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Lake City Georgia Map

Explore Lake City, 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 Lake City, Georgia

How to Use This Lake City, Georgia Map

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

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.

CityLake City
StateGeorgia (GA)
CountyClayton County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude33.606499
Longitude-84.335202
Population2,952
Density617.1 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code30260
Area Code404, 470, 678
County SeatJonesboro
School DistrictClayton County School District

About Lake City, Georgia

Lake City is a locality in Clayton County, Georgia, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,952. The population density is 617.1 people per km². Lake City is located at 33.6065°N, 84.3352°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Lake City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 30260.

Lake City emerges from the red-clay piedmont where the thick, damp heat of the afternoon settles heavily over the pines. It lies 2.2 miles east-southeast of Forest Park, GA (from Forest Park, GA: bearing 119°T), and is situated 7.8 miles southeast of East Point. Upton Creek carves a persistent, narrow path through the earth, marking the land with a slow, deliberate movement that feeds the quiet expanse of Marchman Lake. The horizon remains flat and expansive, though on the clearest days, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains suggests a distant barrier far to the north. At Morrow Lake City Park, the air holds a stillness that seems to press against the trees, turning the light a deep, bruised gold as the sun retreats behind the canopy.

Lake City serves as a quiet junction where the remnants of agricultural industry have long since yielded to the steady pulse of suburban growth. The local economy draws its character from the proximity to regional commerce, yet the pace of life remains tethered to the rhythms of the soil and the seasonal shifts of the Piedmont plateau. Residents move through the day with a grounded awareness of their surroundings, acknowledging the modest landmarks that define their shared space. History here is not a loud proclamation but a series of quiet adjustments to the land, where the presence of the water and the reach of the woods dictate the boundaries of growth and the quiet habits of those who remain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Morrow Lake City Park (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 173° S
  • Willie Oswalt Nature Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 257° W
  • Reynolds Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 233° SW
  • Charles Sorrow Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 198° S
  • Greenspace Program Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 305° NW
  • Lake Charlotte Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 343° N
  • Two Days Of Battle At Jonesboro (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 191° S
  • Summertime (Public Artwork) — 5.5 mi, 311° NW
  • Academy Theatre (Theatre) — 5.6 mi, 311° NW
  • Clayton County History Center (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 190° S
  • Road to Tara Museum (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 191° S
  • Ashley Oaks Mansion (Viewpoint) — 6.2 mi, 193° S
  • Gilbert Memorial Cemetery (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 324° NW
  • Uptown Comedy Corner (Theatre) — 6.5 mi, 304° NW
  • Bears on Pole (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 352° N
  • Panola Mountain State Park (State Park) — 8.9 mi, 079° E
  • The Walking Dead - Kingdom filming location (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 322° NW
  • Metropolitan Studios (Arts Centre) — 9.4 mi, 356° N
  • ABV Gallery (Gallery) — 9.4 mi, 355° N
  • The Walking Dead - Terminus filming location (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 337° NW
  • Joe Kurz Wildlife Management Area (State Recreation Area) — 9.7 mi, 199° S
  • Pb&j Gallery (Gallery) — 10.0 mi, 004° N
  • The Manor (Historic House / Palace) — 10.3 mi, 002° N
  • Hop e Hill Beloved Community Gallery (Gallery) — 10.4 mi, 348° N
  • Besharat Gallery & Museum - Atlanta (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 340° N
  • Madame C.J. Walker’s Beauty Shoppe and WERDStudio Museum (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 347° N
  • Sweetwater Creek State Park (State Park) — 17.0 mi, 300° NW
  • Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 18.2 mi, 337° NW · 5,036 acres
  • Oconee National Forest (National Forest) — 35.5 mi, 126° SE · 116k acres

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About This Lake City Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lake City, Georgia. Coordinates: 33.606499, -84.335202. 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 Lake City includes the ZIP code (30260), telephone area code (404, 470, 678), county seat of Clayton County (Jonesboro), and school district assignment (Clayton 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.