Mountain City Georgia Map
Explore Mountain City, 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 Mountain City, Georgia
How to Use This Mountain City, Georgia Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mountain City, 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 Mountain City.
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 | Mountain City |
| State | Georgia (GA) |
| County | Rabun County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 34.918147 |
| Longitude | -83.385436 |
| Population | 904 |
| Density | 192.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 30562 |
| Area Code | 770, 678 |
| County Seat | Clayton |
| School District | Rabun County School District |
About Mountain City, Georgia
Mountain City is a locality in Rabun County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 904. The population density is 192.2 people per km². Mountain City is located at 34.9181°N, 83.3854°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Mountain City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 30562.Mountain City emerges from the dense, verdant folds of the landscape where the relentless progress of the modern world slows to match the pace of the shifting seasons. It lies 49.6 miles north-northeast of Gainesville, GA (from Gainesville, GA: bearing 30°T), and is situated 2.9 miles north-northeast of Clayton. Stekoa Creek carves a persistent, cooling path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the canopy of hardwoods that characterize the immediate basin of Turkey Cove. Only a mile distant, Black Rock Mountain State Park rises with a rugged composure, its elevation providing a vantage point where the light at dusk turns the atmosphere a bruised, plum-colored gray. Further out, the distant Blue Ridge Mountains hold the horizon in a jagged, blue-tinted grip, reminding those who linger here that they exist within a vast, ancient architecture of stone and timber.
History in Mountain City is measured in the persistence of the land and the quiet endurance of those who work it. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the earth, drawing strength from forestry and the seasonal influx of visitors who seek the solitude of the Bartram Trail or the expansive surface of Lake Burton. Life here is defined by an understated gravity, where the scent of pine needles and damp earth lingers long after a summer storm has passed. While the world beyond these ridges moves with frantic urgency, the people of Mountain City maintain a steady, deliberate focus, finding a quiet beauty in the repetitive, necessary tasks of daily survival and the enduring stillness of the woods.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Black Rock Mountain State Park (State Park) — 0.6 mi, 298° NW
- Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 0.8 mi, 119° SE · 752k acres
- The Foxfire Museum (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 236° SW
- Lookoff Mountain Overlook (Viewpoint) — 1.2 mi, 311° NW
- Warwoman Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 126° SE
- Stekoa Creek Park (Local Park) — 2.1 mi, 193° S
- Rabun County Confederate Monument (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 200° S
- Nantahala National Forest (National Forest) — 5.4 mi, 351° N · 533k acres
- Southern Nantahala Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 6.6 mi, 306° NW · 24k acres
- Stonewall Creek Vineyards Tasting Room (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 229° SW
- Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory Experimental Research Area (Recreation Easement) — 7.6 mi, 341° N
- Chattooga, North Carolina, South Carolina And Georgia Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 8.0 mi, 145° SE · 17k acres
- Overflow Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 8.2 mi, 039° NE · 3,379 acres
- Tallulah Gorge State Park (State Park) — 11.1 mi, 183° S
- Chattooga Town (Historic Ruins) — 12.1 mi, 093° E
- Forest Service Rd 27 (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 219° SW
- Sliding Rock - Wildcat Creek (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 245° SW
- Wasilik Poplar (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 329° NW
- Tray Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 14.5 mi, 251° W · 10k acres
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial (Monument) — 17.7 mi, 079° E
- Cobbs Bridge (Historic Ruins) — 18.2 mi, 139° SE
- General Pickens Monument (Monument) — 18.7 mi, 098° E
- Travelers Rest (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 159° S
- Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center (Arts Centre) — 23.6 mi, 357° N
- Currahee Military Museum (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 173° S
- Performance Hall (Theatre) — 29.2 mi, 023° NE
- Big Red Apple (Public Artwork) — 29.2 mi, 196° S
- Fine Art Museum (Museum) — 29.2 mi, 023° NE
- The Gauntlet (Theatre) — 29.3 mi, 123° SE
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 36.0 mi, 351° N · 521k acres
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About This Mountain City Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mountain City, Georgia. Coordinates: 34.918147, -83.385436. 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 Mountain City includes the ZIP code (30562), telephone area code (770, 678), county seat of Rabun County (Clayton), and school district assignment (Rabun 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. |
