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Vann Crossroads North Carolina Map

Explore Vann Crossroads, 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 Vann Crossroads, North Carolina

How to Use This Vann Crossroads, North Carolina Map

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

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	Vann Crossroads
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Sampson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	35.175444
Longitude	-78.398059
Population	306
Density	25.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	28366, 28328
Area Code	704, 980
County Seat	Clinton
School District	Sampson County Schools

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About Vann Crossroads, North Carolina

Vann Crossroads is a locality in Sampson County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 306. The population density is 25.9 people per km². Vann Crossroads is located at 35.1754°N, 78.3981°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 28366, 28328.

Vann Crossroads exists as a quiet confluence of asphalt and earth, where the flat, fertile plains of the interior stretch toward a horizon that feels infinite under the heavy, humid heat of a summer afternoon. It lies 23.2 miles south of Smithfield, NC (from Smithfield, NC: bearing 188°T), and is situated 14.9 miles southeast of Dunn. Sunlight filters through the canopy of loblolly pines and hardwoods, casting long, amber shadows that catch the fine, silty dust stirred by the passage of a slow-moving truck. To the east, the low-lying basin of Bull Pocosin holds a persistent, thick moisture that keeps the air dense and smelling of damp peat and pine needles. A mile away, the dark, still surface of Houses Pond reflects the sky in a mirror of unbroken gray, while the nearby trickle of Merkle Swamp meanders through the brush, carving a path through the dense undergrowth that has defined the drainage of this terrain for generations.

Vann Crossroads maintains a steady, deliberate pace, anchored by the cycles of the agricultural season that have dictated the rhythm of local life since the first settlers cleared the timber to turn the soil. The economy remains tethered to the land, where the rows of crops define the geometry of the fields and the character of the people who work them. While the far-off silhouette of Big Ridge remains a faint, hazy suggestion on the western edge of the world, the immediate focus is on the local harvest and the maintenance of the quiet, crossroads life. Residents occasionally travel toward the facilities at Sampson County - Clement Ball Park to find a sense of community space, but the true identity of the place is found in the way the light catches the drying tobacco leaves in late summer, turning the fields into a sea of bruised gold that hums with the low vibration of cicadas.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hubb's Farm (Home of Hubb's Corn Maze) (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 196° S
Bentonville Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 026° NE
Bentonville Civil War Trenches (Registered Battlefield) — 9.9 mi, 026° NE
Bentonville Civil War Statue (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 027° NE
Confederate Assault/Morris Farm (Registered Battlefield) — 10.5 mi, 029° NE
Meadow Museum (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 342° N
Taylor's Aquarium (Aquarium) — 10.9 mi, 279° W
City of Clinton - Royal Lane Park (Local Recreation) — 12.4 mi, 166° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 12.9 mi, 163° S
Rhodes Pond Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 14.5 mi, 285° W
North Carolina Marble Co (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 159° S
Dunn Area History Museum (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 308° NW
Arts Co of Faison (Arts Centre) — 15.3 mi, 105° E
Benson Museum of Local History (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 329° NW
The Big Barn Theater (Theatre) — 17.9 mi, 063° NE
Conservation Trust for North Carolina Preserve (Conservation Area) — 18.3 mi, 050° NE
Coats Museum (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 316° NW
North Carolina Safe Harbor Agreement - Red-cockaded Woodpecker (State Conservation Area) — 22.3 mi, 008° N
Bushy Lake State Natural Area (State Park) — 22.4 mi, 213° SW
Three Rivers Land Trust Preserve (Conservation Area) — 22.7 mi, 222° SW
Artistry In Motion Performing Arts Center (Public Artwork) — 22.8 mi, 008° N
Johnston County Heritage Center’s new County Museum (Museum) — 23.4 mi, 007° N
Steps On Stage Academy Of Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 25.2 mi, 340° N
Strickland Art Gallery (Gallery) — 25.7 mi, 015° N
Live at The Rudy Theatre (Theatre) — 25.9 mi, 015° N
Bladen Lakes State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 25.9 mi, 205° SW
Carver's Creek State Park (State Park) — 25.9 mi, 271° W
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 67.3 mi, 103° E · 162k acres
Croatan Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 67.3 mi, 103° E
Catfish Lake South Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 71.0 mi, 103° E · 8,490 acres

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