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Wanchese North Carolina Map

Explore Wanchese, 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 Wanchese, North Carolina

How to Use This Wanchese, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.842673
Longitude	-75.638506
Population	1,522
Density	126.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	27981
Area Code	919, 984
County Seat	Manteo
School District	Dare County Schools

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About Wanchese, North Carolina

Wanchese is a locality in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,522. The population density is 126.0 people per km². Wanchese is located at 35.8427°N, 75.6385°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 27981.

Wanchese occupies a low, salt-sprayed finger of land where the horizon holds the heavy, rhythmic presence of the Atlantic Ocean just a mile to the east. It lies 46.3 miles southeast of Elizabeth City, NC (from Elizabeth City, NC: bearing 132°T), and is situated 8.0 miles south of Nags Head. The terrain here is defined by the shifting interface of water and earth, where the marsh grasses of the Roanoke Island Marshes Dedicated Nature Preserve sway in a permanent, wind-whipped conversation with the tides. Beyond the immediate docks, the landscape flattens into a mosaic of maritime scrub and sandy soil, occasionally interrupted by the sight of Big Island rising from the surrounding shallows. In the quiet hours of the morning, the light catches the surface of Baum Creek, turning the water into a sheet of hammered silver that reflects the gulls circling above the silent, moored hulls.

Wanchese functions as a working maritime enclave, its economy tethered to the deep-water channels that have supported generations of commercial fishermen and boatbuilders. The industry here is honest and utilitarian, favoring the construction of custom sport-fishing vessels that are known for their craftsmanship far beyond these local docks. While the modern world presses in from the north, the pace remains dictated by the tides and the seasonal migration of fish, a rhythm that has persisted since the earliest settlers arrived on these banks. Life here is measured in the salt-crusted gear and the steady hum of diesel engines, a stark contrast to the distant, wind-sculpted dunes of Jockeys Ridge that loom nine miles away like a pale, stationary wave against the western sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Roanoke Island Marshes Dedicated Nature Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 0.6 mi, 008° N
Roanoke Island Marshes Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 348° N
Oregon Inlet/Roanoke Sound Islands Registered Heritage Area - Island H (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 091° E
Cape Hatteras National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 2.6 mi, 060° NE · 58k acres
Dare County Open Space (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 334° NW
Jumpmasters Trampoline Park (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 336° NW
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.9 mi, 080° E · 15k acres
Town of Nags Head Beach Access (Local Recreation) — 4.0 mi, 058° NE
Town of Nags Head Public Pier (Local Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 024° NE
Outer Banks History Center (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 342° N
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.2 mi, 256° W · 456k acres
The Mother Vine (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 344° N
Oregon Inlet Fishing Center (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 122° SE
Jockeys Ridge State Park (State Park) — 7.5 mi, 003° N
Lost Colony House (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 328° NW
Soundside Overlook (Viewpoint) — 7.8 mi, 001° N
Tugboat Explorer Shipwreck (Historic Ruins) — 9.1 mi, 003° N
Dare Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 9.9 mi, 229° SW
1903/12/17 Sculpture (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 352° N
Pea Island Life Savers (Monument) — 11.9 mi, 137° SE
First Flight Boulder (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 352° N
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge.Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 12.9 mi, 145° SE · 161 acres
Red Wolf Center (Museum) — 33.9 mi, 277° W
Studio 12 (Gallery) — 35.1 mi, 168° S
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Pavillion (Theatre) — 41.3 mi, 171° S
Hello from Hatteras (Gallery) — 43.4 mi, 183° S
Museum of the Albemarle (Museum) — 45.1 mi, 314° NW
Mattie Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 49.1 mi, 232° SW
Perquimans Arts League (Arts Centre) — 52.1 mi, 298° NW
Perquimans County History Museum (Museum) — 52.1 mi, 298° NW

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