Round Oak Georgia Map

About Round Oak, Georgia

Round Oak is a locality in Jones County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Round Oak is located at 33.1110°N, 83.6152°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 31038.

Round Oak occupies a quiet expanse of the Georgia piedmont, where the earth reveals itself in broad strokes of iron-rich red clay and dense, encroaching woodland. It lies 18.7 miles north of Macon, GA (from Macon, GA: bearing 3°T), and is situated 8.4 miles northwest of Gray. Caney Creek carves a persistent path through the landscape, its waters moving with a deliberate, slow-turning grace that dictates the topography of the surrounding fields. The air here holds a particular weight, thick with the scent of pine needles and damp soil, especially as the sun begins to retreat behind the distant silhouettes of Beech Ridge. Just two miles away, the surface of Walker-Laney Lake catches the fading light, reflecting a sky that feels immense and unobstructed above the canopy. Within this immediate horizon, the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge provides a vast, protected sanctuary for the native flora and fauna that define the character of the soil.

Round Oak remains tied to a heritage of agrarian patience, where the rhythmic cycles of the seasons have long dictated the pace of human activity. The nearby Hitchiti Experimental Forest serves as a silent partner to the local economy, offering a window into the careful management of timber and the natural growth of the longleaf pine. Those who wander the area often find their way to the Allison Lake Wildlife Trail, a path that invites a more intimate understanding of the region’s biodiversity away from the paved roads. While the modern world continues to accelerate in distant urban centers, life here maintains a measured consistency, defined by the simple, enduring labor of those who work the land and the quiet resilience of a community that has grown alongside the creek for generations.

About This Round Oak Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Round Oak, Georgia. Coordinates: 33.110966, -83.615172. 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 Round Oak includes the ZIP code (31038), telephone area code (912), county seat of Jones County (Gray), and school district assignment.

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.