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Whortonsville North Carolina Map

Explore Whortonsville, 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 Whortonsville, North Carolina

How to Use This Whortonsville, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.09572
Longitude	-76.62854
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	28556, 28586
Area Code	910
County Seat	Bayboro

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About Whortonsville, North Carolina

Whortonsville is a locality in Pamlico County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Whortonsville is located at 35.0957°N, 76.6285°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 28556, 28586.

Whortonsville exists where the brackish breath of the Atlantic Ocean meets the persistent, quiet flow of Coffee Creek. It lies 21.5 miles northeast of Havelock, NC (from Havelock, NC: bearing 46°T), and is situated 19.0 miles east of Fairfield Harbour. The landscape here is defined by a low, humid horizon where the earth yields gradually to the saline influence of the tide, creating a flat, marshy expanse that stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Davis Ridge. To the west, the vegetation thickens into the dense, shadowed vegetation of Gum Thicket, while the salt-crusted air carries a heavy, damp weight that seems to slow the passage of time itself. Across the water, the silhouette of Swan Island guards the approach, its dark foliage a constant, shifting marker against the charcoal-colored sky at dusk.

Whortonsville retains the weathered character of a place built upon the labor of the water, where the economy has long been anchored by the rhythms of boat building and the quiet industry of the docks. The Pamlico County Open Space provides a sanctuary of wild, unmanicured terrain that anchors the locality, preserving a sense of isolation from the frantic pace of the modern interior. Residents move with a deliberate, measured gait, their lives governed by the seasonal migration of fish and the unpredictable temperament of the nearby Atlantic Ocean. Though the local history remains etched into the peeling paint of old piers and the sturdy, salt-worn architecture, the stillness is occasionally punctuated by the distant, rhythmic slap of water against a hull or the solitary call of a bird circling over the reeds.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pamlico County Open Space (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 331° NW
Pamlico County - Graveyard Point (Local Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 211° SW
Oriental's History Museum (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 219° SW
Carteret County Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 149° SE
Goose Creek Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 010° N
Croatan Game Land (Marine Protected Area) — 13.0 mi, 209° SW
Croatan National Forest (National Forest) — 14.6 mi, 218° SW · 162k acres
Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.3 mi, 106° E · 43k acres
Aurora Fossil Museum (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 328° NW
Cedar Island Rentals (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 107° E
Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.0 mi, 036° NE · 50k acres
Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 21.0 mi, 036° NE · 8,920 acres
New Bern Civil War Battlefield Park (Registered Battlefield) — 22.2 mi, 262° W
Blackbeard (Public Artwork) — 22.3 mi, 170° S
USRC Diligence (Monument) — 23.1 mi, 272° W
U.S.C.G.C. Pamlico (Monument) — 23.1 mi, 272° W
Spider Lady (Monument) — 23.1 mi, 271° W
New Bern Firemen's Museum (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 272° W
Cape Lookout National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 23.9 mi, 143° SE · 41k acres
Sheep Ridge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.5 mi, 241° SW · 9,315 acres
Neuse Boulevard Cinema (Cinema) — 25.4 mi, 274° W
Bear Town Cinema (Cinema) — 25.8 mi, 270° W
Carteret County Historical Society (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 191° S
Lookout Cruises (Attraction) — 26.3 mi, 184° S
Morehead City Waterfront (Attraction) — 26.4 mi, 190° S
Island Express Ferry Service (Attraction) — 26.4 mi, 184° S
Carteret County Museum of History (Museum) — 26.8 mi, 196° S
Mattie Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 27.3 mi, 038° NE
Middle Community Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 31.6 mi, 094° E
Cape Hatteras National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 34.6 mi, 092° E · 58k acres

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