Explore Pearson, 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 Pearson, 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 Pearson.
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 | Pearson |
| State | Georgia (GA) |
| County | Atkinson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 31.297703 |
| Longitude | -82.852367 |
| Population | 1,821 |
| Density | 209.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 31642 |
| Area Code | 229 |
| County Seat | Pearson |
| School District | Atkinson County School District |
Pearson emerges from the flat, pine-shadowed expanse of the Georgia plains like a quiet punctuation mark in the long, horizontal sentence of the landscape. It lies 14.6 miles south of Douglas, GA (from Douglas, GA: bearing 181°T), and is situated 19.9 miles southwest of Nicholls. The earth here is a deep, iron-rich soil that holds the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has begun its slow retreat behind the canopy of longleaf pines. Just a mile away, the dark, slow-moving waters of Little Red Bluff Creek cut a thin, reflective artery through the brush, while the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the dry rustle of kudzu reclaiming the edges of the woods. It is a place where the light at dusk turns the dusty horizon into a pale, bruised violet, casting long, lean shadows across the fields that seem to stretch toward the Guest Millpond, six miles distant, where the water remains undisturbed by the hurried pace of the modern world.
Agriculture defines the pulse of Pearson, drawing its strength from the cycles of planting and harvest that have anchored the region since its early days. The local economy remains tied to the vitality of the soil, with the daily life of the inhabitants revolving around the rhythms of the land and the modest commerce of the courthouse square. Residents often gather at the City of Pearson Rec Facility, a space that serves as a communal anchor for the youth and families who move through their days with a steady, unforced purpose. There is a distinct, grounded resilience in the way Pearson conducts itself, a sense that the history of the region is not merely something observed, but a living weight carried in the hands of those who tend the crops and maintain the quiet storefronts that line the main thoroughfare.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pearson, Georgia. Coordinates: 31.297703, -82.852367. 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 Pearson includes the ZIP code (31642), telephone area code (229), county seat of Atkinson County (Pearson), and school district assignment (Atkinson 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. |