Washington Park North Carolina Map

About Washington Park, North Carolina

Washington Park is a locality in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 456. The population density is 550.2 people per km². Washington Park is located at 35.5327°N, 77.0325°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 27889.

Washington Park breathes the humid, salt-tinged air of the North Carolina coast, a place where the land gently slopes towards the shimmering expanse of the Pamlico River. It lies 19.6 miles east-south-east of Greenville, NC (from Greenville, NC: bearing 106°T), and is situated 1.5 miles south-east of Washington. Cypress knees, gnarled and ancient, pierce the dark, still waters of the surrounding marshes, their ghostly silhouettes softened by the perpetual mist that hangs like a veil. This is a landscape of quiet persistence, where the calls of unseen wading birds punctuate the hushed rustle of sawgrass and the distant hum of boat engines. The light here, especially as day gives way to twilight, possesses a milky, diffused quality, bathing the reeds and water in a pearlescent glow that seems to hold the very essence of this low-lying terrain. The history of Washington Park is inextricably linked to its watery embrace and the fertile lands that lie just beyond its immediate shores. Once a vital hub for the timber industry, with its docks bustling with schooners laden with pine and oak, the character of the local economy has since shifted, though the echoes of that past remain in the weathered pilings and the enduring connection to the river. Today, the bounty of the Pamlico Sound, particularly its seafood, continues to sustain many of the families who call Washington Park home, their lives marked by the tides and the seasons. The town itself, a modest collection of homes and businesses, carries a sense of unhurried continuity, a place where the rhythm of life is dictated less by the clock and more by the natural cycles of the water and the sky.

About This Washington Park Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Washington Park, North Carolina — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 35.532663, -77.032451. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Washington Park and Beaufort County.

Detailed location data for Washington Park includes the ZIP code (27292), telephone area code (336, 919, 984), county seat of Beaufort County (Washington), and school district assignment (Beaufort County Schools). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Washington Park is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.