Explore Rutledge, 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 Rutledge, 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 Rutledge.
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 | Rutledge |
| State | Georgia (GA) |
| County | Morgan County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 33.625954 |
| Longitude | -83.612394 |
| Population | 871 |
| Density | 102.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 30663 |
| Area Code | 770, 678 |
| County Seat | Madison |
| School District | Morgan County School District |
Rutledge holds a quiet authority over the red-clay piedmont, where the earth clings to the roots of longleaf pine and the landscape stretches in low, rhythmic swells toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. It lies 13.0 miles south-southeast of Monroe, GA (from Monroe, GA: bearing 154°T), and is situated 6.4 miles east-southeast of Social Circle. Rice Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the outskirts, its cool, shadowed waters providing a steady pulse to the land long before the creek widens near the tranquility of Lake Brantley. The air here carries a heavy, sweet scent of pine resin and damp soil, especially when the late-afternoon sun turns the fields into a palette of copper and deep amber. Only a mile away, the canopy of Hard Labor Creek State Park offers a dense, protective shade, acting as a green buffer that keeps the encroaching modern world at a respectful distance.
Rutledge remains anchored by the deliberate pace of its nineteenth-century origins, where the architecture of the central square reflects a time when the economy leaned heavily on the harvest of the surrounding fields. While the heavy influence of the Oconee National Forest keeps the region anchored in timber and natural preservation, the local character is defined by a slow, measured endurance that favors porch-sitting and local trade over the rapid turnover of industrial expansion. The legacy of the railway still dictates the orientation of the streets, and the town maintains a distinct, unhurried identity that persists nineteen miles from the forest’s edge. Life here unfolds in the gaps between the seasons, where the primary concern is the turning of the peach orchards and the quiet maintenance of the brick-fronted stores that have watched the decades pass without losing their original, sturdy grace.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rutledge, Georgia. Coordinates: 33.625954, -83.612394. 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 Rutledge includes the ZIP code (30663), telephone area code (770, 678), county seat of Morgan County (Madison), and school district assignment (Morgan 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. |