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Ball Ground Georgia Map

Explore Ball Ground, 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 Ball Ground, Georgia

How to Use This Ball Ground, Georgia Map

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

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	Ball Ground
State	Georgia (GA)
County	Cherokee County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	34.337135
Longitude	-84.367887
Population	2,560
Density	156.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	30705, 30107
Area Code	770, 404, 470, 678
County Seat	Canton
School District	Cherokee County School District

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About Ball Ground, Georgia

Ball Ground is a locality in Cherokee County, Georgia, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,560. The population density is 156.1 people per km². Ball Ground is located at 34.3371°N, 84.3679°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Ball Ground is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 30705, 30107.

Ball Ground occupies a quiet expanse of red-clay piedmont where the earth holds the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has begun its descent. It lies 9.6 miles northeast of Canton, GA (from Canton, GA: bearing 43°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south-southwest of Big Canoe. The landscape is defined by the steady, low-slung presence of the Appalachian Mountains visible as a faint, violet-gray bruise upon the horizon, while closer at hand, the terrain softens into gentle rises and hollows. Within the immediate reach of the streets, Ball Ground Pocket Park offers a small, manicured clearing where the light filters through the canopy in thin, golden needles. A mile away, the waters of Long Swamp Creek carve a rhythmic path through the dense, tangled undergrowth, providing a cool, moss-scented contrast to the warmth of the open fields.

History in Ball Ground remains anchored to the extraction of stone, a legacy that once transformed the local economy and left the land dotted with the quiet remnants of industry. Three miles away, the Georgia Marble Company Lake sits as a still, reflective basin, a reminder of the geological wealth that shaped the architecture and fortunes of the region. The pace of life here moves with the deliberate weight of the iron-rich soil, far from the frantic churn of the modern metropolis yet connected to the broader, unfolding narrative of the state. Travelers passing through might glimpse the distant, misty descent of Padgett Falls or wander toward the silence of Disharoon Cove, finding that the character of Ball Ground is defined by these deliberate, ancient distances and the persistent, quiet endurance of the Appalachian foothills.

Nearby Outdoor Places

City Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 293° NW
Lions Field (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 263° W
Historic Ball Ground (Public Artwork) — 0.4 mi, 276° W
Ball Ground Elementary (Local Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 299° NW
McGraw Ford Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 146° SE
028-001 (State Recreation Area) — 4.8 mi, 215° SW
Greenspace Program Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 270° W
Georgia Marble Company and the Village of Tate (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 349° N
Gibbs Gardens (Attraction) — 5.8 mi, 060° NE
Fort Buffington (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 202° S
Historic Period Cemetery (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 108° E
Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 073° E
Allatoona Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 9.8 mi, 232° SW
Old Homestead (Foundation) (Historic Ruins) — 10.3 mi, 307° NW
Old Pettit Homestead (Chimney) (Historic Ruins) — 10.3 mi, 318° NW
John H. Sr. and Ethel C. Bennett History Museum (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 264° W
Southern Viewing Deck (Viewpoint) — 10.4 mi, 011° N
Old 1-cylinder Engine (Attraction) — 14.6 mi, 201° S
Steam Engine (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 123° SE
Cumming Fire Museum (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 123° SE
Forsyth Academy of Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 15.5 mi, 127° SE
Georgia Racing Hall of Fame (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 069° E
Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 16.0 mi, 016° N · 752k acres
C.C.C. Quarry (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 274° W
Ed Jenkins National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 17.3 mi, 026° NE · 24k acres
Ameris Bank Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 19.9 mi, 170° S
The Scene (Gallery) — 20.4 mi, 168° S
The Market Place at North Point (Gallery) — 20.4 mi, 168° S
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 22.1 mi, 177° S · 5,036 acres
Rich Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.4 mi, 001° N · 11k acres

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