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Gay Georgia Map

Explore Gay, 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 Gay, Georgia

How to Use This Gay, Georgia Map

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

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

Latitude	33.093736
Longitude	-84.573815
Population	110
Density	49.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	30218
Area Code	404, 470, 678
County Seat	Greenville
School District	Meriwether County School District

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About Gay, Georgia

Gay is a locality in Meriwether County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 110. The population density is 49.2 people per km². Gay is located at 33.0937°N, 84.5738°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Gay is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 30218.

Gay occupies a quiet expanse of red-clay piedmont where the sunlight filters through longleaf pines to cast amber patterns upon the forest floor. It lies 20.8 miles west-southwest of Griffin, GA (from Griffin, GA: bearing 240°T), and is situated 14.5 miles south of Senoia. The landscape surrounding Gay remains defined by its inland stillness, far removed from the turbulent restlessness of the coast, where the earth yields to the quiet passage of Red Oak Creek only two miles away. Beyond the immediate canopy, the terrain rises toward the distant, rugged silhouette of Buzzard Roost, while the nearby Joe Kurz Wildlife Management Area serves as a sanctuary for the native flora and fauna that thrive in this humid, fertile interior. The quality of light here at dusk possesses a singular, heavy clarity, turning the fields a deep, burnished copper that seems to hold the warmth of the day long after the shadows have lengthened.

Gay maintains a character rooted in the rhythms of the soil and the legacy of agricultural industry that has long defined the region's pace. While the economy has shifted from its foundational reliance on crops to a more varied existence, the presence of pecan groves and the memory of harvest cycles remain vital to the identity of those who reside here. Life in Gay unfolds with a deliberate, unadorned precision, whether one is passing the time near the waters of Carr Lake or contemplating the expansive, quiet horizons that stretch toward The Cove. It is a place where the history of the land is not merely documented but felt in the way the air cools when the wind shifts, and in the persistent, patient endurance of a geography that asks for nothing more than to be observed in its own honest terms.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Joe Kurz Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 041° NE
Woodbury Tennis Courts (Local Recreation) — 7.5 mi, 182° S
Hollonville Opry House (Theatre) — 8.1 mi, 051° NE
The Walking Dead - Saviors’ outpost filming location (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 169° S
The Walking Dead - last Negan vs Rick fight location (tree on hill top) S08E16 (Attraction) — 11.1 mi, 183° S
Sprewell Bluff Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.6 mi, 169° S
Candler Field Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 062° NE
The Walking Dead - Saviors santuary (and later, the Commonwealth town square) filming location (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 012° N
The Walking Dead - Prison filming location (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 012° N
F. D. Roosevelt State Park (State Park) — 14.8 mi, 207° SW
The Odessadale Elementary School and Black Self Help (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 249° W
Legacy Exhibit (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 204° SW
Old Car (Historic Ruins) — 16.5 mi, 160° S
Greenspace Program Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 18.7 mi, 028° NE
Welcome to Peachtree City (Public Artwork) — 20.9 mi, 357° N
First Post Office at The Rock (Monument) — 21.7 mi, 114° SE
Confederate Hospital (Monument) — 22.0 mi, 085° E
Chipeley Historical Center (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 226° SW
Tinsley Mill (Historic Ruins) — 22.6 mi, 359° N
Sam's Lake Nature Area (Nature Reserve) — 22.6 mi, 015° N
West Point Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 23.6 mi, 278° W
Landrum Mill (Viewpoint) — 24.2 mi, 358° N
Town Square Playhouse (Arts Centre) — 24.9 mi, 016° N
Callaway Auditorium (Theatre) — 27.6 mi, 261° W
Chattahoochee Bend State Park (State Park) — 31.1 mi, 316° NW
Oconee National Forest (National Forest) — 43.5 mi, 079° E · 116k acres
Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.2 mi, 085° E · 74k acres
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 52.6 mi, 007° N · 5,036 acres
Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 59.7 mi, 114° SE · 16k acres
Talladega National Forest (National Forest) — 69.4 mi, 318° NW · 395k acres

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