Scaly Mountain North Carolina Map
Explore Scaly Mountain, 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 Scaly Mountain, North Carolina
How to Use This Scaly Mountain, North Carolina Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Scaly Mountain, 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 Scaly Mountain.
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 | Scaly Mountain |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Macon County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.011757 |
| Longitude | -83.316265 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 12.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 28775 |
| Area Code | 828 |
| County Seat | Franklin |
About Scaly Mountain, North Carolina
Scaly Mountain is a locality in Macon County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Scaly Mountain is located at 35.0118°N, 83.3163°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 28775.Scaly Mountain rises as a rugged elevation where the air thins and cools against the high-altitude canopy of the Nantahala National Forest. It lies 33.1 miles south of Cherokee Indian Reservation, NC (from Cherokee Indian Reservation, NC: bearing 189°T), and is situated 12.3 miles south-southeast of Franklin. Middle Creek carves a persistent path through the terrain, its waters tumbling over granite veins and moss-slicked stones toward the basin known as The Flats. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, sharp clarity, filtering through the dense mountain laurel to illuminate the deep, iron-rich soil that defines the forest floor. Beyond the immediate canopy, the distant silhouette of the Great Smoky Mountains anchors the western horizon, maintaining a somber, blue-gray vigil over the landscape.
Scaly Mountain bears the quiet weight of generations who carved a life from these slopes, transitioning from small-scale mountain agriculture to a rhythm defined by the seasons and the land’s natural bounty. Economy and daily movement here remain tethered to the forest, where the preservation of the Nantahala National Forest dictates the pace of growth and the preservation of the wild. Travelers seeking the solitude of the high country often find their way toward the Three Forks Trail, or linger near the quiet margins of Lake Charles, five miles distant. Life in Scaly Mountain moves with a deliberate, unforced gravity, marked by the steady respiration of the woods and the persistent, low-frequency hum of Middle Creek as it persists in its ancient, downward journey.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Nantahala National Forest (National Forest) — 0.5 mi, 242° SW · 533k acres
- Overflow Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 1.2 mi, 093° E · 3,379 acres
- Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust Preserve (Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 317° NW
- Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 1.9 mi, 151° SE · 752k acres
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 161° S
- Blue Valley Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 3.2 mi, 079° E
- Glen Falls Overlook (Viewpoint) — 4.6 mi, 073° E
- Chattooga, North Carolina, South Carolina And Georgia Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 5.6 mi, 115° SE · 17k acres
- Needmore Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 322° NW
- Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory Experimental Research Area (Recreation Easement) — 6.2 mi, 283° W
- Black Rock Mountain State Park (State Park) — 7.2 mi, 218° SW
- Southern Nantahala Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.6 mi, 269° W · 24k acres
- The Foxfire Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 214° SW
- Ellicott Rock Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 9.7 mi, 095° E · 8,300 acres
- Rabun County Confederate Monument (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 208° SW
- Chattooga Town (Historic Ruins) — 10.8 mi, 131° SE
- Wasilik Poplar (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 297° NW
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 104° E
- Stonewall Creek Vineyards Tasting Room (Attraction) — 14.5 mi, 220° SW
- Silver Run Falls (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 075° E
- General Pickens Monument (Monument) — 17.2 mi, 122° SE
- Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center (Arts Centre) — 17.8 mi, 343° N
- Too-Cowee;ᎧᏫᏱ (Historic Ruins) — 18.5 mi, 342° N
- Forest Service Rd 27 (Attraction) — 20.1 mi, 216° SW
- Performance Hall (Theatre) — 21.7 mi, 020° N
- Fine Art Museum (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 020° N
- American Eclipse (Public Artwork) — 22.1 mi, 020° N
- Freedom Pavilion (Gallery) — 25.5 mi, 012° N
- Jug Hill Gallery (Gallery) — 25.5 mi, 012° N
- Travelers Rest (Museum) — 28.2 mi, 171° S
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About This Scaly Mountain Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Scaly Mountain, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.011757, -83.316265. 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 Scaly Mountain includes the ZIP code (28775), telephone area code (828), county seat of Macon County (Franklin), and school district assignment.
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. |
