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Girard Georgia Map

Explore Girard, 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 Girard, Georgia

How to Use This Girard, Georgia Map

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

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

Latitude	33.040432
Longitude	-81.712057
Population	184
Density	22.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	30426
Area Code	770, 678
County Seat	Waynesboro
School District	Burke County School District

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About Girard, Georgia

Girard is a locality in Burke County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 184. The population density is 22.5 people per km². Girard is located at 33.0404°N, 81.7121°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Girard is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 30426.

Girard occupies a quiet expanse of red-clay soil where the horizon bows under the weight of thick pine stands and persistent kudzu vines. It lies 33.4 miles south-southeast of Augusta, GA (from Augusta, GA: bearing 153°T), and is situated 17.9 miles east of Waynesboro. The landscape unfolds in a series of subtle shifts, where the earth holds the heat long after the sun has retreated behind the silhouettes of distant trees. Mima Branch carves a thin, reflective vein through the underbrush only a mile away, its movement marking the slow pulse of the local topography. To the west, the faint, hazy suggestion of Clubhouse Ridge breaks the flatness of the skyline, while the dark, still surface of Mash Pond provides a mirror for the amber light of late afternoon. Four miles away, the vast, protected acreage of Yuchi Wildlife Management Area serves as a sanctuary for the dense thickets and wild flora that define this interior stretch of the state.

Agriculture remains the primary rhythm of Girard, tethering the lives of its inhabitants to the cycles of the harvest and the temperament of the rain. The economy here is measured in the yield of pecan groves and the quiet operation of local fields, reflecting a history rooted in labor and the slow, deliberate work of the soil. Life moves with an internal consistency that ignores the frantic pace of larger hubs, favoring instead the steady persistence of small-scale commerce and the enduring character of a rural landscape. Visitors passing through find little to distract from the raw, unadorned beauty of the land, which demands a certain patience to fully comprehend. In the quiet intensity of a summer evening, the air thickens with the scent of damp earth and pine resin, grounding Girard firmly in the quiet, agrarian traditions that have shaped its identity for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Yuchi Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 014° N
Little Hell Boat Ramp (State Recreation Area) — 8.6 mi, 080° E
Alexander Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.6 mi, 263° W
Savannah National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.3 mi, 133° SE · 94k acres
Magnolia Springs State Park (State Park) — 17.0 mi, 234° SW
Camp Lawton (Monument) — 18.3 mi, 231° SW
121-003 (State Recreation Area) — 18.8 mi, 323° NW
Lincol State Park (State Park) — 21.6 mi, 221° SW
Allendale County African-American Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 23.4 mi, 095° E
Jones Plantation (Attraction) — 24.2 mi, 241° SW
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 24.5 mi, 055° NE
Veteran's Park (Monument) — 24.5 mi, 052° NE
Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Attraction) — 24.6 mi, 052° NE
Phinizy Swamp Nature Park (Attraction) — 28.0 mi, 328° NW
Greenspace Program Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 29.1 mi, 325° NW
Augusta Museum of History (Museum) — 33.3 mi, 334° NW
Sun Lion (Public Artwork) — 33.3 mi, 335° NW
Bisquecuts & Glazy (Arts Centre) — 33.3 mi, 359° N
Blackville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 33.4 mi, 049° NE
Augusta Cotton Exchange Building (Attraction) — 33.5 mi, 334° NW
Westobou (Gallery) — 33.7 mi, 334° NW
Morris Museum of Art (Museum) — 33.8 mi, 334° NW
Aiken County Historical Museum (Museum) — 35.5 mi, 359° N
Aiken Train Depot Museum (Museum) — 35.7 mi, 360° N
Aiken Community Playhouse (Theatre) — 35.9 mi, 359° N
Jim Harrison Gallery (Gallery) — 38.4 mi, 059° NE
Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 41.4 mi, 332° NW · 375k acres
Ernest F. Hollings Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.1 mi, 115° SE · 36k acres
Congaree National Park Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 71.8 mi, 043° NE · 15k acres
Congaree National Park (National Park) — 71.8 mi, 043° NE · 26k acres

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