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Sunbury North Carolina Map

Explore Sunbury, 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 Sunbury, North Carolina

How to Use This Sunbury, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	36.440987
Longitude	-76.611617
Population	276
Density	43.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	27979
Area Code	919, 984
County Seat	Gatesville
School District	Gates County Schools

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About Sunbury, North Carolina

Sunbury is a locality in Gates County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 276. The population density is 43.5 people per km². Sunbury is located at 36.4410°N, 76.6116°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 27979.

Sunbury anchors a landscape defined by the slow, deliberate movement of the Raynor Swamp, which carves a path through the dense, flat lowlands of this inland terrain. It lies 22.5 miles west-northwest of Elizabeth City, NC (from Elizabeth City, NC: bearing 297°T), and is situated 19.9 miles south of Suffolk. The horizon remains largely level, though the distant elevation of Sandy Ridge provides a faint, hazy silhouette against the sky on the clearest of afternoons. Sunbury experiences a heavy, humid atmosphere that lingers among the stands of hardwoods and pines, where the light at dusk turns a deep, bruised copper as it filters through the canopy. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of Merchants Millpond State Park offer a sanctuary of moss-draped cypress, creating a stillness that permeates the surrounding woods and defines the quiet, grounded character of the terrain.

Agriculture sustains the pulse of Sunbury, as the surrounding fields are worked with a patience learned over generations of seasonal planting and harvest. The economy remains tied to the fertility of the soil, with the legacy of tobacco and textile production echoing in the layout of the local roads and the weathered siding of older storehouses. Merchants Millpond lies just three miles away, serving as a constant reminder of the region’s natural, watery interior that separates this place from the distant, arid plains or the far-flung mountain peaks. Life in Sunbury moves with the measured pace of the seasons, where the primary social connection is found in the simple, steady exchange of labor and the quietude of a landscape that has long been defined by its distance from the noise of more crowded corners of the state.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Merchants Millpond State Park (State Park) — 0.6 mi, 215° SW
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.0 mi, 059° NE · 228k acres
Chowan Swamp State Natural Area (State Park) — 8.4 mi, 232° SW
Chowan Swamp Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 8.9 mi, 202° S
Great Dismal Swamp (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.7 mi, 018° N · 257 acres
Chowan High School (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 190° S
Cavalier Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.8 mi, 063° NE
South Quay Sandhills (State Wilderness) — 17.1 mi, 297° NW
Perquimans Arts League (Arts Centre) — 19.2 mi, 155° SE
Perquimans County History Museum (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 155° SE
Red Thread Studio (Gallery) — 19.9 mi, 004° N
Northwest River Natural Area Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 22.6 mi, 062° NE
Museum of the Albemarle (Museum) — 24.0 mi, 114° SE
U.S. Coast Guard Grumman HU-16E Albatross (Monument) — 26.5 mi, 118° SE
Damion's Cross (Monument) — 26.5 mi, 027° NE
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 26.6 mi, 036° NE
Otter Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 27.2 mi, 070° E
Painting with a Twist (Attraction) — 30.3 mi, 042° NE
North River Game Land Dedicated Nature Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 30.8 mi, 097° E
Cinema Cafe (Cinema) — 31.7 mi, 042° NE
Archway (Attraction) — 32.5 mi, 032° NE
Spanish American War 1898-1902 (Attraction) — 32.5 mi, 032° NE
The Tourist (Public Artwork) — 33.0 mi, 032° NE
Anchor;USS Antietam Anchor (Attraction) — 33.1 mi, 032° NE
The MacArthur Memorial Museum (Museum) — 33.3 mi, 032° NE
Benjack Studio Theater (Theatre) — 33.4 mi, 032° NE
Hunter House Victorian Museum (Museum) — 33.5 mi, 032° NE
Back Bay Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 38.1 mi, 066° NE · 2,355 acres
Cape Hatteras National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 67.4 mi, 123° SE · 58k acres

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