Explore Baxley, 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 Baxley, 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 Baxley.
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 | Baxley |
| State | Georgia (GA) |
| County | Appling County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 31.764753 |
| Longitude | -82.349254 |
| Population | 4,942 |
| Density | 238.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 31513, 31515 |
| Area Code | 229 |
| County Seat | Baxley |
| School District | Appling County School District |
Baxley occupies a quiet stretch of the Georgia interior where the humid air hangs heavy with the scent of longleaf pine and disturbed red earth. It lies 30.6 miles south of Vidalia, GA (from Vidalia, GA: bearing 173°T), and is situated 15.8 miles east-southeast of Hazlehurst. Sweetwater Creek meanders through the surrounding lowlands, providing a modest, persistent rhythm to the landscape that defines the local topography. At Water Works Park, the land opens into a verdant expanse where the light at dusk settles in long, bruised purples across the pines, casting deep shadows that seem to hold the heat of the afternoon. The terrain remains largely flat, a subtle transition from the piedmont to the lower plains, where the horizon feels expansive and entirely unobstructed by any distant, jagged peaks.
Baxley emerged from the expansion of the rail lines, growing into a center for timber and agricultural production that remains visible in the steady, industrial hum of its economy today. The history of the area is tied to the labor of the forest and the clearing of fields, leaving a legacy of sturdy, utilitarian architecture that anchors the center of the grid. Residents often find their way toward Lake Lure for a reprieve from the summer intensity, yet the pulse of daily life remains tethered to the local commerce and the quiet commerce of the courthouse square. There is a particular clarity to the mornings here, when the dew clings to the kudzu and the world feels suspended in a state of deliberate, slow-moving purpose.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Baxley, Georgia. Coordinates: 31.764753, -82.349254. 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 Baxley includes the ZIP code (31513, 31515), telephone area code (229), county seat of Appling County (Baxley), and school district assignment (Appling 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. |