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Salvo North Carolina Map

Explore Salvo, 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 Salvo, North Carolina

How to Use This Salvo, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.548536
Longitude	-75.468168
Population	303
Density	120.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	27972, 27982
Area Code	919, 984
County Seat	Manteo
School District	Dare County Schools

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About Salvo, North Carolina

Salvo is a locality in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 303. The population density is 120.7 people per km². Salvo is located at 35.5485°N, 75.4682°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 27972, 27982.

Salvo occupies a narrow sliver of sand defined by the relentless meeting of land and the Atlantic Ocean. It lies 67.9 miles southeast of Elizabeth City, NC (from Elizabeth City, NC: bearing 140°T), and is situated 30.0 miles south-southeast of Nags Head. Salt spray coats the weathered cedar shingles of the buildings, and the air carries a constant, briny weight that seems to slow the passage of time. Beyond the immediate dunes, the landscape shifts toward the low-lying marshes near North Drain, where the water remains shallow and still under the vast, open sky. To the west, the horizon is punctuated by the faint, jagged silhouette of Sand Ridge, a reminder of the shifting topography that separates this thin strip of earth from the mainland. Midgett Island sits just offshore, a quiet sentinel in the tides, while the expansive boundaries of Cape Hatteras National Seashore ensure that the wild, shifting character of the beach remains the primary architect of the horizon.

Salvo maintains a quiet existence shaped by the rhythms of the fishing industry and the seasonal pulse of those drawn to the shoreline. The local economy has long been anchored in the harvest of the sea, a trade that demands a deep, instinctive knowledge of the currents and the temperamental weather patterns of the coast. History here is marked not by grand monuments, but by the resilience of families who have adapted to the encroaching sands and the occasional fury of the storms. Life moves in accordance with the tides, far removed from the bustle of the interior, and the community retains a sturdy, self-reliant character that honors its maritime roots. Far from the reach of the distant Back Lake, the focus of daily life remains fixed on the water, where the light at dusk turns the Atlantic Ocean into a sheet of hammered copper, illuminating the solitary work of those who still look to the sea for their livelihood.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cape Hatteras National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 0.1 mi, 103° E · 58k acres
Salvo Day Use Area (Attraction) — 1.1 mi, 199° S
Mirlo Rescue (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 001° N
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.0 mi, 358° N · 15k acres
Gull Island Wildlife Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 212° SW
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge.Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 8.3 mi, 352° N · 161 acres
Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 11.5 mi, 350° N
Pea Island Life Savers (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 353° N
Studio 12 (Gallery) — 14.1 mi, 188° S
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.8 mi, 290° W · 456k acres
Oregon Inlet Fishing Center (Attraction) — 17.7 mi, 345° N
Lost Colony Museum and Gifts (Museum) — 19.7 mi, 188° S
Dare Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 19.7 mi, 292° W
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Pavillion (Theatre) — 20.8 mi, 189° S
Roanoke Island Marshes Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 22.5 mi, 339° N
Gull Rock Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 23.3 mi, 275° W
Frisco Bathhouse Sandy Bay Day Use Area (Attraction) — 24.5 mi, 204° SW
Frisco Hatteras Access (Attraction) — 25.0 mi, 205° SW
Hello from Hatteras (Gallery) — 25.9 mi, 207° SW
America's 1st Attempt at Civil War Reunification (Monument) — 25.9 mi, 209° SW
Outer Banks History Center (Museum) — 27.4 mi, 336° NW
Jockeys Ridge State Park (State Park) — 29.3 mi, 342° N
Tugboat Explorer Shipwreck (Historic Ruins) — 30.8 mi, 343° N
Ocracoke Visitor Center Amphitheater (Theatre) — 41.8 mi, 225° SW
Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 42.3 mi, 251° W · 8,920 acres
Fort Ocarcoke (Historic Ruins) — 45.1 mi, 227° SW
Cape Lookout National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 46.8 mi, 225° SW · 41k acres
Mattie Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 49.4 mi, 259° W
Red Wolf Center (Museum) — 49.7 mi, 300° NW
Pettigrew State Park (State Park) — 49.9 mi, 297° NW

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