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Stedman North Carolina Map

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.

Interactive Map of Stedman, North Carolina

How to Use This Stedman, North Carolina Map

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.

CityStedman
StateNorth Carolina (NC)
CountyCumberland County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude35.0135
Longitude-78.693906
Population1,277
Density292.1 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code28391
Area Code704, 980
County SeatFayetteville
School DistrictCumberland County Schools

About Stedman, North Carolina

Stedman is a locality in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,277. The population density is 292.1 people per km². Stedman is located at 35.0135°N, 78.6939°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Stedman is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28391.

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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • South River Preserve (Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 128° SE
  • Three Rivers Land Trust Preserve (Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 179° S
  • Bushy Lake State Natural Area (State Park) — 7.4 mi, 159° S
  • Cumberland County - Arnette Park (Local Recreation) — 8.9 mi, 265° W
  • Clark, J. Bayard Park (Local Park) — 10.9 mi, 298° NW
  • Independent Light Infantry Museum (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 285° W
  • City of Fayetteville Open Space (Local Conservation Area) — 11.1 mi, 303° NW
  • Clark Park Falls (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 298° NW
  • Clark Park Nature Center (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 298° NW
  • Cape Fear River Trail (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 297° NW
  • Edgar Allen Poe's House (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 284° W
  • Fayetteville Public Works Land (Local Recreation) — 11.7 mi, 288° W
  • Ghost Tower (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 284° W
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 288° W
  • "carbine" Williams' Burial (Monument) — 11.9 mi, 352° N
  • Cook Quad Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 12.0 mi, 290° W
  • Greek Amphitheater (Theatre) — 13.1 mi, 309° NW
  • ZipQuest Waterfall Treetop Adventure (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 315° NW
  • North Carolina Safe Harbor Agreement - Red-cockaded Woodpecker (State Conservation Area) — 13.4 mi, 215° SW
  • Bladen Lakes State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 13.5 mi, 155° SE
  • Taylor's Aquarium (Aquarium) — 14.2 mi, 025° NE
  • Carver's Creek State Park (State Park) — 14.7 mi, 319° NW
  • Rhodes Pond Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 14.8 mi, 008° N
  • Hubb's Farm (Home of Hubb's Corn Maze) (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 064° NE
  • Parkton Animal Oasis (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 19.5 mi, 252° W
  • Dunn Area History Museum (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 013° N
  • Meadow Museum (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 032° NE
  • Bentonville Civil War Trenches (Registered Battlefield) — 29.1 mi, 046° NE
  • Confederate Assault/Morris Farm (Registered Battlefield) — 29.8 mi, 047° NE
  • Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 64.2 mi, 284° W · 52k acres

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About This Stedman Map Page

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.