Explore Mount Vernon, 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 Mount Vernon, 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 Mount Vernon.
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 | Mount Vernon |
| State | Georgia (GA) |
| County | Catoosa County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 32.185236 |
| Longitude | -82.596585 |
| Population | 1,990 |
| Density | 183.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 30655, 30736, 30740, 30445 |
| Area Code | 770, 678 |
| County Seat | Ringgold |
| School District | Montgomery County School District |
Mount Vernon emerges from the red-clay piedmont as a quiet assembly of architecture and timbered land, defined by the persistent flow of Sugar Creek as it carves a path through the earth. It lies 14.4 miles east of Fort Oglethorpe, GA (from Fort Oglethorpe, GA: bearing 81°T), and is situated 5.6 miles south-southeast of Collegedale. The landscape here is characterized by a gradual transition of soil and foliage, where stands of longleaf pine cast thin, shifting shadows across the ground as the afternoon light wanes. Two miles away, the surface of Adams Pond catches the sky, acting as a mirror for the humid, still air that settles over the region. While the Appalachian Mountains remain a distant, hazy suggestion on the horizon sixty miles to the north, the immediate terrain is shaped by the subtle shifts of Dry Valley, providing a topography that feels both ancient and settled.
Mount Vernon retains the character of a place where the economy has long been tethered to the slow, deliberate rhythms of agricultural cycles and the modest commerce of the surrounding plains. The local identity is tied to a heritage of land stewardship, seen in the care given to the fields and the preservation of communal spaces like Apison Park, which serves as a quiet refuge for those seeking the shade of native trees. Daily life in Mount Vernon moves with an unforced cadence, undisturbed by the frenetic pace of larger metropolitan hubs, favoring a focus on the regional harvest and the maintenance of a social fabric built on long-standing neighborly acquaintance. The architecture of the older streets reflects a history of pragmatic construction, where the brick and wood have weathered the seasons to become a permanent, steady feature of the landscape.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mount Vernon, Georgia. Coordinates: 32.185236, -82.596585. 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 Mount Vernon includes the ZIP code (30655, 30736, 30740), telephone area code (770, 678), county seat of Catoosa County (Ringgold), and school district assignment (Montgomery 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. |