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St. Helena North Carolina Map

Explore St. Helena, 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 St. Helena, North Carolina

How to Use This St. Helena, North Carolina Map

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

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	St. Helena
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Pender County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	34.516556
Longitude	-77.915543
Population	417
Density	28.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28425
Area Code	910
County Seat	Burgaw
School District	Pender County Schools

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About St. Helena, North Carolina

St. Helena is a locality in Pender County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 417. The population density is 28.6 people per km². St. Helena is located at 34.5166°N, 77.9155°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. St. Helena is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28425.

St. Helena emerges from the flat, pine-shadowed landscape where the dark, tannin-stained waters of Cypress Creek slip past the roots of ancient hardwoods. It lies 15.7 miles north-northwest of Murraysville, NC (from Murraysville, NC: bearing 346°T), and is situated 2.5 miles south-southeast of Burgaw. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that carries the faint, salt-tinged promise of the distant coastline, a reminder that the Atlantic is a mere seventeen miles away. Sunlight filters through the canopy in thin, slanted shafts, illuminating the fine gray dust of the roads and the vibrant green of the low-lying undergrowth that thrives in the moisture of the basin. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Southwest Ridge breaks the horizon, providing a silent, stationary anchor to a sky that seems to stretch infinitely over the level ground.

St. Helena bears the quiet legacy of an agrarian history, where the rhythms of the soil and the cycles of timber have long dictated the pace of daily labor. The local economy remains tethered to the land, reflecting a heritage of cultivation that has endured through generations of careful stewardship. Residents find a common point of gathering at Pender County - Pender Memorial Park, a space that serves as a vital green threshold for the neighborhood. Beyond the park, the proximity of Holly Shelter Bay and the stillness of The Lake offer solitary refuge for those attuned to the subtle movements of the local wildlife. Life in St. Helena moves with a deliberate, steady cadence, unbothered by the frantic pulse of the world, defined instead by the seasonal turning of the woods and the persistent, flowing presence of the nearby creek.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pender County - Pender Memorial Park (Local Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 334° NW
Johnson Park (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 348° N
Town of Burgaw Open Space (Local Recreation) — 2.2 mi, 348° N
Our Heroes (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 345° N
Hankins Park (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 347° N
Cape Fear River Wetlands Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 108° E
Northeast Cape Fear River Floodplain (Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 092° E
Holly Shelter Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 070° E
McLean Savanna Preserve (Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 117° SE
Slocumb Monument (Attraction) — 11.8 mi, 250° W
Stage Road Monument (Attraction) — 11.8 mi, 250° W
Moore Monument (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 250° W
Loyalist Monument (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 250° W
Topsail Shoe Tree (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 137° SE
Sandy Run Savannas State Natural Area (State Park) — 15.2 mi, 061° NE
Live Oak Bank Pavilion (Theatre) — 18.6 mi, 186° S
Wilma W. Daniels Gallery (Gallery) — 19.0 mi, 186° S
Missiles and More Museum (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 122° SE
Bellamy Mansion Museum of History & Design Arts (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 185° S
Kenan Memorial Fountain (Monument) — 19.5 mi, 185° S
Mayfaire 16 Cinema (Cinema) — 19.5 mi, 166° S
Cape Fear Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 19.5 mi, 186° S
Latimer House Museum (Museum) — 19.7 mi, 185° S
Hannah Block Historic USO Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 19.7 mi, 185° S
Cape Fear Serpentarium (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 19.7 mi, 186° S
Bottle Chapel (Public Artwork) — 21.5 mi, 167° S
Wrightsville Beach Museum of History (Museum) — 21.7 mi, 163° S
Masonboro Island Estuarine Reserve Dedicated Nature Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 22.2 mi, 166° S
North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 23.1 mi, 167° S
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 45.6 mi, 063° NE · 162k acres

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