Explore Lakeland, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lakeland, 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 Lakeland.
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 | Lakeland |
| State | Georgia (GA) |
| County | Lanier County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 31.041037 |
| Longitude | -83.075147 |
| Population | 2,875 |
| Density | 357.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 31635 |
| Area Code | 229 |
| County Seat | Lakeland |
| School District | Lanier County School District |
Lakeland reveals itself through the low, flat expanse of the Georgia plain, where the quiet passage of Mill Creek defines the western edge of the local landscape. It lies 18.8 miles northeast of Valdosta, GA (from Valdosta, GA: bearing 40°T), and is situated 12.3 miles northeast of Bemiss. The light here settles heavily upon the longleaf pines and thickets of kudzu, casting long, bruised shadows across the red-clay earth that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has retreated. At the center of this terrain, Lake Irma Park serves as a modest green anchor, providing a quiet space where the humidity hangs thick and still, undisturbed by the distant, rhythmic hum of progress. To the north, the land slopes toward the depression of Bennett Bay, while the waters of Rays Millpond offer a reflective, obsidian stillness that anchors the surrounding woods in a timeless, amber-hued silence.
Lakeland maintains a steady, deliberate pace, anchored by an economy that remains deeply rooted in the seasonal rhythms of the soil and the legacy of the agrarian landscape. The architecture of the courthouse square speaks to a history of industry and trade, where the commerce of pecans and timber has long dictated the quiet fortunes of those who work the land. Education and civic life remain the primary threads of the daily routine, with the influence of the regional agricultural tradition shaping the character of the inhabitants. Whether watching the dusk deepen the color of the fields or observing the slow, seasonal transition of the crops, those who reside in Lakeland find a persistent, quiet connection to the geography that has sustained the settlement since its earliest days.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lakeland, Georgia. Coordinates: 31.041037, -83.075147. 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 Lakeland includes the ZIP code (31635), telephone area code (229), county seat of Lanier County (Lakeland), and school district assignment (Lanier 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. |