The North Map
The complete map of northern Westeros — from Winterfell and White Harbor to the Wolfswood, Karhold, Bear Island, Last Hearth, the Wall, and the lands beyond
The North is the largest region in Westeros and the ancestral homeland of House Stark. It stretches from the Neck in the south to the Wall in the north and includes major locations such as Winterfell, White Harbor, Last Hearth, Karhold, Bear Island, and the forests and roads that connect them. It is colder, larger, and more sparsely populated than the southern kingdoms, but it remains one of the most powerful and symbolically important realms in the entire story.
What Is the North?
The North is not just another kingdom — it is the oldest-feeling, hardest, and most symbolically powerful land in Westeros.
The North is the largest political region in Westeros, but also one of the least densely populated. Its distances are long, its winters are harder, and its identity is older than that of the southern kingdoms.
Ruled for most of its history from Winterfell, the North is defined by its loyalty to House Stark, its worship of the old gods, and its deep memory of winter, survival, and ancient threat. Roads are fewer, settlements are more scattered, and great forests, hills, and cold plains dominate the landscape.
The North includes White Harbor on its southeastern coast, the Wolfswood to the west of Winterfell, Karhold and Last Hearth toward the northeast, and the vast frontier approaching the Wall. Beyond that wall lies the Free Folk world and the even older terror of the far north.
This page is your main hub for the North map, helping readers move from the region as a whole into deeper subpages for Winterfell, White Harbor, Castle Black, the Wall, and the northern frontier beyond the kingdoms.
The Essential Northern Locations
These are the key places that define the political, military, and symbolic map of the North.
Winterfell
The ancestral seat of House Stark and the heart of northern ruleWinterfell is the political and emotional center of the North, one of the oldest castles in Westeros, and the place where northern identity is most powerfully anchored.
Explore Winterfell →White Harbor
The North’s major port and maritime gateway to the rest of WesterosRuled by House Manderly, White Harbor is the North’s most important coastal city, trade center, and sea connection to the south and east.
Explore White Harbor →The Wall
The ancient frozen frontier that closes the North at its upper edgeThe Wall marks the end of the Seven Kingdoms and the beginning of the unknown north, making it both a military structure and a boundary of civilization.
Explore The Wall →Castle Black
The main Night’s Watch fortress built into the WallCastle Black is the best-known stronghold of the Night’s Watch and a key location in the stories of Jon Snow, Samwell Tarly, and the northern war against the dead.
Explore Castle Black →The Wolfswood
The deep western forestland of the NorthThe Wolfswood gives the North much of its wild character — dense, old, and symbolic of the harsh yet enduring environment that shaped northern culture.
Explore the Wolfswood →Beyond the Wall
The lands of the Free Folk and the road toward the deeper northThough technically outside the political North, the lands Beyond the Wall are inseparable from its story, serving as the realm’s true frontier and existential threat zone.
Explore Beyond the Wall →Browse the North by Zone and Stronghold
Move from central Stark lands to coastal ports, frontier castles, and the wild lands approaching the Wall.
Major Locations in the North at a Glance
A quick-reference map guide to the North’s main seats, ports, forests, and frontier zones.
| Location | Type | Position in the North | Best Known For | Regional Importance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winterfell | Castle / seat | Central North | House Stark, old gods, political center | Main northern capital |
| White Harbor | Port city | Southeast coast | House Manderly, shipping, trade | Main sea gateway |
| The Wall | Barrier / frontier | Far north | Night’s Watch, White Walker frontier | Boundary of the realm |
| Castle Black | Fortress | At the Wall | Night’s Watch headquarters | Primary military post |
| Wolfswood | Forest | West of Winterfell | Dense woodland, old northern landscape | Key natural zone |
| Karhold | Castle / seat | Northeast | House Karstark stronghold | Eastern noble seat |
| Last Hearth | Castle / seat | Near upper northeast | House Umber stronghold | Closest great seat to the Wall |
| Bear Island | Island seat | Off west coast | House Mormont, tough northern defense | Western island hold |
| The Neck | Marshland bottleneck | Southern edge | Natural access barrier to the North | Southern threshold |
| Beyond the Wall | Wild frontier | North of the Wall | Free Folk, ancient threat, far north | Outer existential frontier |
The North Map FAQs
The key questions readers ask when trying to understand northern Westeros at full scale.
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What lies north of the North?
Explore the North One Stronghold at a Time
The North is more than Winterfell alone. From ports and forests to the Wall and the cold frontier beyond it, every northern place adds weight to the Stark world and the deeper threat rising in the snow.
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