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Tar Heel North Carolina Map

Explore Tar Heel, 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 Tar Heel, North Carolina

How to Use This Tar Heel, North Carolina Map

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

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	Tar Heel
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Bladen County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	34.733224
Longitude	-78.790021
Population	90
Density	153.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28392
Area Code	704, 980
County Seat	Elizabethtown
School District	Bladen County Schools

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About Tar Heel, North Carolina

Tar Heel is a locality in Bladen County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 90. The population density is 153.8 people per km². Tar Heel is located at 34.7332°N, 78.7900°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Tar Heel is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28392.

Tar Heel defines itself by the slow, deliberate movement of the Huckleberry Swamp, which snakes through the landscape with a dark, persistent gravity. It lies 14.7 miles east-northeast of Lumberton, NC (from Lumberton, NC: bearing 57°T), and is situated 18.6 miles south-southeast of Hope Mills. The horizon remains stubbornly flat, a vast expanse of bottomland and pine-timbered earth that stretches toward the distant, hazy suggestion of Pea Ridge, which marks the far western limit of the view. Sunlight here possesses a thick, amber quality, catching the moisture that rises from the damp soil and turning the late afternoon air into something heavy and golden. Beyond the immediate thickets, the terrain shifts into a quiet mosaic of agricultural fields and dense woodland, occasionally broken by the still, reflective surface of Bryan Millpond. Six miles away, the Cedar Swamp Seep Preserve maintains a silent, protected solitude, its wetlands forming a natural basin near the feature known as Powers Bay.

Tar Heel draws its character from a long, quiet devotion to the land, an economy rooted in the resilience of its forests and the cycles of its harvest. History here is kept in the steady pulse of work, where the labor of the soil and the processing of timber have provided a living for generations. Life in Tar Heel moves with the unforced cadence of the seasons, far removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs, favoring the directness of a neighbor’s greeting and the reliability of a long-standing routine. While the Bladen Lakes State Forest sits twelve miles out, its presence serves as a reminder of the vast, wooded stillness that characterizes this portion of the interior plains. The air carries the scent of pine needles and turned earth, a grounding fragrance that underscores the enduring, modest identity of the people who reside here.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cedar Swamp Seep Preserve (Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 035° NE
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Cape Fear River Dupont Fayetteville Preserve (Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 344° N
North Carolina Safe Harbor Agreement - Red-cockaded Woodpecker (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 341° N
Bladen Lakes State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 8.0 mi, 103° E
Bushy Lake State Natural Area (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 030° NE
Robeson County - Meadow Lark Community Park (Local Recreation) — 10.5 mi, 252° W
City of Lumberton - Northeast Park (Local Recreation) — 11.7 mi, 241° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 14.1 mi, 235° SW
Lumber River State Park (State Park) — 15.2 mi, 218° SW
Parkton Animal Oasis (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 18.6 mi, 316° NW
Howitzer (Monument) — 19.0 mi, 330° NW
Red Springs Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 284° W
Independent Light Infantry Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 347° N
Edgar Allen Poe's House (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 345° N
Ghost Tower (Monument) — 23.0 mi, 345° N
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (Monument) — 23.7 mi, 346° N
Cook Quad Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 24.1 mi, 346° N
Clark Park Falls (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 350° N
Cape Fear River Trail (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 349° N
Clark Park Nature Center (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 350° N
Griffin's Whirl (Viewpoint) — 26.5 mi, 207° SW
Greek Amphitheater (Theatre) — 27.9 mi, 350° N
ZipQuest Waterfall Treetop Adventure (Attraction) — 29.0 mi, 352° N
The Farmer's Barn (Attraction) — 33.3 mi, 183° S
Sandhills Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 33.4 mi, 290° W
Taylor's Aquarium (Aquarium) — 34.2 mi, 019° N
Dunn Area History Museum (Museum) — 41.0 mi, 014° N
Arts Co of Faison (Arts Centre) — 45.5 mi, 054° NE
Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 63.8 mi, 193° S · 35k acres
Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 66.8 mi, 302° NW · 52k acres

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