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Wentworth North Carolina Map

Explore Wentworth, 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 Wentworth, North Carolina

How to Use This Wentworth, North Carolina Map

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

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.

CityWentworth
StateNorth Carolina (NC)
CountyRockingham County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude36.401166
Longitude-79.756911
Population2,662
Density72.4 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes27320, 27375
Area Code336
County SeatWentworth
School DistrictRockingham County Schools

About Wentworth, North Carolina

Wentworth is a locality in Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,662. The population density is 72.4 people per km². Wentworth is located at 36.4012°N, 79.7569°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Wentworth is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 27320, 27375.

Wentworth occupies a quiet expanse of the North Carolina piedmont, where the land stretches out in long, earthen swells covered in dense hardwoods and patches of clay-rich soil. It lies 6.1 miles south of Eden, NC (from Eden, NC: bearing 184°T), and is situated 6.9 miles west-northwest of Reidsville. The air here holds a particular weight in the late afternoon, cooling quickly as shadows lengthen across the fields and the distant horizon remains flat, save for the faint, hazy suggestion of Huckleberry Ridge far to the west. Water moves with a deliberate, muddy patience through the landscape, feeding the quiet banks of Rock House Creek just a short distance away. A mile from the center, the stillness of Medberrys Lake reflects the passing clouds, offering a glassy stillness to the surrounding woods that feels entirely removed from the clamor of the modern highway.

Wentworth serves as the seat of its county, maintaining a modest, deliberate pace that reflects a history built on the rhythms of agriculture and the governance of the surrounding countryside. The local economy has transitioned slowly from the labor of tobacco fields to a modern blend of service and trade, though the legacy of that agrarian past remains visible in the wide, open tracts of land that define the local geography. Residents often seek the solitude of the Dan River Game Land, a sprawling expanse that provides a necessary sanctuary for local wildlife and those who walk its trails. Life in Wentworth is defined by these quiet connections to the soil and the water, where the business of the day is conducted with a steady, unadorned courtesy that has outlasted the generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Dan River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 338° N
  • Jaycee Park (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 135° SE
  • Veterns Memorial (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 133° SE
  • Stoneville Sign (Public Artwork) — 9.5 mi, 298° NW
  • Haw River State Park (State Park) — 9.5 mi, 183° S
  • Mayo River State Park (State Park) — 9.9 mi, 282° W
  • Lawson Family Murder Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 265° W
  • Guilford County Open Space (Local Recreation) — 12.4 mi, 196° S
  • City of Greensboro Open Space (Local Recreation) — 12.8 mi, 178° S
  • Guilford County Park (Local Park) — 12.9 mi, 171° S
  • Raynay Alpaca Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 14.4 mi, 101° E
  • 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 188° S
  • Patrick Henry Monument (Monument) — 18.4 mi, 356° N
  • R. Wayne Bailey - Caswell Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 19.4 mi, 098° E
  • Rainbow Magic Alpaca Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 19.9 mi, 203° SW
  • O'Brien Art Gallery (Gallery) — 22.2 mi, 185° S
  • Robeson Theatre (Theatre) — 22.3 mi, 182° S
  • Family Fun Zone (Attraction) — 22.4 mi, 055° NE
  • The Marshall Muse Gallery (Gallery) — 22.4 mi, 184° S
  • Brockton Pl. (Viewpoint) — 22.5 mi, 058° NE
  • Stephen D. Byers Theater (Theatre) — 22.7 mi, 184° S
  • GreenHill Center for NC Art (Gallery) — 22.7 mi, 184° S
  • Center for Visual Arts (Arts Centre) — 22.7 mi, 184° S
  • Art Alliance (Arts Centre) — 22.7 mi, 184° S
  • Weatherspoon Art Museum (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 187° S
  • Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History (Museum) — 23.4 mi, 058° NE
  • Uwharrie National Forest (National Forest) — 52.9 mi, 182° S · 52k acres
  • Birkhead Mountains Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 53.6 mi, 190° S · 5,216 acres
  • Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 68.0 mi, 355° N · 733k acres
  • Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 69.6 mi, 293° NW · 155k acres

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About This Wentworth Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wentworth, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.401166, -79.756911. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Wentworth includes the ZIP code (27320, 27375), telephone area code (336), county seat of Rockingham County (Wentworth), and school district assignment (Rockingham County Schools).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.