Explore Alvaton, Georgia, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Alvaton, Georgia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Georgia or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Alvaton.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Alvaton |
| State | Georgia (GA) |
| County | Meriwether County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 33.170956 |
| Longitude | -84.580483 |
| Population | 280 |
| Density | 8.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 30218, 30803 |
| Area Code | 404, 470, 678, 706, 762 |
| County Seat | Greenville |
Alvaton occupies a quiet reach of the Georgia piedmont where the earth turns to a stubborn, iron-rich red clay that clings to the boots of anyone who walks its fields. It lies 15.6 miles south of Peachtree City, GA (from Peachtree City, GA: bearing 177°T), and is situated 9.2 miles south of Senoia. White Oak Creek carves a winding path through the landscape, its slow, dark waters providing a rhythmic pulse to the woodlands and open pastures that define the terrain. Beyond the immediate canopy of longleaf pine, the horizon remains flat and expansive, though the distant, faint silhouette of Muddy Slash Ridge occasionally catches the amber light of a waning sun. A mile removed from the bustle of the main road, the stillness of Moss Lake mirrors the sky, its glassy surface undisturbed save for the occasional ripple of a wading bird or the shift of a breeze through the surrounding timber.
Alvaton preserves a character shaped by generations of agrarian labor and the slow, deliberate transition from working farmsteads to a quieter residential pace. The local economy has long leaned into the fertile potential of the soil, with the legacy of pecan groves and seasonal harvests anchoring the identity of those who reside here. Just two miles away, the Joe Kurz Wildlife Management Area serves as a vital expanse for the preservation of local flora and fauna, ensuring that the wilder edges of the region remain protected from the encroachment of modern development. Life in Alvaton moves with the turning of the seasons, marked by the thick, humid heat of midsummer afternoons and the quiet, frost-edged mornings that settle over the creek beds, grounding the inhabitants in a landscape that values persistence over speed.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Alvaton, Georgia. Coordinates: 33.170956, -84.580483. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Alvaton includes the ZIP code (30218, 30803), telephone area code (404, 470, 678, 706, 762), county seat of Meriwether County (Greenville), and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |