Timberlake North Carolina Map
Explore Timberlake, 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 Timberlake, North Carolina
How to Use This Timberlake, North Carolina Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Timberlake, 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 Timberlake.
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 | Timberlake |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Person County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.807096 |
| Longitude | -78.586947 |
| Population | 2,800 |
| Density | 55.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 28348, 27604, 27583 |
| Area Code | 919, 984 |
| County Seat | Roxboro |
About Timberlake, North Carolina
Timberlake is a locality in Person County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,800. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Timberlake is located at 35.8071°N, 78.5869°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 28348, 27604, 27583.Timberlake occupies a quiet expanse of the Piedmont, where the North Flat River carves a deliberate path through the red clay and tangled undergrowth. It lies 20.4 miles north of Durham, NC (from Durham, NC: bearing 352°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south-southeast of Roxboro. Sunlight here possesses a heavy, amber quality, catching the dust of unpaved shoulders and illuminating the way the landscape dips toward the moisture-rich banks of the riverbed. Two miles away, the surface of M L Blalock Lake remains a still, obsidian mirror, reflecting the changing canopy of the surrounding hardwoods. On clear days, the distant silhouette of Corbett Ridge anchors the horizon to the west, a faint, jagged suggestion of elevation that contrasts with the gentle, persistent slope of the local terrain. The air retains the scent of pine needles and damp earth, a reminder that the North Carolina State University Forest lies only seven miles away, acting as a green lung for the region.
Timberlake bears the indelible mark of an agricultural inheritance, where the legacy of tobacco cultivation still lingers in the architecture of aging barns and the wide, open tracts of fields that define the local economy. Beyond the private acreage, the Tar River Land Conservancy Preserve offers a protected sanctuary for the native flora and fauna, standing as a quiet testament to the importance of stewardship in this corner of the state. Life in Timberlake moves with the measured, deliberate pace of a pendulum, shaped by the cyclical demands of the seasons rather than the frantic tempo of urban centers. Residents navigate the intersection of tradition and modern necessity with a reserved, courteous grace, finding common ground in the shared stewardship of the land and the steady, quiet rhythms that govern the passing of the day.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Wake County Open Space Land (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 006° N
- Crabtree Creek Trail (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 202° S
- City of Raleigh Open Space (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 235° SW
- Lockwood (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 216° SW
- Cannonball Music Hall (Theatre) — 1.8 mi, 277° W
- Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (Cinema) — 2.2 mi, 207° SW
- Kellam-Wyatt Farm (Local Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 122° SE
- North Raleigh Business Center (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 323° NW
- Neuse River Greenway (Local Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 113° SE
- Gallery C (Public Artwork) — 3.1 mi, 244° SW
- Burning Coal Theatre Company (Theatre) — 3.1 mi, 241° SW
- Martin Luther King Jr. (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 213° SW
- Rialto Theater (Cinema) — 3.3 mi, 265° W
- North Carolina Veterans (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 238° SW
- Artspace (Arts Centre) — 3.5 mi, 232° SW
- Raleigh Lace Museum and Kristin S Conrad Lace Center (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 236° SW
- Historic Allan Herschell Carousel (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 223° SW
- Raleigh Police Memorial (Monument) — 3.7 mi, 238° SW
- 311 Gallery (Gallery) — 3.8 mi, 237° SW
- Lassiter Mill (Historic Ruins) — 3.8 mi, 292° W
- Betty Ray McCain Art Gallery (Gallery) — 3.8 mi, 230° SW
- Walnut Creek Wetland Center (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 213° SW
- Goodnights Comedy Club (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 254° W
- Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center (Arts Centre) — 5.9 mi, 265° W
- William B. Umstead State Park (State Park) — 7.7 mi, 284° W
- Mountains-to-Sea Trail (State Park) — 9.9 mi, 134° SE
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About This Timberlake Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Timberlake, North Carolina. Coordinates: 35.807096, -78.586947. 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 Timberlake includes the ZIP code (28348, 27604, 27583), telephone area code (919, 984), county seat of Person County (Roxboro), and school district assignment.
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. |
