North Carolina city route guide · reference rank #501

Yahoo Maps Apex

A useful plan for Apex starts by asking what kind of arrival the destination requires. Apex is a smaller regional center where the final approach still matters, with a source coordinate of 35.72° N, 78.87° W and a 2024 population reference of 75,977. Yahoo Maps Apex turns those anchors into a written checklist for the journey ahead.

Getting oriented in Apex

The Gazetteer reference for Apex is 35.72° N, 78.87° W. It places the entry in the southern half and the eastern side of the country, but it does not identify a building, gate, parking deck, or service road. For a delivery, service call, or appointment with a fixed arrival point, use the point to orient the trip, then replace the city-level reference with exact destination instructions.

A quick orientation to Apex

Reference rank
#501 of 1,700
State
North Carolina
Population reference
75,977 (2024)
Coordinates
35.72° N, 78.87° W
Census place ID
3701520
Page focus
Written route preparation without an interactive map

Let current signs settle the final choice

The route should be treated as a range of decisions, not a promise of an arrival minute. The time of day and direction of travel rather than mileage alone can move the delay from the highway to the last local street without changing the destination. The dataset places Apex near 35.72° N, 78.87° W and records 75,977 in 2024; those facts support orientation, not certainty.

A simple fallback is often better than a complicated recovery: stop, confirm the address, contact the destination if necessary, and choose the next safe road. At source rank #501, Apex is a reference entry rather than a live congestion report; current conditions still need a separate check.

Plan the arrival action

When a delivery, service call, or appointment with a fixed arrival point brings a traveler into Apex, Yahoo Maps Apex is most useful as a final-approach checklist. Confirm the approach side, stopping area, and destination access before the last committed turn. The dataset places Apex near 35.72° N, 78.87° W and records 75,977 in 2024; those facts support orientation, not certainty.

If the destination has an access restriction, plan the pause or alternate entrance before reaching it. A route correction is easier when the driver already knows what question to answer. For this #501 reference entry, use the source facts to frame the trip and current official information to decide the route.

Give the middle of the trip a clear role

The shortest-looking line is not automatically the most useful line into Apex. Compare the road type, number of committed turns, crossing or interchange requirements, and the final entrance. This is especially relevant where rapidly growing metros, research and college corridors, and varied Piedmont-to-coast routes shape the Southeast travel. The dataset places Apex near 35.72° N, 78.87° W and records 75,977 in 2024; those facts support orientation, not certainty.

A route that is simple for a passenger car may be unsuitable for a trailer, delivery vehicle, or accessibility need. Match the approach and the destination entrance to the vehicle before setting out. For Apex, the source facts are intentionally stable—rank #501, 75,977, and 35.72° N, 78.87° W—while road access can change.

Locate Apex without losing the endpoint

The value of Yahoo Maps Apex is the questions it creates for Apex: Which side of the road? Which gate? Which parking or drop-off lane? Which access hour? Those questions are more useful than treating a city-center point as the final destination. The Gazetteer point for Apex is 35.72° N, 78.87° W, while the usable destination remains the street, building, gate, or entrance selected for the trip.

The page’s source facts are deliberately limited to verifiable orientation. They should support a better question—where exactly will the trip end?—rather than encourage confidence in an unverified city label. A route into Apex still has to reconcile the city reference, the North Carolina approach, the vehicle, and the exact arrival action.

What to confirm before entering Apex

Use the source facts for orientation, then use this list to verify the pieces that determine whether the trip is actually complete. The next comparison in the source list is Scranton, so the ranking provides scale context but not a promise about travel time.

  1. Write the actual Apex endpoint instead of relying on the city name alone. The dataset places Apex near 35.72° N, 78.87° W and records 75,977 in 2024; those facts support orientation, not certainty.
  2. Check whether the final route enters the correct side or district of Apex. The Gazetteer point for Apex is 35.72° N, 78.87° W, while the usable destination remains the street, building, gate, or entrance selected for the trip.
  3. Confirm the destination’s access hours, gates, parking, or loading rules. The source record for Apex uses 35.72° N, 78.87° W and a 2024 population-estimate reference of 75,977.
  4. Save any useful entrance detail for the next Apex visit. The Gazetteer point for Apex is 35.72° N, 78.87° W, while the usable destination remains the street, building, gate, or entrance selected for the trip.