Explore Arcade, 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 Arcade, 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 Arcade.
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 | Arcade |
| State | Georgia (GA) |
| County | Jackson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 34.073545 |
| Longitude | -83.528112 |
| Population | 1,884 |
| Density | 79.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 30549 |
| Area Code | 770, 678 |
| County Seat | Jefferson |
| School District | Jackson County School District |
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.
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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).
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. |