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Topsail Beach North Carolina Map

Explore Topsail Beach, 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 Topsail Beach, North Carolina

How to Use This Topsail Beach, North Carolina Map

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

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	Topsail Beach
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Pender County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	34.366371
Longitude	-77.647572
Population	461
Density	40.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28445
Area Code	910
County Seat	Burgaw
School District	Pender County Schools

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About Topsail Beach, North Carolina

Topsail Beach is a locality in Pender County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 461. The population density is 40.5 people per km². Topsail Beach is located at 34.3664°N, 77.6476°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Topsail Beach is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28445.

Topsail Beach stretches as a slender, sun-bleached ribbon of sand between the restless Atlantic Ocean and the quiet, brackish veins of the mainland. It lies 13.3 miles east-northeast of Murraysville, NC (from Murraysville, NC: bearing 69°T), and is situated 4.6 miles east of Hampstead. Salt-heavy air defines the atmosphere here, carrying the sharp, clean scent of brine that clings to the weathered cedar shingles of cottages and the dune grass bowing in the constant, rhythmic trade winds. To the north, the horizon remains unobstructed, save for the distant, hazy silhouette of T Island rising faintly against the sky like a charcoal smudge, while the tidal currents pull steadily against the shoreline, reshaping the soft, white sediment with every turn of the tide. At the southern reaches, the shifting landscape finds a momentary anchor within the Town of Topsail Beach - Topsail Beach Town Center, where the pace of life slows to match the deliberate crawl of the sea.

Historical echoes of mid-century military testing still linger in the collective memory of Topsail Beach, though the economy now turns almost entirely on the quiet, seasonal grace of the shoreline and the bounty of the nearby Atlantic Ocean. Local commerce remains modest and unpretentious, relying on the steady influx of families who navigate toward the water, often passing the winding, marshy path of Nixon Creek on their approach. The proximity to Figure Eight Island provides a sense of seclusion, keeping the density of the coastline manageable and the character of the place focused on the simple, tactile pleasures of beachcombing and the cooling influence of the water. Beyond the immediate reach of the coast, the land remains flat and unassuming, a stark contrast to the distant, inaccessible heights of the interior, grounding the experience of the visitor in the immediate, shifting realities of the tide and the sun.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Missiles and More Museum (Museum) — 1.0 mi, 086° E
Talos (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 086° E
Pirates Turf (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 092° E
Town of Topsail Beach - Topsail Beach Town Center (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 084° E
Lea Island Audubon Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 212° SW
Lea Island State Natural Area (State Park) — 2.1 mi, 212° SW
Pender County - Hampstead Kiwanis Park (Local Recreation) — 2.5 mi, 006° N
Holly Shelter Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 339° N
Hutaff Island Audubon Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 217° SW
Topsail Shoe Tree (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 282° W
Onslow County Park (Local Park) — 10.6 mi, 033° NE
Stones Creek Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 11.6 mi, 039° NE
Mayfaire 16 Cinema (Cinema) — 13.6 mi, 231° SW
Wrightsville Beach Museum of History (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 221° SW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 13.7 mi, 220° SW
Station 2 Trolley Stop (historic) (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 218° SW
Station 3 Trolley Stop (Monument) — 14.2 mi, 218° SW
Masonboro Island Estuarine Reserve Dedicated Nature Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 14.4 mi, 219° SW
Bottle Chapel (Public Artwork) — 14.7 mi, 225° SW
North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 15.7 mi, 217° SW
One Tree Hill Clay Beach House (Attraction) — 16.5 mi, 056° NE
Sandy Run Savannas State Natural Area (State Park) — 16.5 mi, 005° N
One Tree Hill Lucas Home (Attraction) — 18.2 mi, 240° SW
Cape Fear Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 242° SW
Bellamy Mansion Museum of History & Design Arts (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 242° SW
Wilma W. Daniels Gallery (Gallery) — 19.1 mi, 244° SW
Live Oak Bank Pavilion (Theatre) — 19.1 mi, 245° SW
Latimer House Museum (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 242° SW
Hannah Block Historic USO Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 19.4 mi, 242° SW
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 39.4 mi, 043° NE · 162k acres

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