Timberlake, North Carolina — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Timberlake, Cumberland County.
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Timberlake lies low and wide, where the land softens into the sandy loam of the North Carolina Sandhills. It lies 7.9 miles south-west of Fayetteville, NC (from Fayetteville, NC: bearing 226°T), and is situated 1.9 miles west of Hope Mills. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the scent of pine needles warmed by the sun, a dry, resinous perfume that clings to everything. Creeks, shallow and meandering, trace faint lines through the dense stands of pine and oak, their waters the color of weak tea. The landscape is one of quiet persistence, a place where nature has not been entirely tamed, but rather, coaxed into a working partnership. Fields, often marked by their sandy soil, stretch out under a sky that can shift from brilliant, cloudless blue to a bruised, heavy gray with startling speed. Historically, Timberlake’s story is tied to the fertile crescent of the Cape Fear River basin, a region that has always been about agriculture and the slow, steady work of the land. The economy here has long been shaped by the cycles of planting and harvest, with tobacco and cotton once dominating the fields that now increasingly yield soybeans and corn. There are whispers of older times, of families who cleared these woods and built lives from the earth, their legacy etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring patterns of cultivation and the quiet strength of the people who remain. While not a bustling hub, Timberlake possesses a grounded character, a place where the pace of life is dictated by the sun and the seasons, and where a sense of community is as palpable as the humid summer air.
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| Location | Timberlake, Cumberland County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34.973775°N, 78.979474°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28348, 27604, 27583 |
| Area Code | 919, 984 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Timberlake, North Carolina, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Timberlake includes coordinates 34.973775°N, 78.979474°W, situated in Cumberland County. ZIP code 28348, 27604, 27583. Telephone area code: 919, 984. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.