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Tuckasegee North Carolina Map

Explore Tuckasegee, 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 Tuckasegee, North Carolina

How to Use This Tuckasegee, North Carolina Map

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

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	Tuckasegee
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Jackson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	35.270378
Longitude	-83.122642
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	28783
Area Code	828
County Seat	Sylva

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About Tuckasegee, North Carolina

Tuckasegee is a locality in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Tuckasegee is located at 35.2704°N, 83.1226°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 28783.

Tuckasegee emerges from the confluence of steep, forested terrain and the persistent, cool currents of the Tuckasegee River. It lies 16.0 miles south-southeast of Cherokee Indian Reservation, NC (from Cherokee Indian Reservation, NC: bearing 158°T), and is situated 4.3 miles southeast of Cullowhee. The landscape here is a study in verticality, where the earth pushes upward into dense, verdant ridges that shelter the low-lying hollows from the wider world. Only two miles distant, the dense canopy of the Nantahala National Forest blankets the higher elevations, while the quiet, obsidian surface of Cedar Cliff Lake holds the reflection of the clouds in a stillness that contrasts with the constant, rhythmic motion of the nearby riverbed. At twilight, the light settles into the deep folds of Shook Cove, turning the shadows a bruised, heavy purple before the cool air of the high country descends to settle over the valley floor.

Tuckasegee carries a quiet weight of history, defined by the generations who worked the timber and cleared the rugged soil of these slopes. The local economy has long since shifted away from the heavy extraction of the past, favoring a slower, more deliberate pace that aligns with the seasonal cycles of the woods and the water. Visitors occasionally venture toward the sound of Betsy Falls, four miles away, or look toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Great Smoky Mountains that mark the horizon line like a jagged, ink-drawn boundary. Life in Tuckasegee remains anchored by the river and the forest, a place where the passage of time is marked not by the chime of a clock, but by the deepening color of the leaves and the changing temperature of the mountain air.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Nantahala National Forest (National Forest) — 2.1 mi, 272° W · 533k acres
Jackson County - East Laporte River Access Park (Local Recreation) — 2.3 mi, 325° NW
American Eclipse (Public Artwork) — 4.3 mi, 312° NW
Performance Hall (Theatre) — 4.3 mi, 306° NW
Fine Art Museum (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 306° NW
Catamount Statue (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 307° NW
Bear Lake Reserve (Attraction) — 4.7 mi, 124° SE
Mainspring Conservation Trust - Soapstone Ridge Preserve (Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 144° SE
Wayehutta OHV Trail System (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 356° N
Nantahala Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 109° E
Salt Rock Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.7 mi, 146° SE
Jug Hill Gallery (Gallery) — 9.1 mi, 322° NW
Freedom Pavilion (Gallery) — 9.1 mi, 321° NW
Jackson County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 321° NW
Founding of Jackson County and Time Capsule (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 320° NW
Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 9.6 mi, 128° SE · 511k acres
Dills Cove Falls (Historic Ruins) — 9.6 mi, 322° NW
Middle Prong Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 9.7 mi, 052° NE · 7,482 acres
The Fugitive Train Wreck (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 311° NW
Pisgah National Game Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 11.3 mi, 047° NE · 72k acres
Chattooga, North Carolina, South Carolina And Georgia Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 11.6 mi, 180° S · 17k acres
Shining Rock Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 12.5 mi, 055° NE · 18k acres
Silver Run Falls (Attraction) — 14.5 mi, 167° S
Gorges State Park (State Park) — 14.7 mi, 143° SE
Horsepasture, North Carolina Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 14.8 mi, 147° SE · 1,400 acres
The AdventureDome @ PARI (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 109° E
Meteorite Gallery @ PARI (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 109° E
Mineral Gallery @ PARI (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 109° E
NASA Gallery @ PARI (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 109° E
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 17.5 mi, 350° N · 521k acres

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