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Speed North Carolina Map

Explore Speed, 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 Speed, North Carolina

How to Use This Speed, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.967935
Longitude	-77.445247
Population	63
Density	86.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	27886, 27881
Area Code	919, 984
County Seat	Tarboro
School District	Edgecombe County Schools

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About Speed, North Carolina

Speed is a locality in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 63. The population density is 86.0 people per km². Speed is located at 35.9679°N, 77.4452°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Speed is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 27886, 27881.

Speed occupies a low, level stretch of the coastal plain where the earth holds the moisture of the deep soil in a heavy, fertile grip. It lies 7.1 miles northeast of Tarboro, NC (from Tarboro, NC: bearing 46°T), and is situated 19.4 miles east of Rocky Mount. Longs Branch slips quietly through the landscape, a thin, persistent vein of water that divides the fields and mirrors the wide, pale sky. Beyond the immediate flatlands, the horizon remains unobstructed, save for the distant, hazy suggestion of the Ahoskie Ridge rising against the western clouds like a suggestion of height rather than a physical barrier. During the humid shift of late afternoon, the light here thickens, turning the tall grasses into shades of dusty gold and charcoal, giving the land a stillness that feels both ancient and entirely indifferent to the clock.

Agriculture defines the character of Speed, as it has for generations, with the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest dictating the slow, deliberate pulse of the local economy. The legacy of the tobacco fields remains visible in the architecture of the older, weathered barns that dot the periphery, even as the focus shifts toward modern row crops that stretch toward the horizon. Residents often look toward the Lower Fishing Creek Game Land for a reprieve from the workday, finding in its quiet woods a reprieve from the mechanical hum of farm equipment. Life in Speed follows the rhythm of the seasons, tempered by a quiet, courteous reserve that ignores the rush of the wider world in favor of the steady, predictable demands of the earth itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lower Fishing Creek Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 290° W
Clark Memorial Park (Local Park) — 5.8 mi, 225° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 6.6 mi, 220° SW
Town of Tarboro Open Space (Local Recreation) — 6.6 mi, 227° SW
Blount-Bridgers House (Gallery) — 6.8 mi, 229° SW
Town of Tarboro Open Space - Indian Lake Park (Local Recreation) — 7.4 mi, 244° SW
Parkhill Cinema 3 (Cinema) — 8.0 mi, 235° SW
Rock Museum (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 006° N
Roanoke River Bottomlands Megasite (Conservation Area) — 11.3 mi, 027° NE
Roanoke River Wetlands Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 13.2 mi, 047° NE
Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.7 mi, 095° E · 43k acres
Roanoke River Delta Islands (Conservation Area) — 14.5 mi, 099° E
Pinetops War Memorial (Monument) — 16.4 mi, 222° SW
It's A Zoo Life (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 17.9 mi, 226° SW
Martin Luther King Jr. (Monument) — 18.8 mi, 266° W
Indian Woods (Monument) — 24.8 mi, 097° E
NC Museum of Natural Sciences at Greenville (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 171° S
Paramount Theatre - Community Theatre (Theatre) — 26.8 mi, 197° S
Regal Greenville Grande (Cinema) — 27.4 mi, 175° S
Medoc Mountain State Park (State Park) — 30.6 mi, 311° NW
Wilson Theatre (Theatre) — 31.0 mi, 238° SW
Barnes Corner Gallery (Gallery) — 31.1 mi, 237° SW
Medoc Mountain Canoe & Kayak access (Attraction) — 31.7 mi, 309° NW
Nooherooka Monument, Snow Hill (Museum) — 36.6 mi, 206° SW
North Carolina Museum of Natural Science - Contentnea Creek (Museum) — 36.6 mi, 182° S
Fort Neroka (Attraction) — 36.6 mi, 206° SW
Extreme Action Park (Attraction) — 36.7 mi, 146° SE
Greene County History Museum (Museum) — 37.7 mi, 200° S
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.0 mi, 107° E · 230k acres
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 66.5 mi, 165° S · 162k acres

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