Explore Cecil, 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 Cecil, 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 Cecil.
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 | Cecil |
| State | Georgia (GA) |
| County | Cook County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 31.045472 |
| Longitude | -83.392103 |
| Population | 284 |
| Density | 114.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 31627, 31632 |
| Area Code | 229 |
| County Seat | Adel |
| School District | Cook County School District |
Cecil occupies a quiet expanse of flat, alluvial earth where the horizon stretches thin and pale under the heavy heat of a Georgia afternoon. It lies 16.2 miles north-northwest of Valdosta, GA (from Valdosta, GA: bearing 335°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-southeast of Adel. The landscape is defined by the persistent, dark green presence of longleaf pine and the tangled, verdant reach of kudzu that claims the fence lines and abandoned machinery with a slow, vegetative hunger. A mile from the center of Cecil, the waters of Hutchinson Mill Creek move with a sluggish, tea-colored depth, carving a narrow path through the silt and clay that characterizes this part of the state. The air here holds a distinct, metallic weight, cooling only slightly as the sun dips toward the distant silhouette of Kennedy Hill, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields that remain indifferent to the passage of travelers.
Agriculture provides the steady, rhythmic pulse of life in Cecil, as the economy remains tethered to the cycles of planting and harvest that have defined the region for generations. Residents find a quiet common ground at Sonny Rogers Memorial Park, where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the low hum of insects or the distant sound of a tractor working the perimeter of a nearby pecan grove. While the pace of the modern world accelerates elsewhere, the character of Cecil remains anchored in the stubborn persistence of its local industry and the enduring solitude of its geography. Those who stop to consider the landscape might find their eyes drawn toward the direction of Rays Millpond, recognizing that the true substance of the place is found in the way the light catches the dust on a porch rail or the way the evening silence settles over the pine needles.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cecil, Georgia. Coordinates: 31.045472, -83.392103. 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 Cecil includes the ZIP code (31627, 31632), telephone area code (229), county seat of Cook County (Adel), and school district assignment (Cook 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. |