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Hortense Georgia Map

Explore Hortense, 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 Hortense, Georgia

How to Use This Hortense, Georgia Map

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

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

Latitude	31.336609
Longitude	-81.956225
Population	252
Density	52.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	31543
Area Code	229
County Seat	Nahunta
School District	Brantley County School District

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About Hortense, Georgia

Hortense is a locality in Brantley County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 252. The population density is 52.6 people per km². Hortense is located at 31.3366°N, 81.9562°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 31543.

Hortense emerges from the flat, pine-shadowed expanse of the Georgia interior where the light of late afternoon turns the tall grasses to a bruised, burnished gold. It lies 25.0 miles east-northeast of Waycross, GA (from Waycross, GA: bearing 70°T), and is situated 19.2 miles south-southwest of Jesup. The landscape around Hortense remains defined by a patient, quiet persistence, where the Little Satilla River carves a slow and deliberate path through the earth only two miles from the center of activity. To the west, the horizon remains flat and unbroken, devoid of the jagged ambition of distant heights, while the nearby Bonnet Lake holds a mirror to the sky, its surface undisturbed by the heavy, humid air that clings to the longleaf pines. The ground here is a stubborn, clay-rich soil that demands much from those who walk upon it, yet it rewards the observer with a profound sense of stillness, especially as the dusk settles over the Little Satilla Wildlife Management Area, where the boundary between the woods and the darkening sky blurs into a single, soft-edged shade of indigo.

Hortense carries the weight of a history rooted in the timber and agricultural traditions that have long shaped the rhythm of the regional economy. Families have occupied this land for generations, maintaining a life that favors the steady labor of the fields and the quiet commerce of the crossroads over the frantic pace of the modern metropolis. While the distant silhouette of Pennant Hill marks the landscape far beyond the immediate reach of the local roads, the true character of Hortense is found in the modest structures that line the thoroughfare, reflecting a legacy of resourcefulness and endurance. Beyond the immediate vicinity, the terrain dips toward the gentle depression of Happy Hollow, a feature that punctuates the otherwise level horizon and reminds the traveler of the subtle shifts in topography that govern the drainage and life of the soil. Life in Hortense moves with the quiet confidence of a place that understands its own boundaries, content to exist in the steady, sun-drenched silence of the inland plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Little Satilla Wildlife Management Area (State Recreation Area) — 1.7 mi, 312° NW
Rogers Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 357° N
Rayonier Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 080° E
Brantley Co Rec Comp Nahunta (Local Recreation) — 8.1 mi, 189° S
113-001 (State Recreation Area) — 8.8 mi, 276° W
Confederate Prison Camp (Monument) — 17.4 mi, 266° W
Laura Walker State Park (State Park) — 19.9 mi, 229° SW
Altamaha Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 21.5 mi, 071° E
The Wildes Massacre (Monument) — 25.1 mi, 250° W
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.6 mi, 211° SW · 815k acres
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 25.7 mi, 209° SW · 350k acres
B-29 Crash Site (Monument) — 26.3 mi, 247° SW
Okefenokee Swamp Park (Attraction) — 26.8 mi, 224° SW
Gallery on Newcastle (Gallery) — 30.0 mi, 115° SE
Lanier Oak (Attraction) — 30.8 mi, 114° SE
McIntosh Art Association (Arts Centre) — 30.9 mi, 085° E
Ashantilly Center (Museum) — 32.2 mi, 084° E
Old Spanish Mission (Historic Ruins) — 34.2 mi, 130° SE
Train Museum (Museum) — 35.0 mi, 185° S
Greetings from Folkston, Georgia (Public Artwork) — 35.1 mi, 185° S
Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.6 mi, 087° E · 14k acres
Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 36.6 mi, 087° E · 5,074 acres
9cr20: Floyd's Island Center Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 36.6 mi, 208° SW
Captain Phillips Dolphin Boat Tour (Attraction) — 36.9 mi, 121° SE
Jekyll Island Arts Association (Arts Centre) — 37.0 mi, 121° SE
Dwvp (Nature Reserve) — 38.4 mi, 149° SE
Sapelo Island National Estuarine Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 40.3 mi, 078° E
Little Cumberland Lighthouse (abandoned) (Attraction) — 40.6 mi, 128° SE
Cumberland Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 41.1 mi, 133° SE · 55k acres
Observation Tower (Viewpoint) — 41.8 mi, 146° SE

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