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Vilas North Carolina Map

Explore Vilas, 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 Vilas, North Carolina

How to Use This Vilas, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	36.245683
Longitude	-81.76761
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	28692
Area Code	828
County Seat	Boone

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About Vilas, North Carolina

Vilas is a locality in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Vilas is located at 36.2457°N, 81.7676°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 28692.

Vilas occupies a verdant stretch of landscape where the persistent, clear current of the Brushy Fork carves a narrow path through the earth. It lies 5.6 miles west-northwest of Boone, NC (from Boone, NC: bearing 291°T), and is situated 15.9 miles south of Mountain City. The air here holds a crisp, persistent chill, often catching the pale, slanted light of late afternoon as it settles over the quiet expanse of the Watauga County Open Space. Beyond the immediate meadows, the terrain pulls upward into the shadow of the distant Blue Ridge Mountains, while the stillness of Different Drum Lake lies only a short distance away, reflecting the deepening gray of the sky. The land feels ancient and deliberate, shaped by the slow, steady persistence of water and the quiet growth of hardwoods that define the horizon.

Vilas retains a character forged by the solitary resilience of those who first cleared the timber from Isaac Hollow to build homesteads and mills. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the land, trading the legacy of traditional agriculture for a measured pace of life that values the preservation of its natural boundaries. Travelers seeking the rugged periphery of the region might find their way toward the Daniel Boone Scout Trail, or perhaps wander toward the cascading, mist-laden descent of Dutch Creek Falls. Life in Vilas moves with the gravity of the seasons, where the history of the Appalachian ballad tradition persists in the cadence of conversation, grounding the community in a deep, inherited sense of place that remains largely untouched by the frenetic velocity of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Watauga County Open Space (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 322° NW
Blue Ridge Conservancy Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 205° SW
Common Good Co (Gallery) — 5.0 mi, 112° E
The Nthº Gallery & Studios (Gallery) — 5.0 mi, 112° E
Hellbenders (Public Artwork) — 5.0 mi, 112° E
Hands Gallery (Gallery) — 5.1 mi, 112° E
Elk Knob Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 040° NE
Earth Day 2011 (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 114° SE
I.G. Greer Auditorium (Theatre) — 5.5 mi, 114° SE
Beech Creek State Natural Area (State Park) — 5.6 mi, 233° SW
Mountain Magic Resort (Attraction) — 5.7 mi, 297° NW
Hickory Ridge Living History Museum (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 115° SE
Greater Foscoe Mining Company (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 183° S
Elk Knob State Park (State Park) — 6.3 mi, 029° NE
Historic Dam Site (Historic Ruins) — 7.2 mi, 110° E
South View (Viewpoint) — 7.5 mi, 042° NE
North Cherokee National Forest & Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 315° NW
Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 7.8 mi, 315° NW · 662k acres
Turnpike Cruisers (Attraction) — 8.4 mi, 127° SE
Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 8.7 mi, 174° S · 511k acres
Mystery Hill (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 130° SE
Ensemble Stage (Theatre) — 9.3 mi, 147° SE
Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station (Historic Ruins) — 9.3 mi, 149° SE
Wilson Creek, North Carolina Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 9.9 mi, 191° S · 7,017 acres
Turtle Island Preserve (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 109° E
Law Enforcement Memorial (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 219° SW
Avery County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 219° SW
Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 14.2 mi, 199° S · 5,702 acres
Pond Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 16.3 mi, 276° W · 6,920 acres
Big Laurel Branch Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 16.6 mi, 311° NW · 11k acres

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