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Toast North Carolina Map

Explore Toast, 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 Toast, North Carolina

How to Use This Toast, North Carolina Map

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

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.

CityToast
StateNorth Carolina (NC)
CountySurry County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude36.500411
Longitude-80.626453
Population1,423
Density363.9 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes27030, 27049
Area Code336
County SeatDobson
School DistrictSurry County Schools

About Toast, North Carolina

Toast is a locality in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,423. The population density is 363.9 people per km². Toast is located at 36.5004°N, 80.6265°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 27030, 27049.

Toast maintains a quiet, terrestrial gravity defined by the persistent flow of Lovills Creek as it carves through the red-clay soil of the Piedmont. It lies 1.1 miles west of Mount Airy, NC (from Mount Airy, NC: bearing 274°T), and is situated 19.9 miles southeast of Galax. The landscape here is one of subtle shifts, where the terrain rises and falls in long, muscular swells that eventually flatten into the fertile expanse of the surrounding fields. Only a mile away, the surface of Doggett Lake offers a smooth, glass-like contrast to the wooded thickets that edge the property lines. The atmosphere in Toast feels heavy with the scent of damp earth and pine, especially at dusk when the light turns a bruised, copper hue and settles low against the tree lines, casting long shadows that stretch toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains on the western horizon.

Toast traces its lineage through the quiet industry of the region, where the historical pulse of tobacco farming and textile production has left behind a legacy of sturdy, utilitarian architecture. Residents navigate their days with a steady, deliberate pace, often utilizing the City of Mount Airy Greenway for transit or reflection, finding a communal anchor in the paved paths that trace the local topography. While the economy has evolved, the character of the place remains firmly rooted in the agrarian traditions and the particular, melodic cadence of the local speech. It is a locality where the modern movement of vehicles on the asphalt feels like a temporary intrusion upon a landscape that has long prioritized the slow, seasonal rhythms of growth and the persistent, unbothered motion of the water.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Veterans Memorial Park (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 024° NE
  • Mount Airy Museum of Regional History (Museum) — 1.0 mi, 085° E
  • Andy Griffith Playhouse (Theatre) — 1.0 mi, 101° E
  • City of Mount Airy - Westwood Park (Local Recreation) — 1.0 mi, 335° NW
  • Earle (Cinema) — 1.1 mi, 092° E
  • Blackmon Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 1.1 mi, 101° E
  • Wally's Service Station (Attraction) — 1.3 mi, 103° E
  • Riverside Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 078° E
  • Thunder Road Museum (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 272° W
  • Stewarts Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.5 mi, 309° NW
  • Piedmont Land Conservancy Preserve (Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 291° W
  • Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 11.0 mi, 323° NW
  • Pilot Mountain State Park (State Park) — 11.9 mi, 143° SE
  • Vaughn-Woltz Order of the Arrow Campfire Arena Time Capsule (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 262° W
  • Crouse's Chimney (Historic Ruins) — 13.2 mi, 264° W
  • Blue Ridge Music Center (Attraction) — 13.4 mi, 292° W
  • Crooked Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.8 mi, 319° NW
  • Rider Falls (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 117° SE
  • Hanging Rock State Park (State Park) — 16.0 mi, 117° SE
  • RM Collins Memorial (Monument) — 16.6 mi, 113° SE
  • Surry County Historical Farm Museum (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 157° SE
  • Carolina Ziplines Canopy Tour (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 108° E
  • Blue Star Memorial (Monument) — 17.5 mi, 140° SE
  • Chestnut Creek School of the Arts (Arts Centre) — 20.0 mi, 304° NW
  • Jeff Matthews Museum (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 303° NW
  • John Harmon Gallery (Public Artwork) — 21.6 mi, 254° W
  • Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 25.4 mi, 321° NW · 155k acres
  • Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 25.6 mi, 318° NW · 733k acres
  • Little Dry Run Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 36.4 mi, 302° NW · 2,856 acres
  • Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 57.5 mi, 278° W · 662k acres

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About This Toast Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Toast, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.500411, -80.626453. 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 Toast includes the ZIP code (27030, 27049), telephone area code (336), county seat of Surry County (Dobson), and school district assignment (Surry County Schools).

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.