Explore Stanly County.
Tap a pin for photos, quick facts and links to our guides and official sites — then zoom into the live street map for directions.
Morrow Mountain. Photo: DiscoA340 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Ten towns, three lakes and the places in between.
Town pins sit on the U.S. Census Bureau reference points for each municipality. Other pins are placed from published coordinates and are approximate at this scale — use the street map below or the “Map ↗” links for directions.
1Albemarle
Albemarle
The county seat (pop. 16,432) — historic downtown, courthouse square, museums, theatre and the county’s biggest dining scene.
2Badin
Badin
Historic Alcoa company town on Badin Lake (pop. 2,024), with French-influenced streets laid out in the 1910s.
3Locust
Locust
Fast-growing western gateway on NC 24/27 (pop. 4,537, 2020), part of which reaches into Cabarrus County.
4Misenheimer
Misenheimer
Small village (pop. 650) and home of Pfeiffer University, founded in 1885.
5New London
New London
Northern Stanly town (pop. 607) near Badin Lake and the Stanly County Airport.
6Norwood
Norwood
Lake Tillery’s hometown (pop. 2,367), near where the Rocky River meets the Pee Dee.
7Oakboro
Oakboro
Western Stanly town (pop. 2,128) with a classic small-town Main Street.
8Red Cross
Red Cross
Crossroads town (pop. 762) incorporated in 2002 in western Stanly County.
9Richfield
Richfield
Northern farm-country town (pop. 582) on the US 52 corridor.
10Stanfield
Stanfield
Southwest Stanly town (pop. 1,585) near the Rock Hole Creek Trail.
11Morrow Mountain State Park
Morrow Mountain State Park
5,881-acre state park (opened 1939) with summit views, hiking and bridle trails, camping and boating on Lake Tillery.
12Badin Lake
Badin Lake
5,350-acre Yadkin River reservoir created in 1917 by Narrows Dam — about 115 miles of shoreline.
13Narrows Dam
Narrows Dam
Alcoa’s 1917 hydroelectric dam at Badin, listed on the National Register in 1983.
14Lake Tillery
Lake Tillery
Pee Dee River reservoir on the Montgomery line, impounded by Tillery Dam (1928). Popular for boating, fishing and lake homes.
15Pfeiffer University
Pfeiffer University
United Methodist–affiliated university founded in 1885; its Henry Pfeiffer Chapel hosts community concerts.
16Stanly Community College
Stanly Community College
Public community college founded in 1971, on College Drive in Albemarle.
17Juneberry Ridge
Juneberry Ridge
Roughly 600-acre farm estate near Norwood with farm dinners, tours, clay shooting and trails. (Representative countryside photo.)
18Stanly County Airport
Stanly County Airport
County-owned general-aviation airport (VUJ) about 4 miles northeast of Albemarle.
19Three rivers meet
Three rivers meet
Below Norwood the Rocky River joins the Pee Dee, where Stanly, Montgomery, Anson and Richmond counties meet.
Base map: 2025 U.S. Census Bureau county boundaries. Pin photos: Wikimedia Commons contributors (Indy beetle, CC0; Wasrts, DiscoA340, Kenneth C. Zirkel, PlaneManRockFan, CC BY-SA 4.0; Donald Pardue, CC BY 2.0; Schlachtenbummler, CC BY-SA 3.0).
N.C. Transportation Museum, Spencer
About 27 miles (straight line) north-west of Albemarle in Rowan County: a 37-stall roundhouse, a 100-foot turntable, train rides and THE POLAR EXPRESS™.
Photo: PanzerschreckLeopard / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Zoom, pan and get directions.
Every place above, plotted on an interactive street map. Select a marker for details.
Explore mapped municipal offices, campground facilities and published trailheads, then open their guides. Each pin includes its source and location detail. Places without confirmed destination coordinates remain in the linked lists.
All ten towns. One map.
Choose a town on the map or in the list below. Points are the U.S. Census Bureau’s published municipal reference locations; use the street maps for local directions.
Trails & campgrounds.
Select a numbered label to open the related guide. The list below gives the verified street address or published access location, latitude, longitude and coordinate source.
Badin Lake Campground
Address / access: 429 Badin Lake Rec Area Road, Troy, NC 27371
Latitude: 35.4484722
Longitude: -80.0786611
Canebrake Horse Camp
Address / access: 616 McLeans Creek Road, Troy, NC 27371
Latitude: 35.4394444
Longitude: -80.0486111
Falcon Trail — trailhead 1
Address / access: Richfield Park Road and NC 49, Richfield, NC 28137 (published park access address; individual marker has no separate street number)
Latitude: 35.4775488736828
Longitude: -80.2638379523277
Falcon Trail — trailhead 2
Address / access: Richfield Park Road and NC 49, Richfield, NC 28137 (published park access address; individual marker has no separate street number)
Latitude: 35.4774242364368
Longitude: -80.261259765052
Rock Hole Creek Trail — trailhead 1
Address / access: Park Drive, Stanfield, NC 28163
Latitude: 35.2297986378821
Longitude: -80.4288708030981
More place guides & directions
These places remain in the guide. We have not added a destination pin where a matching address and a specific published location have not both been verified.
Albemarle City Hall
144 North Second Street, Albemarle, NC 28001
No verified address-destination coordinates.
Misenheimer Village Office
Official-linked named-office destination coordinate verified; street address not verified, so held for exact-address publication.
Norwood Town Hall
212 South Main Street, Norwood, NC 28128
Address verified; point coordinates unverified
Oakboro Town Hall
109 North Main Street, #A, Oakboro, NC 28129
Address verified; point coordinates unverified
Red Cross Town Hall
176 East Red Cross Road, Red Cross, NC
Physical street address verified; exact destination coordinates unverified.
Morrow Mountain State Park
49104 Morrow Mountain Road, Albemarle, NC 28001
Official park GPS reference only; not a verified named trailhead or entrance.
Arrowhead Campground
Published campground facility coordinate exists; matching visitor street address is not verified.
County outline: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 county boundaries. Each destination lists its own source. Trail access descriptions are not individually numbered street addresses. Published reference points identify the stated facility or feature; confirm the appropriate visitor entrance with the operator. Checked September 25, 2026.
Plan with the right map
This explorer helps you choose a destination. Use county GIS for parcel and jurisdiction research, official election tools for assigned voting locations, and published trail maps for navigation on foot.
Some destinations remain in the linked directories until a dependable coordinate can be confirmed. We do not substitute an unrelated town-center point for an unverified trailhead.
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