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Sapphire North Carolina Map

Explore Sapphire, 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 Sapphire, North Carolina

How to Use This Sapphire, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.107038
Longitude	-83.00292
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	28774
Area Code	828
County Seat	Brevard

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About Sapphire, North Carolina

Sapphire is a locality in Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Sapphire is located at 35.1070°N, 83.0029°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 28774.

Sapphire emerges from the high-altitude canopy as a landscape of fractured light and deep, verdant shadow. It lies 26.4 miles south of Waynesville, NC (from Waynesville, NC: bearing 182°T), and is situated 17.3 miles southeast of Cullowhee. Burlingame Creek carves a persistent, rhythmic path through the terrain, its cold waters tumbling over stones smoothed by ages of steady flow before eventually giving way to the quiet, reflective surface of Sapphire Lake. Beyond the immediate tree line, the horizon holds the faint, bruised purple suggestion of the Great Smoky Mountains, standing forty-four miles out as silent sentinels against the sky. The air here holds a crisp, thin quality that sharpens the edges of every leaf and stone, while the humidity of the lowlands is replaced by the sudden, bracing chill of elevation. Only two miles distant, the mist of Rainbow Falls catches the afternoon sun, casting brief, spectral colors into the humid air of the gorge, a phenomenon that punctuates the otherwise steady, emerald stillness of the surrounding woods.

Economic life in Sapphire finds its pulse in the careful stewardship of this rugged geography, drawing those who seek the sanctuary of the highlands. Conserving Carolina - Abes Creek provides a protected anchor for the local ecology, ensuring that the wilder character of the land remains intact amidst the quiet development of residential and recreational life. History here is written in the slow accretion of forest floor and the hard labor of those who first cleared paths through the dense thickets of the Hogback Valley. Residents and visitors alike often turn to the Foothills Trail, a seven-mile journey that traces the ancient, uneven topography of the region, demanding a measured and respectful pace from any traveler. Life in Sapphire moves with the gravity of the mountains themselves, prioritizing the preservation of the silence that settles over the ridges when the sun dips low and the shadows stretch long across the timber.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Conserving Carolina - Abes Creek (Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 111° E
Nantahala National Forest (National Forest) — 0.9 mi, 201° S · 533k acres
Horsepasture, North Carolina Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 1.7 mi, 131° SE · 1,400 acres
Horsepasture State Natural and Scenic River (State Park) — 1.8 mi, 124° SE
Gorges State Park (State Park) — 2.1 mi, 104° E
Rainbow Falls (Viewpoint) — 2.4 mi, 118° SE
Toxaway Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 131° SE
Escarpment Gorges Megasite (Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 222° SW
Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 4.4 mi, 017° N · 511k acres
Silver Run Falls (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 231° SW
Jocassee Gorges (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 137° SE
Chattooga, North Carolina, South Carolina And Georgia Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 6.0 mi, 250° W · 17k acres
Ellicott Rock Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 6.6 mi, 209° SW · 8,300 acres
Bear Lake Reserve (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 342° N
The AdventureDome @ PARI (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 049° NE
Meteorite Gallery @ PARI (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 049° NE
Mineral Gallery @ PARI (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 049° NE
NASA Gallery @ PARI (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 049° NE
Operations Center @ PARI (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 049° NE
Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 204° SW
Twin Falls (Attraction) — 12.3 mi, 122° SE
Middle Prong Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 14.1 mi, 015° N · 7,482 acres
North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 022° N
General Pickens Monument (Monument) — 15.9 mi, 191° S
Chattooga Town (Historic Ruins) — 16.7 mi, 215° SW
Performance Hall (Theatre) — 17.2 mi, 324° NW
American Eclipse (Public Artwork) — 17.3 mi, 325° NW
Blue Moon Gallery & Frame (Gallery) — 17.5 mi, 060° NE
Sliding Rock (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 041° NE
Caesars Head Hotel (Historic Ruins) — 21.4 mi, 090° E

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