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North High Shoals Georgia Map

Explore North High Shoals, 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 North High Shoals, Georgia

How to Use This North High Shoals, Georgia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for North High Shoals, 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 North High Shoals.

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	North High Shoals
State	Georgia (GA)
County	Oconee County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	33.828754
Longitude	-83.501647
Population	552
Density	88.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	30621
Area Code	770, 678
County Seat	Watkinsville
School District	Oconee County School District

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About North High Shoals, Georgia

North High Shoals is a locality in Oconee County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 552. The population density is 88.1 people per km². North High Shoals is located at 33.8288°N, 83.5016°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. North High Shoals is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 30621.

North High Shoals commands a quiet prominence where the red-clay earth of the piedmont yields to the persistent, rhythmic flow of the Apalachee River. It lies 12.0 miles east of Monroe, GA (from Monroe, GA: bearing 82°T), and is situated 6.3 miles west-southwest of Watkinsville. The landscape here is defined by a dense, shifting canopy of longleaf pine and hardwood, where the sunlight at dusk filters through the needles to cast a bruised, copper glow across the uneven terrain. Far to the west, the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains anchor the horizon, while the local topography maintains a stubborn, undulating character that keeps the eye moving across thickets of kudzu and deep, weathered gullies. Residents often find a peculiar serenity in the proximity of Lake Oconee, which sits five miles away, acting as a massive, still mirror for the humid Georgia sky.

North High Shoals persists as a place where the echoes of industrial ambition are softened by the slow, inevitable reclamation of the forest. The economy, once tethered to the power of the water and the labor of the soil, now operates at a deliberate pace, far removed from the frantic pulse of the modern metropolis. History survives in the quietude, evidenced by the remnants of old mill works and the steady, unpretentious lives of those who look toward Herman C. Michael Park for their recreation and community gathering. There is a distinct, heavy sweetness in the humid air during the peach harvest, a sensory reminder of the agrarian cycles that have governed this region for generations. Even as the modern world encroaches, the rhythm of North High Shoals remains rooted in the red clay, marked by the simple, enduring movement of the Apalachee River as it travels toward its unseen destination.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Herman C. Michael Park (Local Recreation) — 2.7 mi, 025° NE
Oconee County Civic Center (Theatre) — 3.5 mi, 049° NE
John Andrew 1758-1830 (Monument) — 4.7 mi, 114° SE
Moina Michael Birthplace (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 228° SW
Heritage Park (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 148° SE
Greenspace Program Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 5.5 mi, 087° E
Birthplace of Bishop A. G. Haygood and Miss Laura A. Haygood (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 069° E
Oconee County Cultural Arts Foundation (O.C.A.F.) (Public Artwork) — 6.0 mi, 065° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.0 mi, 049° NE
Whitehall Forest (State Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 060° NE
Farmhouse Chimney (Historic Ruins) — 8.7 mi, 051° NE
Georgia Nature Center (Nature Reserve) — 9.2 mi, 136° SE
Redlands Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.1 mi, 144° SE
Oconee National Forest (National Forest) — 10.1 mi, 144° SE · 116k acres
Kudzu Hill (Attraction) — 10.4 mi, 042° NE
Georgia Museum of Natural History (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 043° NE
Kissing Rock (Historic Ruins) — 11.0 mi, 030° NE
Athens Gneiss Drill Core (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 041° NE
Tree That Owns Itself (Attraction) — 11.1 mi, 038° NE
Tate Theater (Cinema) — 11.1 mi, 041° NE
Morton Theater (Theatre) — 11.4 mi, 038° NE
Ciné (Cinema) — 11.4 mi, 038° NE
The Arch (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 039° NE
Hard Labor Creek State Park (State Park) — 11.6 mi, 207° SW
Tiny ATH Gallery (Gallery) — 11.9 mi, 036° NE
Monroe Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 258° W
Scull Shoals Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 13.2 mi, 117° SE
Fort Yargo State Park (State Park) — 15.3 mi, 304° NW
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 37.4 mi, 294° NW · 5,036 acres
Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 43.4 mi, 005° N · 752k acres

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