before the shadows lengthen. Only a mile away, Broad Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the brush, its waters moving with a deliberate, muddy patience that dictates the slow drainage of the surrounding acreage. In the distance, the faint, hazy outline of Beech Ridge provides a permanent, muted boundary against the western sky, while the local flora—mostly loblolly pine and tangled thickets of sweetgum—thrives in the humid, inland warmth.

History in River Road is measured less by grand monuments than by the enduring patterns of the harvest and the small, utilitarian structures that define the local economy. The legacy of tobacco cultivation remains etched in the architectural memory of the region, visible in the weathered wood of old barns that still stand sentinel over fields now rotating through soy and corn. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a long-established agricultural rhythm, supported by a quiet industriousness that reaches toward the nearby Unknown Park, where the land is preserved in a state of wild, unchecked growth. Residents often look toward the horizon, acknowledging the distance to Hardees Pond as a marker of the wider, interconnected geography that keeps River Road firmly anchored in the interior of the state.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 309° NW
City of Washington - Havens Garden Park (Local Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 307° NW
Goose Creek State Park (State Park) — 3.7 mi, 129° SE
City of Washington - Veterans Park and Jacks Creek Greenway (Local Recreation) — 3.9 mi, 308° NW
City of Washington Open Space (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 298° NW
Extreme Action Park (Attraction) — 5.1 mi, 287° W
Lower Tar River Preserve (Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 291° W
Edward “Blackbeard” Teach Historical Marker (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 104° E
North Carolina Historic Bath (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 102° E
Voice of America Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 14.6 mi, 327° NW
Van Swamp Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 15.4 mi, 035° NE
Aurora Fossil Museum (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 141° SE
Belhaven Memorial Museum (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 084° E
NC Museum of Natural Sciences at Greenville (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 288° W
Regal Greenville Grande (Cinema) — 23.7 mi, 281° W
Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.4 mi, 358° N · 43k acres
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.7 mi, 065° NE · 230k acres
New Jersey Monument (Monument) — 26.7 mi, 188° S
Massachusetts Monument (Monument) — 26.7 mi, 188° S
West Lake Road Observation Point (Viewpoint) — 27.1 mi, 058° NE
Neuse Boulevard Cinema (Cinema) — 27.3 mi, 190° S
North Carolina Museum of Natural Science - Contentnea Creek (Museum) — 27.4 mi, 260° W
Sudan Shriners (Public Artwork) — 27.7 mi, 185° S
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 30.8 mi, 186° S · 162k acres
New Bern Civil War Battlefield Park (Registered Battlefield) — 31.7 mi, 183° S
Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 33.1 mi, 107° E · 8,920 acres
Paramount Theatre - Community Theatre (Theatre) — 34.0 mi, 281° W
Mattie Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 37.9 mi, 100° E
Blount-Bridgers House (Gallery) — 41.1 mi, 312° NW
Fort Neroka (Attraction) — 41.4 mi, 269° W

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