Greensboro Georgia Map
Explore Greensboro, 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 Greensboro, Georgia
How to Use This Greensboro, Georgia Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Greensboro, 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 Greensboro.
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 | Greensboro |
| State | Georgia (GA) |
| County | Greene County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 33.563569 |
| Longitude | -83.189093 |
| Population | 3,648 |
| Density | 203.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 30642 |
| Area Code | 770, 678 |
| County Seat | Greensboro |
| School District | Greene County School District |
About Greensboro, Georgia
Greensboro is a locality in Greene County, Georgia, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,648. The population density is 203.9 people per km². Greensboro is located at 33.5636°N, 83.1891°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Greensboro is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 30642.Greensboro anchors the red-clay expanse of the Georgia Piedmont, where the earth holds a deep, rusted hue that stains the tires of passing trucks and defines the character of the soil. It lies 28.9 miles south-southeast of Athens, GA (from Athens, GA: bearing 157°T), and is situated 16.5 miles east of Madison. The landscape manifests as a series of gentle swells covered in longleaf pine, creating a dense, verdant horizon that keeps the distant Appalachian Mountains firmly in the background of the mind. At the edge of the local geography, Phelps Lake offers a quiet stillness to the woods, while the persistent flow of Richland Creek carves a path through the undergrowth, its waters reflecting the heavy, humid light of late afternoons. Robinson Park provides a small, contained sanctuary where the grasses grow thick and the air feels held in place by the canopy of trees, offering a pause from the heat that gathers in the open fields.
Greensboro retains the architecture of a nineteenth-century seat of government, where the courthouse square serves as the gravity for a local economy once tethered to the cycles of cotton and timber. The rhythm of daily life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the slow transition of seasons that turn the surrounding woods from a muted winter gray to the vibrant, suffocating green of summer kudzu. While the modern world moves through the area via nearby highways, the town maintains a distinct identity, one that honors the labor of those who cleared this land and the quiet endurance of its current inhabitants. For those who seek a longer movement, the Town Creek Bike Trail provides a narrow passage through the rural periphery, allowing a rare, unhurried view of the way the land yields to the persistent, quiet work of the people who call Greensboro home.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Robinson Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 050° NE
- Redlands Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 291° W
- Oconee National Forest (National Forest) — 2.9 mi, 291° W · 116k acres
- Greene County Rec Complex (Local Recreation) — 5.1 mi, 058° NE
- CJV Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 8.2 mi, 203° SW
- Federal Raid (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 272° W
- Oconee Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 156° SE
- Confederate Gun Shop (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 085° E
- Iron Horse (Public Artwork) — 13.0 mi, 330° NW
- Scull Shoals Historic Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 13.1 mi, 334° NW
- Rock Hawk Effigy (Historic Ruins) — 15.1 mi, 177° S
- Seven Islands Road (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 250° W
- A. H. Stephens State Park (State Park) — 15.9 mi, 088° E
- Georgia Nature Center (Nature Reserve) — 16.5 mi, 316° NW
- Georgia Writers Museum (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 215° SW
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About This Greensboro Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Greensboro, Georgia. Coordinates: 33.563569, -83.189093. 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 Greensboro includes the ZIP code (30642), telephone area code (770, 678), county seat of Greene County (Greensboro), and school district assignment (Greene 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. |
