Explore Ronda, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ronda, 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 Ronda.
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 | Ronda |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Wilkes County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 36.218467 |
| Longitude | -80.941186 |
| Population | 438 |
| Density | 156.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 28670 |
| Area Code | 828 |
| County Seat | Wilkesboro |
| School District | Wilkes County Schools |
Ronda emerges from the red-clay earth of the piedmont, defined by the steady, amber-tinted pulse of the Yadkin River that carves a serpentine path through the landscape. It lies 26.9 miles southwest of Mount Airy, NC (from Mount Airy, NC: bearing 224°T), and is situated 5.5 miles west-southwest of Elkin. Sunlight catches the silt-heavy water as it bends past the low-slung banks, where the thick, humid air of late afternoon carries the scent of damp soil and drying timber. Beyond the immediate floodplain, the terrain rises into modest, wooded rises that define the character of the region, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains marks the western horizon like a jagged, bruised ink-line against the sky. A short distance away, the Wilkes County Open Space offers a quiet expanse of protected greenery, preserving the raw, unpolished beauty of the interior woods that once dominated this entire reach of the state.
Ronda carries the weight of a quiet, industrious past, where the remnants of agricultural heritage and the steady hum of machinery echo in the rhythm of the modern workday. Local life is anchored by the land’s capacity for growth, a legacy that remains visible in the expansive fields that give way to the rugged topography of Dobins Hollow. Travelers seeking a respite from the thoroughfares often find themselves drawn to the nearby Carter Falls, where the water’s descent provides a rhythmic, percussive counterpoint to the stillness of the surrounding forest. Though the pace of life remains deliberate, the influence of the region’s traditions persists, felt in the way the light fades over the fields toward the Jonesville Golf Course Lake, casting long, lean shadows that hold the memory of a long day’s labor in the sun.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ronda, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.218467, -80.941186. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Ronda includes the ZIP code (28670), telephone area code (828), county seat of Wilkes County (Wilkesboro), and school district assignment (Wilkes County Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |