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Putney Georgia Map

Explore Putney, 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 Putney, Georgia

How to Use This Putney, Georgia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Putney, 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 Putney.

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	Putney
State	Georgia (GA)
County	Dougherty County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	31.474745
Longitude	-84.105241
Population	2,869
Density	50.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	31705, 31782
Area Code	229
County Seat	Albany
School District	Dougherty School District

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About Putney, Georgia

Putney is a locality in Dougherty County, Georgia, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,869. The population density is 50.3 people per km². Putney is located at 31.4747°N, 84.1052°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 31705, 31782.

Putney unfolds across a flat expanse of Georgia earth where the horizon is defined by the persistent, dark green presence of longleaf pines. It lies 7.8 miles south-southeast of Albany, GA (from Albany, GA: bearing 163°T), and is situated 17.1 miles west-southwest of Sylvester. Dry Creek carves a shallow, quiet path through the soil just a mile away, its banks often softened by the encroaching reach of kudzu during the humid heat of midsummer. Seven miles toward the horizon, the earth rises slightly to suggest the ancient, wind-swept contours of Fossil Sand Dunes (historic), a silent reminder of a landscape shaped by geological shifts long before the first fence lines were drawn. The air here holds a distinct, heavy stillness at dusk, carrying the scent of drying needles and the cooling red clay that settles into the cooling twilight.

Putney maintains a slow, steady cadence dictated by the seasonal cycles of agrarian life, where the economy has long drawn its vitality from the surrounding orchards and fields. Residents move through their days with a pragmatism that mirrors the enduring nature of the land, finding recreation in the quiet expanses of Unknown Park located a short distance from the center. While the broad, blue waters of Lake Worth sit nine miles away, the life of the locality remains tethered to the intimate geography of the immediate fields and the modest infrastructure of local commerce. Life in Putney is measured not by the rapid pace of the modern metropolis, but by the quiet persistence of a community that has quietly organized itself around the rhythms of the sun and the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

S.E. Dougherty Youth Sports Comp (Local Recreation) — 1.2 mi, 278° W
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 278° W
Radium Springs (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 328° NW
Boy Scout Tract (Local Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 308° NW
Radium Springs Tract (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 329° NW
Greenspace Program Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 3.6 mi, 329° NW
Flint River Greenway (State Park) — 3.8 mi, 322° NW
Hill Village Sign (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 042° NE
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 7.3 mi, 340° N
101-001 (State Recreation Area) — 8.2 mi, 159° S
Chehaw State Park (State Park) — 9.9 mi, 347° N
Burned down house (Historic Ruins) — 11.7 mi, 006° N
Tractor Barn (Historic Ruins) — 11.7 mi, 005° N
Palmyra (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 335° NW
Chickasawhatchee Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.4 mi, 274° W
Donation Brick Flag Pole (Monument) — 18.8 mi, 082° E
Chehaw Indian Monument (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 356° N
Moultrie Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 27.8 mi, 139° SE
Museum of Colquitt County History (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 137° SE
Moultrie Stadium Cinema 6 (Cinema) — 28.1 mi, 134° SE
Georgia Museum of Agriculture (Attraction) — 33.6 mi, 091° E
The Peanut (Public Artwork) — 34.0 mi, 091° E
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ga (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.2 mi, 143° SE · 1,786 acres
Titan I Missile (Attraction) — 39.5 mi, 032° NE
Swamp Gravy - Georgia's Official Folk-Life Theater (Theatre) — 42.5 mi, 241° SW
Lapham-Patterson House Museum (Museum) — 44.1 mi, 171° S
Carpenter's Shop (Attraction) — 48.0 mi, 177° S
Kolomoki Mounds (Museum) — 49.7 mi, 270° W
View point (Viewpoint) — 56.4 mi, 282° W
Apalachicola National Forest (National Forest) — 73.7 mi, 193° S · 576k acres

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