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Hickox Georgia Map

Explore Hickox, 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 Hickox, Georgia

How to Use This Hickox, Georgia Map

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

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

Latitude	31.150503
Longitude	-81.996504
Population	234
Density	33.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	31553
Area Code	229
County Seat	Nahunta
School District	Brantley County School District

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About Hickox, Georgia

Hickox is a locality in Brantley County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 234. The population density is 33.7 people per km². Hickox is located at 31.1505°N, 81.9965°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 31553.

Hickox emerges from the flat, pine-shadowed horizon as a quiet convergence of dirt roads and sprawling timber stands. It lies 21.6 miles east-southeast of Waycross, GA (from Waycross, GA: bearing 102°T), and is situated 18.1 miles southeast of Blackshear. Buffalo Creek carves a slow, dark path through the damp earth nearby, its sluggish current pulling at the roots of cypress trees that stand like sentinels in the mud. The light here at dusk possesses a thick, amber quality, catching the dust kicked up by passing trucks and turning the air into a shimmering, suspended haze. Beyond the immediate tree line, the terrain stretches out in a subtle, unforced flatness, broken only by the occasional rise of land that hints at the deeper, ancient geology of the region. Those seeking the wider expanse of the wild might look toward the distant canopy of Dixon Memorial State Forest, though the immediate vicinity remains defined by the persistent, rhythmic hum of insects and the heavy, sweet scent of needles warming under the sun.

Hickox maintains its character through the labor of the land, where the economy has long been tethered to the harvest of timber and the patient cultivation of small-scale agriculture. Life here moves according to the demands of the seasons rather than the ticking of a clock, a pace that feels as steady as the flow of water toward the drainage basins hidden in the brush. While the proximity to Brantley Co Rec Comp Nahunta offers a patch of maintained green for the local families, the true history of the area is written in the aging fences and the weathered barns that dot the landscape like remnants of a harder, more singular time. The influence of Happy Hollow remains a quiet, topographic anchor in the collective memory of those who have worked this soil for generations, grounding the identity of Hickox in the simple, enduring reality of the inland plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Brantley Co Rec Comp Nahunta (Local Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 012° N
Dixon Memorial Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 247° SW
Little Satilla Wildlife Management Area (State Recreation Area) — 12.1 mi, 355° N
Laura Walker State Park (State Park) — 12.6 mi, 268° W
Trail Ridge Tract (Conservation Area) — 13.9 mi, 213° SW
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 13.9 mi, 226° SW · 350k acres
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.1 mi, 214° SW · 815k acres
113-001 (State Recreation Area) — 14.7 mi, 332° NW
Rayonier Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.0 mi, 035° NE
Okefenokee Swamp Park (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 249° W
Confederate Prison Camp (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 308° NW
Camden County War Memorial (Monument) — 20.6 mi, 128° SE
The Wildes Massacre (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 281° W
Train Museum (Museum) — 22.1 mi, 182° S
Greetings from Folkston, Georgia (Public Artwork) — 22.1 mi, 182° S
9cr20: Floyd's Island Center Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 24.5 mi, 217° SW
9cr199: Price Road Lithic Scatter (Historic Ruins) — 24.6 mi, 199° S
Gallery on Newcastle (Gallery) — 29.6 mi, 090° E
Dwvp (Nature Reserve) — 29.8 mi, 133° SE
Altamaha Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 30.1 mi, 049° NE
Lanier Oak (Attraction) — 30.6 mi, 089° E
Observation Tower (Viewpoint) — 33.8 mi, 130° SE
Captain Phillips Dolphin Boat Tour (Attraction) — 34.5 mi, 101° E
Jekyll Island Arts Association (Arts Centre) — 34.6 mi, 101° E
Cumberland Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 35.2 mi, 123° SE · 55k acres
Cumberland Island Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 35.7 mi, 116° SE · 9,474 acres
McIntosh Art Association (Arts Centre) — 36.6 mi, 065° NE
Little Cumberland Lighthouse (abandoned) (Attraction) — 36.6 mi, 109° E
Ashantilly Center (Museum) — 38.0 mi, 065° NE
By the Trax Little Theater (Theatre) — 39.2 mi, 137° SE

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