Explore Cloudland, 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 Cloudland, 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 Cloudland.
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 | Cloudland |
| State | Georgia (GA) |
| County | Chattooga County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 34.515918 |
| Longitude | -85.494406 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 18.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 30731 |
| Area Code | 770 |
| County Seat | Summerville |
Cloudland emerges from the high plateau as a quiet expanse where the horizon is defined by the heavy, deliberate shift of the earth rather than the sudden jaggedness of the distant Appalachian Mountains. It lies 26.0 miles northwest of Rome, GA (from Rome, GA: bearing 314°T), and is situated 8.7 miles west-northwest of Summerville. The landscape here is defined by a deep, ochre-tinted soil that clings to the roots of longleaf pines, creating a terrain that feels ancient and settled in its stillness. Beneath the canopy, the land drops away into the rugged depression of Lawrence Gulf, while the proximity of Lake Lahusage and the steady, narrow path of Mills Creek provide a constant, low-frequency hum of moving water. Moisture hangs in the air, catching the amber light of late afternoon and turning the surrounding woods into a gallery of shifting shadows and muted greens.
Cloudland maintains a pace of life that seems to ignore the frantic urgency of the modern world, leaning instead into an economy shaped by the slow, seasonal rhythms of the land. Nearby, the State-owned Submerged Lands offer a protected sanctuary for the regional flora, preserving the character of the woods against the slow encroachment of industry. For those who wander further, the cascading descent of De Soto Falls serves as a rare, dramatic punctuation mark in an otherwise steady, terrestrial geography. The residents of Cloudland move with a practiced ease, their days marked by the cooling of the evening air and the knowledge that, despite the distance from the world's edges, the land itself provides a sufficient and enduring gravity.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cloudland, Georgia. Coordinates: 34.515918, -85.494406. 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 Cloudland includes the ZIP code (30731), telephone area code (770), county seat of Chattooga County (Summerville), and school district assignment.
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. |