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Crescent Georgia Map

Explore Crescent, 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 Crescent, Georgia

How to Use This Crescent, Georgia Map

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

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

Latitude	31.518659
Longitude	-81.370222
Population	838
Density	71.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	31331, 31304
Area Code	478
County Seat	Darien
School District	McIntosh County School District

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About Crescent, Georgia

Crescent is a locality in McIntosh County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 838. The population density is 71.0 people per km². Crescent is located at 31.5187°N, 81.3702°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 31331, 31304.

Crescent breathes in the humid, salt-heavy air that drifts inland from the Atlantic Ocean, its landscape defined by the slow, meandering pulse of the Crescent River. It lies 24.2 miles north of St Simons Island, GA (from St Simons Island, GA: bearing 3°T), and is situated 19.9 miles northeast of Sterling. The earth here is soft and saturated, a low-country expanse where the dark, tannin-stained waters of the river divide the dense thickets of longleaf pine and palmetto. To the east, the silhouette of Creighton Island marks the transition toward the open water, while the horizon remains flat and expansive, save for the distant, hazy suggestion of Hammock Ridge rising far to the west. Within a mile, the protected acreage of the Richmond Hill Wildlife Management Area provides a quiet sanctuary for egrets and herons, their white feathers catching the amber light of dusk against the backdrop of deep, unchanging marsh grass.

Crescent holds a quiet endurance, shaped by generations who have looked to the water and the soil to sustain their livelihoods. The local economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the seasons, with the gathering of harvest and the patient labor of the maritime trades defining the daily movement of its people. Unlike the inland reaches that might look toward the red-clay piedmont, the life here is dictated by the tide and the shifting light over the fields. Beyond the immediate reach of the marsh, the land rolls gently toward Kenan Field, offering a reprieve from the dampness of the lowlands, while the occasional stillness of Reynolds Duck Pond serves as a localized anchor in the quiet geography of the region. Time in Crescent does not rush, preferring the steady, deliberate pace of a landscape that has long existed in equilibrium with the tides.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Richmond Hill Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 349° N
McIntosh Ball Fields (Local Recreation) — 4.0 mi, 278° W
Sutherland's Bluff (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 041° NE
Sapelo Island Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 4.1 mi, 172° S
Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 4.9 mi, 115° SE
Sapelo Island National Estuarine Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 6.6 mi, 132° SE
Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.1 mi, 098° E · 17k acres
Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 8.1 mi, 098° E · 2,742 acres
Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.5 mi, 036° NE · 8,333 acres
Ashantilly Center (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 195° S
Harris Neck Army Air Field (Historic Ruins) — 10.2 mi, 035° NE
Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 10.7 mi, 165° S · 5,074 acres
McIntosh Art Association (Arts Centre) — 10.9 mi, 200° S
Townsend Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.8 mi, 256° W
Greenspace Program Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 15.2 mi, 246° SW
Needwood Baptist Church (Monument) — 16.9 mi, 194° S
Fort Frederica National Monument (National Monument) — 20.1 mi, 183° S · 279 acres
Antique Fire Truck (Public Artwork) — 23.4 mi, 319° NW
Wall of Honor (Monument) — 25.2 mi, 327° NW
Lanier Oak (Attraction) — 25.9 mi, 194° S
Gallery on Newcastle (Gallery) — 26.4 mi, 196° S
Fort McAllister (Historic Castle / Fort) — 27.7 mi, 022° N
Captain Phillips Dolphin Boat Tour (Attraction) — 32.0 mi, 186° S
Jekyll Island Arts Association (Arts Centre) — 32.1 mi, 185° S
Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum and Nature Center (Museum) — 35.0 mi, 005° N
Old Spanish Mission (Historic Ruins) — 35.4 mi, 194° S
Skidaway Meadow (Attraction) — 35.4 mi, 032° NE
Polk's Market at Sandfly (Attraction) — 36.6 mi, 028° NE
Cumberland Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 38.8 mi, 183° S · 55k acres
Thunderbolt Museum (Museum) — 40.2 mi, 028° NE

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