Hazlehurst Georgia Map

About Hazlehurst, Georgia

Hazlehurst is a locality in Camden County, Georgia, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,088. The population density is 333.5 people per km². Hazlehurst is located at 31.8641°N, 82.5993°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Hazlehurst is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 31568, 31539.

Hazlehurst emerges from the flat, pine-heavy expanse of the southern interior, where the air hangs thick with the scent of resin and damp earth. It lies 11.8 miles northwest of Kingsland, GA (from Kingsland, GA: bearing 312°T), and is situated 19.6 miles northwest of St. Marys. The landscape remains dominated by the broad, sandy plains that stretch toward the coast, a mere twenty-four miles of low-lying terrain away. To the west, the Satilla River carves a dark, slow-moving path through the undergrowth, its banks shaded by the dense canopy of the Satilla River Forest. Nearby, the quiet waters of Monfort Island break the river’s flow, while the distant, shadowed silhouette of London Hill marks the horizon like a faint bruise against the sky. As dusk settles, the light turns a bruised gold, catching the needles of the longleaf pines and casting elongated shadows across the quiet roads that lead toward the brackish reaches of Hells Gate.

Hazlehurst thrives on the rhythm of timber and the steady output of its agricultural fields, where the economy remains tied to the slow yield of the soil. Local life revolves around the steady hum of commerce that has sustained the area since its early days as a crossroads for travelers moving between the inland forests and the salt-tinged air of the coast. The legacy of the region is written in the timber mills and the sprawling, managed woodlands that buffer the town from the wider world. Residents often venture toward Hampton Lake to seek respite in the cooler air, or spend their afternoons watching the light fade over the humid, verdant brush of the Satilla River Forest. It is a place where the pace is set by the seasons rather than the clock, defined by the enduring stillness of the pines and the persistent, quiet gravity of the land itself.

About This Hazlehurst Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hazlehurst, Georgia. Coordinates: 31.864128, -82.599276. 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 Hazlehurst includes the ZIP code (31568, 31539), telephone area code (229), county seat of Camden County (Woodbine), and school district assignment (Jeff Davis County School District).

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.