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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	Murray 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	Chatsworth
School District	Cherokee County School District

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About Ball Ground, Georgia

Ball Ground is a locality in Murray 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 emerges from the red-clay piedmont as a quiet intersection of open fields and dense, encroaching woodland where the air holds a permanent, damp sweetness. It lies 14.4 miles southeast of Dalton, GA (from Dalton, GA: bearing 124°T), and is situated 7.9 miles south of Chatsworth. Buck Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the landscape, its waters pulling away from the high ground to nourish the thickets of longleaf pine that define the local horizon. To the far west, the jagged silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains press against the sky, their blue-gray peaks serving as a distant, silent boundary for the basin. The Coosawattee Wildlife Management Area stretches outward from the edge of the settlement, offering a wild, untamed contrast to the manicured lawns and modest dwellings that define the immediate perimeter of Ball Ground.

History here is written in the stubborn persistence of agriculture and the transition from agrarian roots to the steady, rhythmic pulse of modern industry. The local economy, once tethered to the slow turning of seasons and the harvest of the soil, now finds its momentum in the careful manufacture of marble and the steady work of small-scale commerce. Life in Ball Ground moves with a deliberate, unhurried cadence, marked by the slant of light hitting the courthouse square and the subtle shift of shadows as the afternoon wanes. Residents maintain a connection to the deeper geography of the region, acknowledging the proximity of the Reregulation Reservoir and the distant, quiet depths of Gillespie Hollow, ensuring that the character of the place remains anchored to the land itself.

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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