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Watha North Carolina Map

Explore Watha, 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 Watha, North Carolina

How to Use This Watha, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	34.651193
Longitude	-77.957595
Population	181
Density	51.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28478
Area Code	910
County Seat	Burgaw
School District	Pender County Schools

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About Watha, North Carolina

Watha is a locality in Pender County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 181. The population density is 51.4 people per km². Watha is located at 34.6512°N, 77.9576°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Watha is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28478.

Watha sits amidst the flat, pine-dotted expanses of the coastal plain, where the heavy, humid air clings to the longleaf needles and the soil holds a dark, sandy richness. It lies 24.7 miles north-northwest of Murraysville, NC (from Murraysville, NC: bearing 345°T), and is situated 6.4 miles north-northwest of Burgaw. Lewis Creek carves a slow, dark path through the landscape, its tea-colored waters winding past ancient cypress knees and dense thickets that define the local terrain. Only two miles distant, the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - BW Wells Savannah Preserve protects the rare, grassy openness of the pocosin ecosystem, while the shimmering surface of Camp Newkirk Pond reflects the expansive sky. To the far west, the faint, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge provides a distant boundary to the horizon, though the immediate world here is one of level fields and deep, quiet woods.

Watha retains the quiet gravity of a place defined by the slow harvest of timber and the long-standing rhythms of agricultural life. The economy has historically turned on the strength of the land, with local families maintaining deep roots that predate the modern era of interstate transit. Life in Watha moves with a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the heat of the afternoon and the seasonal cycles of the surrounding woods. While the distant promise of the Bear Ford basin lies eleven miles away, the character of the locality remains tethered to the crossroads and the persistent, unhurried work of those who cultivate the ground. It is a place where history resides not in grand monuments, but in the enduring way the afternoon light settles over the pine timber and the steady, quiet flow of the creek.

Nearby Outdoor Places

North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - BW Wells Savannah Preserve (Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 287° W
Angola Bay Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 053° NE
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust - Northeast Cape Fear River Murray Preserve (Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 027° NE
Town of Wallace - Art Meyer Field (Local Recreation) — 5.6 mi, 334° NW
Town of Wallace - Clement Street Park (Local Recreation) — 5.7 mi, 340° N
Our Heroes (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 166° S
Holly Shelter Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 113° SE
Sandy Run Savannas State Natural Area (State Park) — 15.8 mi, 097° E
Stage Road Monument (Attraction) — 15.9 mi, 213° SW
Slocumb Monument (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 213° SW
Moore Monument (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 213° SW
Loyalist Monument (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 213° SW
Topsail Shoe Tree (Monument) — 21.0 mi, 150° SE
Liberty Hall (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 359° N
Cowan Museum of History and Science (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 359° N
Bay Tree Lake State Natural Area (State Park) — 24.6 mi, 272° W
Missiles and More Museum (Museum) — 27.1 mi, 136° SE
Live Oak Bank Pavilion (Theatre) — 27.8 mi, 179° S
Wilma W. Daniels Gallery (Gallery) — 28.2 mi, 179° S
Bellamy Mansion Museum of History & Design Arts (Museum) — 28.7 mi, 178° S
Kenan Memorial Fountain (Monument) — 28.7 mi, 178° S
Cape Fear Museum (Museum) — 28.7 mi, 178° S
Hannah Block Historic USO Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 28.9 mi, 179° S
Mayfaire 16 Cinema (Cinema) — 29.1 mi, 166° S
MCAS New River Theater (Theatre) — 29.6 mi, 080° E
Bottle Chapel (Public Artwork) — 31.1 mi, 166° S
Masonboro Island Estuarine Reserve Dedicated Nature Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 31.8 mi, 166° S
North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 32.7 mi, 167° S
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 44.9 mi, 066° NE · 162k acres
Catfish Lake South Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 47.3 mi, 069° E · 8,490 acres

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