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Sea Breeze North Carolina Map

Explore Sea Breeze, 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 Sea Breeze, North Carolina

How to Use This Sea Breeze, North Carolina Map

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

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	Sea Breeze
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	New Hanover County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	34.063228
Longitude	-77.891374
Population	2,245
Density	465.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	28409
Area Code	910
County Seat	Wilmington
School District	New Hanover County Schools

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About Sea Breeze, North Carolina

Sea Breeze is a locality in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,245. The population density is 465.0 people per km². Sea Breeze is located at 34.0632°N, 77.8914°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 28409.

Sea Breeze occupies a singular vantage point where the man-made channel of Snows Cut slices through the coastal landscape to meet the expansive, rhythmic push of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies 5.0 miles south of Myrtle Grove, NC (from Myrtle Grove, NC: bearing 186°T), and is situated 1.9 miles north of Carolina Beach. The air here remains heavy with the salt-crusted breath of the tide, carrying a persistent dampness that softens the edges of the maritime scrub and defines the low-lying terrain. Within the immediate perimeter of New Hanover County Park, the earth feels porous and shifting, a thin margin of land constantly negotiated by the water. Far to the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Big Bay Ridge acts as a distant anchor for the horizon, though the true orientation of Sea Breeze is always toward the shifting blues and grays of the horizon line, where the light at dusk turns the froth of the surf into a metallic, flickering silver.

Sea Breeze maintains a quiet, enduring character shaped by its proximity to the water and the legacy of the nearby Pleasure Island, which dictates the seasonal ebb and flow of its local economy. While the bustle of larger ports hums elsewhere, daily life in Sea Breeze lingers in the spaces between the tides, often finding its rhythm in the maintenance of vessels or the slow, deliberate work of those who harvest the bounty of the coast. Residents navigate their surroundings with an awareness of the delicate geography, occasionally traveling six miles inland to traverse the Mohican Trail or finding a moment of stillness two miles away at the quiet, freshwater expanse of Carolina Lake. This is a place defined by the necessity of adaptation, where the history of the coast is written in the sand and the persistent, quiet labor of the people who remain anchored to this specific, salt-aired edge of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

New Hanover County Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 168° S
Freeman Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 100° E
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Telfairs Creek Preserve (Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 272° W
Carolina Beach State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 0.8 mi, 225° SW
North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 1.2 mi, 027° NE
Brooke Home (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 182° S
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Lords Creek Preserve (Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 336° NW
Minnie Evans Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 2.8 mi, 337° NW
North Carolina Safe Harbor Agreement - Red-cockaded Woodpecker (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 264° W
Orton Plantation (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 266° W
Masonboro Island State Natural Area (State Park) — 3.8 mi, 031° NE
Myrtle Grove Athletic Complex (Local Recreation) — 5.2 mi, 005° N
Naval Gun (Attraction) — 5.8 mi, 195° S
Artillery (Attraction) — 5.8 mi, 195° S
1921 Fort Fisher Monument (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 193° S
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area (State Park) — 6.8 mi, 194° S
Green Swamp Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 234° SW
Gold Star Families Memorial Monument (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 002° N
Lumina (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 028° NE
Bottle Chapel (Public Artwork) — 11.0 mi, 019° N
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 11.7 mi, 026° NE
Wrightsville Beach Museum of History (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 025° NE
Latimer House Museum (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 345° N
Cape Fear Serpentarium (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 12.2 mi, 344° N
Hannah Block Historic USO Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 12.2 mi, 345° N
Bellamy Mansion Museum of History & Design Arts (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 346° N
Ricky Evans Gallery (Gallery) — 12.3 mi, 217° SW
Timeless Treasures (Gallery) — 12.4 mi, 216° SW
Cape Fear Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 12.4 mi, 344° N
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 62.9 mi, 046° NE · 162k acres

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