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Meridian Georgia Map

Explore Meridian, 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 Meridian, Georgia

How to Use This Meridian, Georgia Map

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

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

Latitude	31.45189
Longitude	-81.377878
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	31305, 31319
Area Code	478
County Seat	Darien

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About Meridian, Georgia

Meridian is a locality in McIntosh County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Meridian is located at 31.4519°N, 81.3779°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 31305, 31319.

Meridian exists where the heavy, salt-laden air of the Atlantic dampens the fringe of the maritime forest, grounding the landscape in a stillness that feels older than the structures themselves. It lies 20.2 miles north of St Simons Island, GA (from St Simons Island, GA: bearing 2°T), and is situated 17.3 miles north-northeast of Country Club Estates. The horizon here is defined by a low, flat horizon line where the sky bleeds into the marsh, and the land remains suspended in a perpetual state of transition between solid earth and the fluid reach of the tides. Only a mile away, the brackish veins of Hudson Creek carve through the silt, their dark currents pulling steadily toward the Carnigan River, which hums with the slow, rhythmic pulse of the coastal plain. Beyond the immediate canopy of longleaf pine, the terrain yields to the low-lying expanse of the Sapelo Island Wildlife Management Area, where the shadows of egrets move across the tall grasses like gray ghosts in the waning afternoon light.

Meridian bears the quiet weight of a history shaped by the labor of the coast, where the economy has long been tethered to the harvest of the water and the stewardship of the verdant, marshy perimeter. The local commerce remains modest, focused on the seasonal rhythms of the tides and the patient extraction of resources that have supported families for generations, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers. To the north, the elevation rises slightly toward the distant Kenan Field, while the silhouette of Buzzard Roost Island stands as a sentinel against the broader expanse of the sound. Life in Meridian proceeds with a deliberate, singular intensity, defined by the damp warmth of the soil and the way the light catches the intricate, jagged edges of an oyster shell left discarded in the mud, marking the intersection of human endurance and the relentless, encroaching sea.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sapelo Island Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 0.3 mi, 034° NE
Richmond Hill Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 345° N
Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 4.3 mi, 086° E
Ashantilly Center (Museum) — 5.3 mi, 203° SW
Sapelo Island National Estuarine Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 5.3 mi, 088° E
McIntosh Art Association (Arts Centre) — 6.5 mi, 211° SW
Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.7 mi, 158° S · 14k acres
Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 6.7 mi, 158° S · 5,074 acres
Sutherland's Bluff (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 022° N
Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.6 mi, 091° E · 17k acres
Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 8.6 mi, 091° E · 2,742 acres
Townsend Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.1 mi, 277° W
Needwood Baptist Church (Monument) — 12.3 mi, 198° S
Greenspace Program Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 13.5 mi, 264° W
Harris Neck Army Air Field (Historic Ruins) — 14.4 mi, 026° NE
Fort Frederica National Monument (National Monument) — 15.5 mi, 182° S · 279 acres
S.S. Oklahoma and Esso Baton Rouge Marker (Monument) — 21.2 mi, 179° S
Lanier Oak (Attraction) — 21.3 mi, 196° S
Gallery on Newcastle (Gallery) — 21.9 mi, 199° S
North Atlantic Right Whale Mother and Calf (Public Artwork) — 22.0 mi, 183° S
Jekyll Island State Park (State Park) — 23.0 mi, 185° S
Captain Phillips Dolphin Boat Tour (Attraction) — 27.3 mi, 186° S
Jekyll Island Arts Association (Arts Centre) — 27.4 mi, 185° S
Old Spanish Mission (Historic Ruins) — 30.8 mi, 195° S
Fort McAllister (Historic Castle / Fort) — 32.2 mi, 019° N
Little Cumberland Lighthouse (abandoned) (Attraction) — 32.9 mi, 184° S
Cumberland Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 34.2 mi, 182° S · 55k acres
Skidaway Meadow (Attraction) — 39.6 mi, 029° NE
Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum and Nature Center (Museum) — 39.6 mi, 005° N
Dwvp (Nature Reserve) — 43.6 mi, 200° S

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