Arcade Georgia Map

About Arcade, Georgia

Arcade is a locality in Jackson County, Georgia, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,884. The population density is 79.1 people per km². Arcade is located at 34.0735°N, 83.5281°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Arcade is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 30549.

Arcade holds the quiet stillness of the red-clay piedmont, where the earth colors the horizon in deep, rusty ochre. It lies 2.8 miles south-southeast of Jefferson, GA (from Jefferson, GA: bearing 167°T), and is situated 8.9 miles southeast of Pendergrass. The landscape here is defined by a slow, deliberate topography, characterized by undulating woodlands and the persistent, creeping reach of kudzu that softens the edges of the terrain. At dusk, the light catches the iron-rich dust suspended in the air, casting a copper glow over the fields that stretch toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Water shapes the rhythm of the land, with the gentle banks of Curry Creek marking the low points of the geography, while the quiet surface of Williamsons Lake reflects the shifting clouds, providing a still sanctuary that rests only a mile from the center of Arcade.

Arcade maintains a character rooted in the agrarian traditions of Georgia, where the economy has long been tethered to the patient cultivation of the soil and the quiet industry of local enterprise. The presence of Arcade Park serves as a communal anchor, offering a space where the pace of daily life slows to match the movement of the seasons. History in this region is not merely a memory but a lived experience, visible in the way the local infrastructure accommodates the natural sprawl of longleaf pine and hardwood stands. The people go about their routines with a steady, unforced focus, finding a distinct, modest dignity in the maintenance of their homesteads and the preservation of a way of life that values the immediate reality of the woods and fields over the frantic velocity of the modern world.

About This Arcade Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Arcade, Georgia. Coordinates: 34.073545, -83.528112. 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 Arcade includes the ZIP code (30549), telephone area code (770, 678), county seat of Jackson County (Jefferson), and school district assignment (Jackson County School District).

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.