Explore White Lake, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for White Lake, 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 White Lake.
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 | White Lake |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Bladen County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 34.650229 |
| Longitude | -78.491108 |
| Population | 843 |
| Density | 317.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 28337 |
| Area Code | 704, 980 |
| County Seat | Elizabethtown |
| School District | Bladen County Schools |
White Lake remains a singular, clear-water depression in the sandy earth of North Carolina, defined by the peculiar brilliance of its basin. It lies 29.9 miles east of Lumberton, NC (from Lumberton, NC: bearing 87°T), and is situated 6.9 miles east of Elizabethtown. The surrounding terrain consists of flat, pine-studded plains where the soil is porous and pale, holding shadows that stretch long and thin under the humid afternoon sun. To the north, the landscape deepens into the dense, managed growth of Bladen Lakes State Forest, while the nearby drainage of Colly Creek moves with a slow, dark deliberation through the underbrush. A few miles distant, the waters of Singletary Lake mirror the sky with a different, darker hue, and the low rise of Susies Hill breaks the horizon toward the west, providing a modest anchor to an otherwise level expanse. The air here holds the scent of resin and warming needles, a dry, clean fragrance that persists even when the humidity rises to meet the evening.
White Lake serves as a quiet center for regional recreation, anchored by the protective boundaries of White Lake State Lake. The economy operates on a seasonal rhythm, shifting from the stillness of the cooler months to the vigorous activity of summer, when the clarity of the water draws visitors from across the flatlands of the interior. Historically, the region relied on the endurance of timber and the modest yields of agriculture, pursuits that left the character of the population steady and cautious. While Mulford Bay remains a quiet, sunken feature of the local topography, the human life of the region gathers near the water, maintaining a pace that values the deliberate conversation of a porch-side afternoon. The social life of the area is quiet and unpretentious, tied to the local traditions of the interior plains and a long-standing appreciation for the simple, clear geography that distinguishes this particular stretch of land.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of White Lake, North Carolina. Coordinates: 34.650229, -78.491108. 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 White Lake includes the ZIP code (28337), telephone area code (704, 980), county seat of Bladen County (Elizabethtown), and school district assignment (Bladen 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |