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Wilkesboro North Carolina Map

Explore Wilkesboro, 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 Wilkesboro, North Carolina

How to Use This Wilkesboro, North Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	36.142429
Longitude	-81.174207
Population	3,687
Density	225.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	28697
Area Code	828
County Seat	Wilkesboro
School District	Wilkes County Schools

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About Wilkesboro, North Carolina

Wilkesboro is a locality in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,687. The population density is 225.4 people per km². Wilkesboro is located at 36.1424°N, 81.1742°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Wilkesboro is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 28697.

Wilkesboro claims a deliberate stillness where the Yadkin River carves a slow, deliberate path through the red clay and tangled woodlands of the piedmont. It lies 26.5 miles northeast of Lenoir, NC (from Lenoir, NC: bearing 53°T), and is situated 1.1 miles southwest of North Wilkesboro. The terrain here rises in modest, persistent swells, grounding the landscape in a quiet gravity that feels ancient and unhurried. Sunlight filters through the canopy to illuminate the Wilkes County Open Space, where the earth retains the cool, damp scent of deep loam and hardwood rot. Four miles away, the waters of W Kerr Scott Reservoir hold the reflection of the sky in a steady, unmoving gaze, while the distant, hazy blue outlines of the Blue Ridge Mountains frame the western horizon like a fading memory. In the quiet hours of evening, the air carries a crispness that suggests the elevation change toward the highlands, turning the valley into a vessel for the settling mist.

Wilkesboro maintains a character forged by the persistence of its people, who have long found their rhythm in the intersections of agriculture and the ingenuity of the machine. The legacy of the region lives in the steady hum of a working economy, where the memory of textile looms and the labor of the land linger in the architecture of the older storefronts. Visitors often find their way toward the cascading waters of Moravian Falls, a place that marks the transition between the flat expanse of the plains and the rugged promise of the high country. Beyond the commerce of the present, the echoes of Appalachian ballad traditions remain, a subtle frequency in the local speech that speaks to a heritage of self-reliance. Life in Wilkesboro moves with a measured pace, observing the seasons through the harvest and the changing light, indifferent to the urgent demands of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lowes Park (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 277° W
Cub Creek Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 081° E
Wilkes County Open Space (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 151° SE
Wilkes Heritage Museum (Museum) — 1.3 mi, 071° E
Liberty Theatre Cinema (Cinema) — 2.0 mi, 053° NE
Wilkes Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 2.8 mi, 045° NE
Fish Dam Creek Overlook (Viewpoint) — 2.9 mi, 262° W
W. Kerr Scott Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 3.0 mi, 258° W
Mulberry Mill Wildlife Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 359° N
Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 8.3 mi, 310° NW
Thurmond Chatham Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 14.6 mi, 354° N
Stone Mountain State Park (State Park) — 15.1 mi, 021° N
Laura Foster Memorial (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 247° SW
Five Ridge Theatre (Theatre) — 16.8 mi, 318° NW
Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center's Educational Complex (Public Artwork) — 17.2 mi, 164° S
Lower Falls (Attraction) — 17.7 mi, 025° NE
Middle Falls (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 024° NE
Widows Falls (Attraction) — 18.6 mi, 018° N
US 21 overlook (Attraction) — 19.2 mi, 034° NE
New River State Park (State Park) — 19.8 mi, 317° NW
Turtle Island Preserve (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 278° W
Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 24.0 mi, 250° W · 511k acres
Alleghany Community Auditorium (Theatre) — 25.5 mi, 006° N
Old Lone Hickory Store (Monument) — 26.3 mi, 103° E
Allison Woods (Nature Reserve) — 26.5 mi, 131° SE
Historic Dam Site (Historic Ruins) — 26.7 mi, 280° W
Tractor Brown's Museum (Museum) — 27.8 mi, 091° E
Hickory Ridge Living History Museum (Museum) — 28.0 mi, 280° W
Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 36.5 mi, 336° NW · 155k acres
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 37.1 mi, 335° NW · 733k acres

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