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 | Muscogee 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 | Columbus |
| School District | Montgomery County School District |
Mount Vernon emerges from the quiet, red-clay expanse of the Georgia interior, where the land stretches out in a slow, deliberate cadence of pine-dotted plains and low, sun-warmed ridges. It lies 4.5 miles east-southeast of Columbus, GA (from Columbus, GA: bearing 114°T), and is situated 6.5 miles north-northeast of Fort Benning. Opossum Creek carves a thin, reflective ribbon through the local topography, its waters moving with a languid persistence that defines the drainage of this inland reach. To the northeast, the silhouette of Watson Hill rises as a singular, gentle interruption in the horizon, offering a subtle elevation that catches the golden, heavy light of late afternoon. Near the center of the landscape, the Greenspace Program Acquisition preserves a quiet corridor of native growth, while the still, dark surface of Russ Pond waits five miles away, reflecting the wide, unhurried sky of the piedmont.
Mount Vernon carries the weight of a long-standing agricultural heritage, its economy rooted in the deep soil and the steady labor of those who work the timber and the fields. The character of the place is marked by a persistent, quiet industry, where the rhythms of the day are governed by the seasonal cycles of harvest and the slow growth of the longleaf pine. Education remains a vital pulse here, anchoring the local identity and providing a bridge between the traditions of the past and the practical demands of the present. Life in Mount Vernon moves with a steady, reflective gravity, seen in the unadorned architecture of the courthouse square and the way the community organizes its time around the shared spaces that have served the public for generations.
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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 Muscogee County (Columbus), 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. |