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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.

CityTimberlake
StateNorth Carolina (NC)
CountyWake County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude35.807096
Longitude-78.586947
DensityN/A /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes28348, 27604, 27583
Area Code919, 984
County SeatRaleigh

About Timberlake, North Carolina

Timberlake is a locality in Wake County, North Carolina, United States. 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 North Carolina piedmont, where the land stretches out in long, earthen swells covered in dense stands of hardwood and pine. It lies 3.8 miles northeast of Raleigh, NC (from Raleigh, NC: bearing 50°T), and is situated 6.8 miles north-northeast of Garner. Marsh Creek carves a slow, deliberate path through the red clay soil, its dark waters reflecting the heavy, humid light that settles over the fields in the late afternoon. Only a mile away, the surface of Myrick Pond remains glass-still, held in a hollow that seems to absorb the silence of the surrounding woods. On the clearest days, the faint, hazy suggestion of Poplar Ridge marks the distant horizon, a reminder of the higher ground that waits far to the west. Within the immediate reach of the soil, Wake County Open Space Land preserves the quietude of these woods, ensuring that the wilder character of the landscape persists amidst the encroaching stillness.

Timberlake bears the indelible marks of a regional economy historically shaped by the cultivation of tobacco and the steady, rhythmic output of local mills. The architecture here retains a functional, unadorned honesty, with weathered barns and modest frame houses standing as quiet witnesses to generations of labor. Life in Timberlake moves with the deliberate pace of a place that has long relied on the seasonal turn of the earth rather than the frantic tempo of the city. While the industry of the past has evolved, the sense of a shared, industrious history remains etched into the way the community tends its gardens and manages its small patches of timber. It is a place defined by its inland isolation, where the air smells faintly of damp earth and woodsmoke, and the social fabric is held together by a consistent, understated courtesy that values the work of the day above all else.

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 Wake County (Raleigh), 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 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.