Explore Patterson, 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 Patterson, 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 Patterson.
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 | Patterson |
| State | Georgia (GA) |
| County | Pierce County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 31.384904 |
| Longitude | -82.13543 |
| Population | 749 |
| Density | 109.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 30628, 31557 |
| Area Code | 770, 678, 229 |
| County Seat | Blackshear |
| School District | Pierce County School District |
Patterson unfolds across a flat expanse of the Georgia piney woods, where the horizon remains wide and unobstructed by anything save the vertical reach of longleaf needles. It lies 17.4 miles northeast of Waycross, GA (from Waycross, GA: bearing 46°T), and is situated 8.2 miles northeast of Blackshear. The earth here is a dark, sandy loam that absorbs the heat of the summer sun, holding the warmth long after the shadows of the oaks have stretched across the fields. Only a mile from the center of town, the dark, slow-moving waters of Sixty Foot Branch carve a quiet path through the undergrowth, providing a cool, shaded corridor for the local wildlife. Just two miles away, the Little Satilla Wildlife Management Area preserves a vast, untamed tract of this landscape, allowing the native flora to thrive in a state of quiet, undisturbed resilience.
Patterson maintains a steady, deliberate pace of life, rooted in a history of agriculture that continues to define the local economy through timber production and the cultivation of row crops. The rhythm of the days is measured by the changing colors of the fields and the movement of heavy machinery along the rural roads, far from the frantic energy of larger metropolitan centers. Residents often look toward the quiet reaches of Bonnet Lake, located twelve miles to the west, as a place of stillness when the demands of the harvest season relents. In the evenings, the air takes on a heavy, sweet scent of pine resin and damp soil, a reminder that Patterson remains tethered to the fundamental work of the land and the simple, enduring cycle of the seasons.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Patterson, Georgia. Coordinates: 31.384904, -82.13543. 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 Patterson includes the ZIP code (30628, 31557), telephone area code (770, 678, 229), county seat of Pierce County (Blackshear), and school district assignment (Pierce 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. |