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Waco North Carolina Map

Explore Waco, 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 Waco, North Carolina

How to Use This Waco, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.361521
Longitude	-81.428698
Population	310
Density	142.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	28169, 28021
Area Code	704, 980
County Seat	Shelby
School District	Cleveland County Schools

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About Waco, North Carolina

Waco is a locality in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 310. The population density is 142.8 people per km². Waco is located at 35.3615°N, 81.4287°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Waco is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 28169, 28021.

Waco emerges from the red-clay piedmont as a quiet assembly of rooftops and rusted tin, defined by the persistent, serpentine path of Whiteoak Creek that slices through the low-lying fields. It lies 7.7 miles northeast of Shelby, NC (from Shelby, NC: bearing 52°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north-northwest of Kings Mountain. The landscape here is characterized by a slow accumulation of soil and shadow, where the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains marks the western horizon like a jagged, ink-stained line. Sunlight in Waco possesses a thick, amber quality in the late afternoon, catching the dust motes above the fallow furrows and illuminating the quietude of the surrounding woodlands. Two miles from the center, the still, dark surface of Kings Mountain Reservoir acts as a mirror for the passing clouds, while the nearby Gaston County Park offers a silent expanse of timber and brush where the air remains cool and heavy with the scent of damp earth.

Waco retains the stubborn character of a place built on the promise of the soil and the legacy of the spindle, bearing the quiet weight of a regional history rooted in the hard, honest work of the mills. The local economy persists in the rhythm of small-scale industry and agricultural persistence, a quiet contrast to the high-octane roar of the regional racing culture that hums through the nearby veins of the state. Life in Waco moves with a gravity of its own, dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the frantic pace of the modern corridor, and the local register remains one of measured, courteous nods between neighbors who recognize the lineage of every porch light. Even as the decades have shifted the focus of the surrounding region, the fundamental identity of Waco remains anchored to this specific stretch of piedmont, holding fast to the traditions and the quiet, enduring labor of those who have long called this land their own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Gaston County Park (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 076° E
Little Theater (Theatre) — 2.8 mi, 068° E
Aaron Moss Field (Local Park) — 3.3 mi, 059° NE
Tom White Baseball Fields (Local Recreation) — 3.9 mi, 072° E
Tryon Resolves (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 105° E
City of Shelby - Hanna Park (Local Recreation) — 6.2 mi, 243° SW
Crowders Mountain State Park (State Park) — 11.5 mi, 143° SE
Lincoln County Museum of History (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 052° NE
Boulders Overlook (Viewpoint) — 13.4 mi, 164° S
Kings Mountain State Park (State Park) — 13.9 mi, 168° S
Rhodes Drive (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 104° E
Major William Chronicle / Captain John Mattocks / William Rabb / John Boyd (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 169° S
Russel McConnel Memorial (Public Artwork) — 17.0 mi, 116° SE
South Mountains Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 17.3 mi, 318° NW
Caboose (Attraction) — 22.9 mi, 270° W
Former site of Deepcore and The Abyss Movie Set (Historic Ruins) — 22.9 mi, 192° S
Jolly Park Amphitheater (Theatre) — 23.2 mi, 212° SW
Gaffney Visitors Center & Art Gallery (Attraction) — 23.3 mi, 212° SW
Truck (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 213° SW
Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 35.1 mi, 310° NW · 511k acres

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