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Carlton Georgia Map

Explore Carlton, 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 Carlton, Georgia

How to Use This Carlton, Georgia Map

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

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

Latitude	34.043168
Longitude	-83.033756
Population	263
Density	100.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	30627
Area Code	770, 678
County Seat	Danielsville
School District	Madison County School District

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About Carlton, Georgia

Carlton is a locality in Madison County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 263. The population density is 100.9 people per km². Carlton is located at 34.0432°N, 83.0338°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Carlton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 30627.

Carlton occupies a quiet expanse of the Georgia piedmont, where the earth is stained a deep, rusted iron by the pervasive red clay. It lies 20.5 miles east-northeast of Athens, GA (from Athens, GA: bearing 74°T), and is situated 5.4 miles east-southeast of Comer. The landscape here does not reach for the sky in jagged peaks, though the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains occasionally haunt the northwestern horizon. Instead, the terrain is defined by the persistent growth of longleaf pine and the thick, grasping vines of kudzu that soften the sharp edges of abandoned fence lines. Only a mile away, the water of Fork Creek moves with a deliberate, muddy patience through the low-lying woods, while the stillness of Payne Lake remains six miles to the west, a reflective mirror for the heavy, humid afternoons that define the local climate.

Carlton preserves the skeletal remains of an economy once tethered strictly to the rail and the harvest, leaving behind a stillness that feels heavy with the weight of decades. The rhythm of daily life here is dictated by the slow shift of light across the courthouse square, a place where the echoes of past industry have faded into the quietude of a rural interior. Visitors seeking the remnants of a more mechanical age often find their way to Watson Mill Bridge State Park, where the historic covered bridge spans the water, offering a bridge between the pragmatic engineering of the past and the encroaching forest. In the late hours of the day, when the heat finally relents, the air takes on a metallic, cooling scent, and the town settles into a silence that feels as permanent as the red dirt underfoot.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Watson Mill Bridge State Park (State Park) — 1.0 mi, 265° W
Old Powerhouse Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 2.5 mi, 240° SW
Millstone Creek Tract (Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 144° SE
Greenspace Program Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 6.9 mi, 236° SW
Cloud's Creek Baptist Church (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 227° SW
109-002 (State Recreation Area) — 10.4 mi, 130° SE
Colbert Volunteer Fire Department (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 269° W
The Spirit Rock (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 063° NE
Elberton Granite Museum (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 061° NE
109-001 (State Recreation Area) — 10.6 mi, 178° S
Broad River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 332° NW
Blackwell Memorial and Burial Site (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 066° NE
Broad River Outpost (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 326° NW
Drink Coca-Cola (Public Artwork) — 12.1 mi, 298° NW
Richard B. Russell Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 12.6 mi, 057° NE
Richard B. Russell Lake (Recreation Area) — 13.1 mi, 063° NE
Elbert County Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.0 mi, 044° NE
Ty Cobb Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 344° N
Richard B. Russell State Park (State Park) — 17.5 mi, 060° NE
Oconee National Forest (National Forest) — 20.2 mi, 213° SW · 116k acres
The Arch (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 253° W
Georgia Museum of Natural History (Museum) — 20.5 mi, 251° W
Tiny ATH Gallery (Gallery) — 20.5 mi, 256° W
Tate Theater (Cinema) — 20.5 mi, 252° W
Morton Theater (Theatre) — 20.6 mi, 254° W
Ciné (Cinema) — 20.6 mi, 254° W
Athens Gneiss Drill Core (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 252° W
Outdoor stage and theatre seating (Theatre) — 21.4 mi, 018° N
Kissing Rock (Historic Ruins) — 21.9 mi, 256° W
Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 30.5 mi, 095° E · 375k acres

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