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Salem Georgia Map

Explore Salem, 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 Salem, Georgia

How to Use This Salem, Georgia Map

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

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

Latitude	32.758587
Longitude	-84.193624
Population	307
Density	13.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	30677, 30736, 30906, 31016
Area Code	706, 762, 912
County Seat	Watkinsville
School District	Upson County School District

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About Salem, Georgia

Salem is a locality in Oconee County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 307. The population density is 13.4 people per km². Salem is located at 32.7586°N, 84.1936°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 30677, 30736, 30906.

Salem occupies a quiet expanse of red-clay piedmont where the earth holds a deep, rusted hue and the air carries the heavy, resinous scent of longleaf pine. It lies 16.5 miles south of Athens, GA (from Athens, GA: bearing 182°T), and is situated 10.0 miles north-northeast of Madison. The landscape radiates outward in gentle swells of farmland and dense woodland, marked only by the modest passage of Greenbrier Creek as it winds through the undergrowth just a mile from the center. To the west, the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains provides a jagged, blue-tinted frame to the horizon, a constant reminder of the terrain’s elevation above the low-lying plains. The nearby Oconee National Forest offers a sprawling refuge of hardwood and pine, while the waters of Lake Oconee shimmer seven miles away, reflecting the shifting light of a sky that seems to stretch wider here than anywhere else in the state.

Salem retains the quiet, deliberate pace of an agricultural past, where the seasonal rhythm of peach and pecan harvests still dictates the cadence of the days. The local economy remains anchored to the land, supported by the hardworking legacy of those who first cleared these forests and turned the stubborn, iron-rich soil. Visitors occasionally venture beyond the local crossroads to walk the Scull Shoals Trail, finding a stillness in the forest that feels untouched by the frantic pace of the modern world. In Salem, the evening light settles over the fields with a particular, golden gravity, casting long shadows that seem to anchor the buildings to the ground as if they had grown there alongside the trees.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Big Lazer Creek Wildlife Management Area & Public Fishing Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 280° W
145-001 (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 280° W
Thomaston-Upson Rec Dept. (Local Recreation) — 10.7 mi, 323° NW
Thaxton Tract (Local Park) — 10.7 mi, 100° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 10.9 mi, 314° NW
Upson County Schools 2 (Local Recreation) — 11.2 mi, 321° NW
Old Federal Road (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 234° SW
First Post Office at The Rock (Monument) — 14.4 mi, 351° N
Old Fort Perry Road (Monument) — 15.7 mi, 234° SW
Old Car (Historic Ruins) — 18.2 mi, 295° NW
Mr. and Mrs. Hunt (Public Artwork) — 23.1 mi, 132° SE
The Walking Dead - Saviors’ outpost filming location (Attraction) — 23.5 mi, 302° NW
Rose Theater (Theatre) — 24.1 mi, 038° NE
The Walking Dead - last Negan vs Rick fight location (tree on hill top) S08E16 (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 298° NW
F. D. Roosevelt State Park (State Park) — 28.4 mi, 286° W
Legacy Exhibit (Museum) — 29.9 mi, 287° W
High Falls State Park (State Park) — 30.3 mi, 016° N
Candler Field Museum (Museum) — 31.0 mi, 340° N
Hawkins Arena (Stadium) — 31.8 mi, 081° E
Hollonville Opry House (Theatre) — 32.3 mi, 331° NW
Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.5 mi, 093° E · 16k acres
Oconee National Forest (National Forest) — 32.8 mi, 056° NE · 116k acres
Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.8 mi, 056° NE · 74k acres
Sidney Lanier Cottage (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 080° E
Mossy Creek Barnyard Festival (Attraction) — 33.6 mi, 121° SE
Funeral Mound (Historic Ruins) — 34.3 mi, 080° E
Ocmulgee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 35.2 mi, 037° NE · 256 acres
Wb-66d (Attraction) — 37.1 mi, 108° E
Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 38.0 mi, 006° N
Chipeley Historical Center (Museum) — 39.1 mi, 281° W

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