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Glenwood Georgia Map

Explore Glenwood, 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 Glenwood, Georgia

How to Use This Glenwood, Georgia Map

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

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

Latitude	32.180301
Longitude	-82.670836
Population	850
Density	176.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	30606, 30165, 30428
Area Code	404, 470, 678, 770
County Seat	Athens
School District	Wheeler County School District

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About Glenwood, Georgia

Glenwood is a locality in Clarke County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 850. The population density is 176.3 people per km². Glenwood is located at 32.1803°N, 82.6708°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Glenwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 30606, 30165, 30428.

Glenwood reveals itself through the steady, amber-hued persistence of the Georgia sun as it filters through the dense, needle-laden canopy of longleaf pine. It lies 2.6 miles south-southwest of Athens, GA (from Athens, GA: bearing 213°T), and is situated 4.6 miles north of Watkinsville. The Middle Oconee River defines the western edge of the landscape, its dark, silt-heavy waters carving a quiet path through the red-clay piedmont that defines the horizon. Only fifty-eight miles away, the Blue Ridge Mountains etch a faint, jagged charcoal line against the northern sky, serving as a distant sentinel to the low-lying fields. A mile from the center of activity, Memorial Park offers a quiet sanctuary of shade, while the still waters of T M Tillman Lake mirror the heavy, humid clouds that gather before an afternoon thunderstorm. The air here holds a weight of damp earth and pine resin, a scent that lingers long after the day has faded into a bruised, violet dusk.

Glenwood grew from the stubborn necessity of the land, its economy long tethered to the rhythmic cycles of timber and the seasonal yield of the surrounding soil. The architecture of the downtown district reflects a time when the pulse of the region beat in synchronization with the harvest, leaving behind brick facades that have weathered into a soft, chalky gray. Life in Glenwood moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, governed by the turning of the seasons rather than the frantic demands of the modern world. While the echoes of its agrarian past are visible in the weathered barns dotting the periphery, the people remain focused on the present, tending to their daily labor with a quiet, private dignity. There is a profound stillness in the way the local life unfolds, a reflection of a landscape that asks for patience and rewards it with the slow, steady growth of the pines.

Nearby Outdoor Places

City Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 4.0 mi, 095° E
Wheeler Co/Alamo Rec Facility (Local Park) — 6.1 mi, 254° W
River Bend Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.5 mi, 345° N
Alligator Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.6 mi, 182° S
Little Ocmulgee State Park (State Park) — 13.7 mi, 247° SW
Telfair County Rec Complex (Local Recreation) — 14.3 mi, 233° SW
Liberty Square (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 240° SW
Project RAFT Monument (Monument) — 19.2 mi, 185° S
080-002 (State Recreation Area) — 23.9 mi, 171° S
John Hutcheson Cemetery (Monument) — 24.1 mi, 013° N
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ga (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.8 mi, 035° NE · 1,786 acres
Hugh M. Gillis Public Fishing Area (State Recreation Area) — 26.3 mi, 355° N
Moody Forest Tavia's Trailorest Natural area (Nature Reserve) — 28.2 mi, 132° SE
Gordonia-Alatamaha State Park (State Park) — 30.8 mi, 101° E
Walter R Wilson Agricultural Arena (Stadium) — 45.2 mi, 194° S
Douglas Motorsports Park (Stadium) — 52.4 mi, 183° S
U.S. National Tick Collection (Museum) — 54.8 mi, 072° E
Jefferson Lookout Tower (Viewpoint) — 55.6 mi, 017° N
The Brown House Museum (Museum) — 56.4 mi, 352° N
Bulloch County Historical Museum (Museum) — 57.8 mi, 069° E
Jones Plantation (Attraction) — 59.0 mi, 036° NE
McDonnell F-101F Voodo (Attraction) — 60.6 mi, 298° NW
Wb-66d (Attraction) — 60.6 mi, 298° NW
Northrop F-89J Scorpion (Attraction) — 60.6 mi, 298° NW
Plane Shaped windmill (Public Artwork) — 62.2 mi, 112° E
Nigerian Dwarf Goats (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 70.7 mi, 330° NW
Southeast Mound (Historic Ruins) — 70.9 mi, 310° NW
Great Temple Mound (Historic Ruins) — 71.0 mi, 310° NW
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 79.9 mi, 164° S · 815k acres
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 79.9 mi, 164° S · 350k acres

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