Explore Stedman, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Stedman, 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 Stedman.
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 | Stedman |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Cumberland County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.0135 |
| Longitude | -78.693906 |
| Population | 1,277 |
| Density | 292.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 28391 |
| Area Code | 704, 980 |
| County Seat | Fayetteville |
| School District | Cumberland County Schools |
Stedman occupies a flat, fertile expanse of the North Carolina interior, where the horizon stretches wide and unobstructed under a pale, persistent sky. It lies 10.8 miles east-southeast of Fayetteville, NC (from Fayetteville, NC: bearing 104°T), and is situated 8.5 miles southeast of Eastover. Sandy Creek carves a narrow, sluggish path through the nearby pine woods, its tea-colored water moving with a deliberate, quiet gravity that defines the local drainage. To the west, the distant silhouette of Mac Ridge offers a faint, serrated edge to the skyline, a reminder of the higher ground that exists far beyond these level fields. The air here holds the heavy, humid warmth of the inland plains, often carrying the damp, earthen scent rising from the low-lying basin of Vineyard Swamp. During the late afternoon, the light turns a bruised gold, catching the dust of rural roads and casting long, thin shadows that seem to anchor the landscape to the earth.
Agriculture has long dictated the pulse of Stedman, with the surrounding acreage dominated by the legacy of tobacco cultivation and the steady, seasonal labor of the harvest. Families have worked these sandy soils for generations, maintaining a rhythm of life that remains tethered to the cycles of planting and the maintenance of local commerce. Beyond the quiet industry of the fields, the South River Aquatic Habitat provides a sprawling, protected sanctuary for local flora and fauna, preserving the natural character of the terrain just a few miles away. Residents often look toward the stillness of Maxwell Millpond when seeking a moment of respite from the heat, finding in its glassy, dark surface a mirror for the surrounding forest. Life in Stedman persists with a modest, unadorned consistency, where the primary concerns are the success of the crops and the enduring connections between neighbors who have known one another for a lifetime.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Stedman, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.0135, -78.693906. 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 Stedman includes the ZIP code (28391), telephone area code (704, 980), county seat of Cumberland County (Fayetteville), and school district assignment (Cumberland County Schools).
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. |