North Carolina Highway 2 is a five-mile (8 km) North Carolina state highway that runs entirely in Moore County. Its primary function is to connect the two Sandhills towns of Southern Pines and Pinehurst.

NC 2's western terminus is at a tree-lined intersection with NC 5, just south of downtown Pinehurst. Traveling in a northeasterly direction (signed east), NC 2 arrives at the Pinehurst Traffic Circle where US 15-501 and NC 211 meet. Exiting the traffic circle on an easterly spur, NC 2 continues east into the city of Southern Pines. After entering the city limits, NC 2 intersects with the southern terminus of NC 22 before arriving at its own terminus at the U.S. 1 freeway. The majority of NC 2 is locally known as Midland Road. In Pinehurst, Midland Road turns into Palmetto Street, Azalea Road and Cherokee Street where it ends at Beulah Hill Road (NC 5).

The entire route is in Moore County.

Historically, NC 2 had spawn one alternate route that has since been decommissioned:

Established sometime between 1945–49, it connected NC 2 (today Midland Road) as a spur route, along Yadkin Road, to US 1 (today May Street). By 1952, NC 2 replaced NC 2A. By 1967 or 1968, NC 2 was truncated along the new bypass route of US 1, leaving Yadkin Road as a secondary road.