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Walnut Creek North Carolina Map

Explore Walnut Creek, 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 Walnut Creek, North Carolina

How to Use This Walnut Creek, North Carolina Map

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

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	Walnut Creek
State	North Carolina (NC)
County	Wayne County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	35.309371
Longitude	-77.874719
Population	1,084
Density	196.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	28753, 28546, 27534
Area Code	910, 919, 984
County Seat	Goldsboro
School District	Wayne County Public Schools

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About Walnut Creek, North Carolina

Walnut Creek is a locality in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,084. The population density is 196.9 people per km². Walnut Creek is located at 35.3094°N, 77.8747°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Walnut Creek is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 28753, 28546, 27534.

Walnut Creek emerges from the inland landscape as a quiet confluence of earth and water, defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of Walnut Creek that winds through the terrain. It lies 9.0 miles southeast of Goldsboro, NC (from Goldsboro, NC: bearing 127°T), and is situated 3.5 miles southeast of Elroy. The local topography consists of broad, fertile plains that transition into low, undulating rises, creating a horizon where the sky feels vast and unobstructed. At the edge of the residential sprawl lies Unknown Park, a space of untamed greenery that serves as a terrestrial anchor for the surrounding acreage. In the heat of mid-afternoon, the air here thickens with the scent of pine and warming clay, while the light turns a deep, buttery gold that catches the edges of the sycamores lining the banks of the waterway.

Walnut Creek carries a legacy rooted in the agrarian traditions of the piedmont, where the soil once directed the ambitions of generations through tobacco cultivation and textile milling. While the economy has shifted toward modern light industry and service, the historical reliance on the land remains evident in the wide, straight roads that cut through former fields. Eleven miles away, the subtle depression of Picadilly Bay marks a change in the regional elevation, a reminder of the geological shifts that shaped this territory long before the first homesteads were cleared. Life in Walnut Creek moves with a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the distant, hazy blue of the mountains to the west and the steady, inland pulse of a culture that values the quietude of a porch at dusk over the frantic noise of more crowded latitudes.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 115° SE
Cliffs of the Neuse State Park (State Park) — 3.5 mi, 194° S
Town of LaGrange - Town of LaGrange Community Park (Local Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 092° E
Cliffs of the Neuss l (Viewpoint) — 4.8 mi, 186° S
La Grange Arts Center (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 092° E
F4E Phantom II (Public Artwork) — 5.2 mi, 313° NW
City of Goldsboro - Berkeley Memorial Park (Local Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 321° NW
Daniels Chapel (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 301° NW
SJAFB Sabre Base theater (Theatre) — 5.9 mi, 304° NW
Thomas Koritz Clinic (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 307° NW
City of Goldsboro Open Space (Local Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 310° NW
Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 8.4 mi, 307° NW
Wayne County Museum (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 308° NW
Fourth fighter Wing history (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 307° NW
Arts council of Wayne county studios (Arts Centre) — 8.5 mi, 307° NW
Art studio 102 (Arts Centre) — 8.5 mi, 307° NW
Paramount Theater (Theatre) — 8.6 mi, 306° NW
Old Waynesborough Park (Conservation Area) — 8.9 mi, 296° NW
Odom Farming Company (Theme Park) — 13.0 mi, 315° NW
Fort Neroka (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 034° NE
Nooherooka Monument, Snow Hill (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 034° NE
Greene County History Museum (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 049° NE
Ellis Planetarium (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 102° E
Major General William T. Sherman's headquarters (Registered Battlefield) — 22.4 mi, 274° W
Merging of the Armies (Registered Battlefield) — 23.2 mi, 272° W
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 43.6 mi, 125° SE · 162k acres
Croatan Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 43.6 mi, 125° SE
Catfish Lake South Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 46.4 mi, 121° SE · 8,490 acres
Sheep Ridge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 52.5 mi, 121° SE · 9,315 acres
Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.8 mi, 041° NE · 43k acres

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