Explore Fairview, 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 Fairview, 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 Fairview.
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 | Fairview |
| State | Georgia (GA) |
| County | Habersham County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 34.929532 |
| Longitude | -85.294037 |
| Population | 6,409 |
| Density | 328.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 30627, 30553, 30557, 30741 |
| Area Code | 770, 678 |
| County Seat | Clarkesville |
| School District | Walker County School District |
Fairview occupies a quiet expanse of red-clay soil where the horizon is defined by the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 24.1 miles north-northeast of Gainesville, GA (from Gainesville, GA: bearing 30°T), and is situated 7.9 miles northwest of Cornelia. The landscape shifts from the gentle, pine-studded slopes of the piedmont toward the deeper, more fertile earth of the Nacoochee Valley, which lies six miles to the west. Water shapes the immediate surroundings, with the steady, quiet flow of Yellowbank Creek marking the eastern border and the still, reflective surface of English Pond mirroring the sky just a mile away. In the late afternoon, the light turns a deep, bruised gold, catching the pine needles and casting long, thin shadows that seem to stretch toward the Clarksville Highway Boat Ramp.
Fairview maintains a steady, deliberate pace, grounded in a history of agriculture that once relied on the richness of the surrounding silt and loam. While the local economy has transitioned away from the singular focus of traditional farming, the character of the place remains tied to the cycles of the seasons and the quiet commerce of the road. Residents often gather near the landmarks that define the perimeter of their daily lives, finding a sense of continuity in the maintenance of the land and the preservation of the open fields. The atmosphere here is one of heavy, humid stillness, where the air feels thick with the scent of pine resin and damp earth, suggesting a long-standing patience that persists regardless of the modern world’s frantic shifting.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fairview, Georgia. Coordinates: 34.929532, -85.294037. 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 Fairview includes the ZIP code (30627, 30553, 30557), telephone area code (770, 678), county seat of Habersham County (Clarkesville), and school district assignment (Walker 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. |