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Smyrna North Carolina Map

Explore Smyrna, 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 Smyrna, North Carolina

How to Use This Smyrna, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	34.759329
Longitude	-76.527424
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	28579
Area Code	910
County Seat	Beaufort

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About Smyrna, North Carolina

Smyrna is a locality in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Smyrna is located at 34.7593°N, 76.5274°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 28579.

Smyrna occupies a low-slung stretch of land where the horizon dissolves into the salt-heavy air of the Atlantic Ocean, just a mile to the east. It lies 22.8 miles east-southeast of Havelock, NC (from Havelock, NC: bearing 111°T), and is situated 8.2 miles east-northeast of Beaufort. The landscape here is defined by the marshy, shifting edges of Tusk Creek, which snakes through the grasses with a quiet, persistent gravity. To the west, the subtle rise of Davis Ridge breaks the flatness, providing a muted backdrop to the expansive sky that dominates the view. The North Carolina Coastal Federation Preserve blankets the immediate terrain, anchoring the earth in a tangle of native growth and tidal silts that shift with the moon’s pull. At certain hours, the light turns a bruised, pearlescent gray, catching the moisture off the water and coating the blades of marsh grass in a thin, shimmering film of salt.

Smyrna persists as a place where the economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the water, tracing its lineage back to generations of families who have worked the tides and the nearby flats. Beyond the immediate reach of the shoreline, life moves with the deliberate pace of those who understand the influence of the seasons on the harvest of the sea. While the bustle of larger ports feels worlds away, the proximity of Davis Island across the water serves as a constant, quiet reminder of the area’s maritime isolation. Further inland, the distant basin of Open Grounds and the freshwater stillness of Mullet Pond offer a different, calmer geography, yet the character of Smyrna remains irrevocably shaped by the salt air and the enduring, practical grit of a life lived at the edge of the continent.

Nearby Outdoor Places

North Carolina Coastal Federation Preserve (Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 318° NW
Carteret County - Eastern Park (Local Recreation) — 0.7 mi, 070° E
Big Hill Island Audubon Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 128° SE
Blackbeard (Public Artwork) — 2.2 mi, 304° NW
Browns Island Tracts (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 180° S
Cape Lookout National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 4.5 mi, 181° S · 41k acres
Rachel Carson Estuarine Reserve Dedicated Nature Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 5.6 mi, 225° SW
North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 5.7 mi, 224° SW
Island Express Ferry Service (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 248° W
Lookout Cruises (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 249° W
Michael John Smith (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 249° W
Amphitheatre (Cinema) — 8.4 mi, 250° W
Carteret County Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 276° W
1812 Lighthouse Foundation Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 9.4 mi, 179° S
Morehead City Waterfront (Attraction) — 10.8 mi, 256° W
Big Rock (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 256° W
Carteret County Historical Society (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 256° W
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 12.2 mi, 283° W · 162k acres
Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.0 mi, 031° NE · 43k acres
Carteret County Museum of History (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 259° W
Battle Works - Tactical Laser Tag (Attraction) — 13.5 mi, 253° W
Atlantic Station Cinema (Cinema) — 13.5 mi, 253° W
Oriental's History Museum (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 333° NW
Pocosin Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.2 mi, 277° W · 12k acres
Sheep Ridge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 28.5 mi, 290° W · 9,315 acres
Middle Community Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 33.2 mi, 051° NE
New Bern Civil War Battlefield Park (Registered Battlefield) — 34.1 mi, 306° NW
Spider Lady (Monument) — 37.4 mi, 310° NW
New Bern Firemen's Museum (Museum) — 37.8 mi, 310° NW
Light Station (Viewpoint) — 39.0 mi, 052° NE

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