Mount Zion Georgia Map

About Mount Zion, Georgia

Mount Zion is a locality in Hancock County, Georgia, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,766. The population density is 70.2 people per km². Mount Zion is located at 33.6426°N, 85.1810°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Mount Zion is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 30182, 30117, 31087.

Mount Zion emerges from the deep, iron-rich red clay of the Piedmont, where the horizon is defined by the steady, unyielding silhouettes of longleaf pine. It lies 23.4 miles north-northeast of Milledgeville, GA (from Milledgeville, GA: bearing 34°T), and is situated 17.9 miles southeast of Greensboro. The landscape holds a quiet gravity, marked by the slow, meandering path of Neel Creek as it cuts through the earth just a mile from the center. Light here at dusk possesses a peculiar, amber weight, clinging to the needles of the pines and softening the sharp edges of the fields until the world feels suspended in a low, golden hum. To the west, the land rises slightly toward the distant, hazy prominence of Gunn Hill, though the immediate view remains one of vast, open silence and the persistent, creeping reach of kudzu vines claiming the fences.

Mount Zion carries the quiet weight of generations who carved a living from this stubborn, fecund soil, balancing the labor of agriculture with the rhythms of a rural interior. The local economy remains tethered to the patterns of the land, while the nearby Hancock County Rec Facility offers a sparse, grassy expanse for those seeking the stillness of the woods. Residents often look toward the shimmering, expansive surface of Lake Sinclair, which provides a cooling presence only six miles away, reflecting the wide Georgia sky in its dark, glassy depths. Life in Mount Zion moves with the deliberate pace of a season, where the primary concerns are the cycle of the crops and the simple, enduring fact of the terrain itself.

About This Mount Zion Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mount Zion, Georgia. Coordinates: 33.642561, -85.180998. 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 Zion includes the ZIP code (30182, 30117, 31087), telephone area code (912, 404, 470, 678), county seat of Hancock County (Sparta), and school district assignment (Carroll County School District).

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.