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Stony Point North Carolina Map

Explore Stony Point, 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 Stony Point, North Carolina

How to Use This Stony Point, North Carolina Map

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

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	Stony Point
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Alexander County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	35.867809
Longitude	-81.044121
Population	1,146
Density	148.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	28150, 28678
Area Code	704, 980, 828
County Seat	Taylorsville
School District	Alexander County Schools

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About Stony Point, North Carolina

Stony Point is a locality in Alexander County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,146. The population density is 148.5 people per km². Stony Point is located at 35.8678°N, 81.0441°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 28150, 28678.

Stony Point emerges from the quiet intersection of red-clay furrows and the persistent, low-slung hum of the Piedmont landscape. It lies 10.6 miles west-northwest of Statesville, NC (from Statesville, NC: bearing 302°T), and is situated 8.3 miles east-southeast of Taylorsville. The Cullys Branch carves a narrow, serpentine path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the pale, shifting light of an afternoon sun that seems to linger longer over the fields than anywhere else. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains provide a jagged, hazy boundary against the sky, grounding the horizon in an ancient, immutable permanence. A mile away, the stillness of Noname offers a mirror to the surrounding woods, where the air grows heavy with the scent of pine needles and damp earth, marking the transition from the cultivated rows of the valley floor to the untamed thickets that define the local topography.

Agriculture has long dictated the pulse of Stony Point, with the soil yielding crops that have sustained generations of families who value the slow, deliberate work of the harvest. The presence of East Alexander Park provides a local sanctuary where the land is preserved in its wilder state, allowing the native flora to assert itself against the encroaching silence of the modern workday. While the echoes of regional industry remain present in the architecture and the deliberate, courteous manner of those who pass through, the character of Stony Point is defined by its resilience and its quiet attachment to the rhythms of the seasons. There is a particular clarity to the dusk here, when the shadows stretch across the fields and the distant, cooling breeze serves as a reminder of the vast, inland geography that separates this place from the clamor of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

East Alexander Park (Local Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 309° NW
Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center's Educational Complex (Public Artwork) — 3.5 mi, 313° NW
Alexander County - Rocky Face Mountain Recreational Area (Local Recreation) — 7.6 mi, 331° NW
Catawba County - Riverbend Park (Local Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 247° SW
Vance House Museum (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 126° SE
Allison Woods (Conservation Area) — 12.0 mi, 084° E
Long Island N.C. (Monument) — 13.6 mi, 165° S
Lake Norman State Park (State Park) — 14.1 mi, 158° S
Zootastic Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 16.1 mi, 137° SE
Newton Depot Equipment Pavilion (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 216° SW
Historic Newton Depot (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 216° SW
Wilkes County Open Space (Local Park) — 16.7 mi, 348° N
Balls Creek Campground (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 190° S
Confederate Soldier Monument (Monument) — 17.3 mi, 215° SW
Catawba County Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 215° SW
Belk Centrum (Arts Centre) — 18.1 mi, 241° SW
Hickory Museum of Art (Gallery) — 18.6 mi, 241° SW
Catawba Science Center (Museum) — 18.6 mi, 241° SW
Early History (Monument) — 19.1 mi, 162° S
Wilderness Gateway State Trail (State Park) — 19.4 mi, 232° SW
Blood Creek Overlook (Viewpoint) — 20.7 mi, 321° NW
Liberty Theatre Cinema (Cinema) — 21.0 mi, 344° N
Wilkes Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 21.6 mi, 346° N
AmStar 14 (Cinema) — 22.0 mi, 152° SE
Lazy 5 Ranch (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 24.8 mi, 133° SE
Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 30.9 mi, 287° W · 511k acres
Wilson Creek, North Carolina Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 37.0 mi, 272° W · 7,017 acres
Linville Gorge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 46.4 mi, 267° W · 12k acres
Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 56.8 mi, 337° NW · 155k acres
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 57.4 mi, 337° NW · 733k acres

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