Manns Harbor North Carolina Map

About Manns Harbor, North Carolina

Manns Harbor is a locality in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 926. The population density is 94.0 people per km². Manns Harbor is located at 35.8857°N, 75.7627°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 27953.

Manns Harbor, North Carolina, exhales the briny breath of the Albemarle Sound, a wide, shallow expanse that dictates much of its character. It lies 39.3 miles southeast of Elizabeth City, NC (from Elizabeth City, NC: bearing 136°T), and is situated 9.2 miles west-southwest of Nags Head. The land here is a low-lying, flat canvas, a place where the sky seems to press down, a vast, ever-shifting dome of cerulean and bruised twilight hues, particularly in the hushed hours before dawn. Waterways, both natural and dredged, lace through the terrain like veins, reflecting the stoic, wind-bent pines and the occasional hardy live oak, their branches draped with Spanish moss like spectral beards. The air itself carries a peculiar humidity, a palpable weight that clings to the skin, thick with the scent of salt, marsh grass, and the distant, sweet decay of the low country. Shacks and modest homes, painted in faded pastels or weathered wood, huddle together as if for warmth against the broad, open vistas. The history of Manns Harbor is as fluid and untamed as the surrounding waters, a testament to lives lived in close communion with the ebb and flow of the Sound. Once a vital nexus for ferry traffic connecting the mainland to the Outer Banks before the bridges were built, its economy has since adapted, leaning heavily on the bounty of the sea. Fishing boats, their hulls scarred from countless voyages, bob gently in the marinas, and the day's catch, from plump oysters to silver-scaled flounder, forms the backbone of local commerce. There's a quiet resilience in Manns Harbor, a sense that its people have always understood the capricious nature of their environment, weathering storms and changing tides with a stoic grace. The local dialect, a soft, melodic cadence, carries echoes of generations who learned their lessons not from textbooks, but from the whisper of the wind through the reeds and the steady pulse of the ocean beyond.

About This Manns Harbor Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Manns Harbor, North Carolina — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 35.885724, -75.762679. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Manns Harbor and Dare County.

Detailed location data for Manns Harbor includes the ZIP code (27953), telephone area code (919, 984), county seat of Dare County (Manteo), and school district assignment (Dare County Schools). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Manns Harbor is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.