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Baconton Georgia Map

Explore Baconton, 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.

Interactive Map of Baconton, Georgia

How to Use This Baconton, Georgia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Baconton, 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 Baconton.

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	Baconton
State	Georgia (GA)
County	Mitchell County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	31.379623
Longitude	-84.161017
Population	856
Density	169.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	31716
Area Code	229
County Seat	Camilla
School District	Mitchell County School District

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About Baconton, Georgia

Baconton is a locality in Mitchell County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 856. The population density is 169.3 people per km². Baconton is located at 31.3796°N, 84.1610°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Baconton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 31716.

Baconton emerges from the flat, iron-rich earth of the Georgia plain, where the horizon stretches wide and uncluttered under a heavy, humid sky. It lies 13.7 miles south of Albany, GA (from Albany, GA: bearing 181°T), and is situated 6.8 miles south-southwest of Putney. The landscape is defined by the steady, unhurried flow of the Flint River, which winds its path just a mile from the center, carving a dark, languid ribbon through the surrounding fields. Stands of longleaf pine stand as sentinels against the backdrop of the open expanse, their needles catching the amber light of late afternoon to cast long, spindly shadows across the dust. To the northwest, the terrain holds memories of ancient landscapes in the form of the Fossil Sand Dunes (historic), while the quiet depressions of Tuggles Sink mark the limestone floor beneath the soil. The air here holds the scent of damp earth and drying crops, a stillness that settles over the land when the sun begins to dip toward the tree line.

Baconton owes its character to the deep, fertile soil that has long dictated the rhythm of the local economy, favoring the cultivation of expansive pecan orchards that define the regional industry. The town grew from the necessity of the harvest, its identity rooted in the seasonal labor and the slow, deliberate work of agriculture that dictates the pace of everyday life. Residents look toward the quiet expanse of River Bend Park for a respite in the shade, or toward the distant, reflective surface of Halls Pond when the summer heat presses down with unrelenting force. There is a singular, quiet dignity in the way the local life unfolds, where the legacy of the land is measured not in grand monuments, but in the enduring rows of trees and the persistent, quiet strength of those who work the clay.

Nearby Outdoor Places

River Bend Park (Local Park) — 4.1 mi, 016° N
101-001 (State Recreation Area) — 6.3 mi, 101° E
S.E. Dougherty Youth Sports Comp (Local Recreation) — 7.0 mi, 016° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 7.0 mi, 016° N
Boy Scout Tract (Local Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 001° N
Flint River Greenway (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 003° N
Radium Springs Tract (State Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 008° N
Greenspace Program Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 9.8 mi, 008° N
Chickasawhatchee Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.4 mi, 304° NW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 13.5 mi, 003° N
Hill Village Sign (Monument) — 14.2 mi, 034° NE
Chehaw State Park (State Park) — 16.3 mi, 004° N
Palmyra (Monument) — 17.9 mi, 354° N
Burned down house (Historic Ruins) — 18.7 mi, 014° N
Tractor Barn (Historic Ruins) — 18.8 mi, 014° N
POW-MIA Chair of Honor (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 169° S
Moultrie Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 26.0 mi, 123° SE
Museum of Colquitt County History (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 122° SE
Moultrie Stadium Cinema 6 (Cinema) — 26.8 mi, 119° SE
Chehaw Indian Monument (Attraction) — 27.3 mi, 004° N
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ga (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.5 mi, 236° SW · 1,786 acres
Swamp Gravy - Georgia's Official Folk-Life Theater (Theatre) — 36.6 mi, 247° SW
Georgia Museum of Agriculture (Attraction) — 37.4 mi, 081° E
The Peanut (Public Artwork) — 37.8 mi, 081° E
Lapham-Patterson House Museum (Museum) — 38.4 mi, 164° S
Nurse's Station (Attraction) — 41.8 mi, 172° S
Carpenter's Shop (Attraction) — 41.8 mi, 172° S
Kolomoki Mounds (Museum) — 46.8 mi, 278° W
Redemptive Love Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 54.6 mi, 173° S
Apalachicola National Forest (National Forest) — 66.6 mi, 191° S · 576k acres

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