Explore Rydal, 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 Rydal, 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 Rydal.
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 | Rydal |
| State | Georgia (GA) |
| County | Bartow County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 34.335371 |
| Longitude | -84.715491 |
| Population | 680 |
| Density | 22.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 30171 |
| Area Code | 404, 470, 678 |
| County Seat | Cartersville |
Rydal emerges from the red-clay piedmont as a quiet assembly of wooded slopes and open fields, defined by the slow, deliberate pace of the Georgia interior. It lies 12.7 miles north-northeast of Cartersville, GA (from Cartersville, GA: bearing 22°T), and is situated 19.7 miles northwest of Woodstock. The landscape, some 256 miles from the nearest coastline, holds the stillness of an inland basin, where the morning light catches the iron-rich soil to cast a deep, oxidized glow across the ground. Beyond the localized thickets, the horizon is anchored by the faint, jagged silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains, which stand in the distance as a blue-gray reminder of the higher elevations further north. Nearby, the modest waters of Sugar Hill Creek trace a path through the undergrowth, while the deeper stillness of Little Lake remains a quiet fixture five miles to the west, providing a cool relief to the dense, humid air of the afternoon.
Rydal maintains a character shaped by the legacy of early agricultural settlement and the patient stewardship of the surrounding terrain. Much of the surrounding acreage is preserved within the Pine Log Wildlife Management Area, a expanse of protected forest that serves as a sanctuary for the local flora and fauna, standing in contrast to the nearby, gentle depression of Calico Valley. The economy has long been tied to the rhythm of the soil and the quiet industry of the land, moving away from the rapid pace of urban centers to favor a life of sustained, rural endurance. Here, the passage of time is measured not by the clock, but by the changing density of the pines and the seasonal shift in the color of the fields, preserving a way of life that remains grounded in the quiet, unadorned reality of the Piedmont.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rydal, Georgia. Coordinates: 34.335371, -84.715491. 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 Rydal includes the ZIP code (30171), telephone area code (404, 470, 678), county seat of Bartow County (Cartersville), and school district assignment.
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. |