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Ruth North Carolina Map

Explore Ruth, 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 Ruth, North Carolina

How to Use This Ruth, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.382066
Longitude	-81.947049
Population	347
Density	316.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28139
Area Code	704, 980
County Seat	Rutherfordton
School District	Rutherford County Schools

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About Ruth, North Carolina

Ruth is a locality in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 347. The population density is 316.0 people per km². Ruth is located at 35.3821°N, 81.9470°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Ruth is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28139.

Ruth occupies a quiet segment of the piedmont where the land rises in long, deliberate swells toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 24.0 miles west-northwest of Shelby, NC (from Shelby, NC: bearing 285°T), and is situated 5.7 miles northwest of Forest City. Cleghorn Creek cuts a narrow, persistent path through the red clay soil, its steady current acting as a silent pulse for the low-lying fields and hardwood stands that define the perimeter of the locality. The air here holds a particular weight in the afternoons, thick with the scent of damp earth and the cooling breath of the woods, while the quality of light at dusk turns the horizon into a muted palette of copper and gray.

Economic life in Ruth has shifted across generations from the hard labor of the textile mills to a more dispersed, modern existence, leaving the architecture of the past to settle comfortably into the landscape. Residents often pass an hour at the Town of Rutherfordton - Kiwanis Park, where the manicured green spaces offer a stark, peaceful contrast to the untamed thickets found near the banks of the creek. Those seeking the stillness of deeper water might travel a short distance to Isothermal Community College Lake, a mirror for the sky that remains largely undisturbed by the transit of the day. Life in Ruth moves with the unhurried cadence of a place that understands its own boundaries, content to exist in the shadow of the peaks while keeping its feet firmly planted in the clay.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town of Rutherfordton - Kiwanis Park (Local Recreation) — 0.7 mi, 213° SW
Town of Rutherfordton - Purple Martin Greenway (Local Recreation) — 1.4 mi, 201° S
Charles Deviney Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 123° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 104° E
Caboose (Attraction) — 6.4 mi, 102° E
Polk County Open Space - Bradley Nature Preserve at Alexander's Ford (Local Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 227° SW
Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina Preserve (Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 262° W
South Mountains Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 11.6 mi, 029° NE
Canopy Ridge Farm (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 282° W
Bobs Creek State Natural Area (State Park) — 14.0 mi, 003° N
Green River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 14.7 mi, 247° SW
Chimney Rock State Park (State Park) — 15.1 mi, 297° NW
Battle of Round Mountain Monument (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 238° SW
Doughboy Statue (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 238° SW
Polk County History Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 237° SW
Grey Rock Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.0 mi, 295° NW
Cowpens Monument (Monument) — 18.4 mi, 157° SE
Orange Bear (Public Artwork) — 18.6 mi, 222° SW
Tryon Theatre (Cinema) — 20.3 mi, 234° SW
Upstairs Artspace (Gallery) — 20.3 mi, 234° SW
Big Bradley Falls (Attraction) — 21.0 mi, 248° W
Marion Train Depot (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 350° N
Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 21.1 mi, 006° N · 511k acres
Foothills Community Theatre (Theatre) — 21.1 mi, 351° N
McDowell Tourism Authority (Attraction) — 21.5 mi, 322° NW
Arrowhead Gallery & Studios (Arts Centre) — 21.5 mi, 322° NW
Old Fort Railroad Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 322° NW
Historic Carson House (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 344° N
Ruins Of A Portable Saw Mill (Historic Ruins) — 23.7 mi, 234° SW
Linville Gorge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 29.7 mi, 006° N · 12k acres

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