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Shady Dale Georgia Map

Explore Shady Dale, 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 Shady Dale, Georgia

How to Use This Shady Dale, Georgia Map

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

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	Shady Dale
State	Georgia (GA)
County	Jasper County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	33.400682
Longitude	-83.590171
Population	252
Density	109.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	31085, 31064
Area Code	912
County Seat	Monticello
School District	Jasper County School District

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About Shady Dale, Georgia

Shady Dale is a locality in Jasper County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 252. The population density is 109.9 people per km². Shady Dale is located at 33.4007°N, 83.5902°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Shady Dale is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 31085, 31064.

Shady Dale reveals itself through the deep, iron-rich pigment of the Georgia piedmont, where the earth clings to the roots of longleaf pine and blankets the landscape in a somber, rust-colored hue. It lies 20.6 miles southeast of Covington, GA (from Covington, GA: bearing 131°T), and is situated 8.5 miles northeast of Monticello. Beneath the heavy, humid canopy of the nearby Oconee National Forest, the air carries a stillness that gathers in the low basins, while the cooling influence of Lynch Lake two miles distant provides a subtle respite from the swelter of the afternoon. Jack Creek carves a winding path through the dense undergrowth just two miles away, its waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish grace across the topography. On the distant horizon, the faint, hazy suggestion of the Appalachian Mountains serves as a silent reminder of the vast, sloping geography that separates this plateau from the far-off plateaus of the north.

Shady Dale retains a quiet adherence to the agrarian rhythms of its founding, when the fertile soil first invited settlers to cultivate the peach and pecan groves that still define the local economy. The legacy of these early days persists in the architecture of the older buildings, which stand with a steady, unadorned endurance against the shifting tides of modern commerce. Life in Shady Dale flows at the pace of the seasons, dictated by the harvest and the slow, rhythmic maintenance of the surrounding woodlands. The proximity to the Oconee National Forest ensures that the natural world remains an immediate neighbor, framing the daily lives of the residents with the shifting light of the forest edge and the enduring, quiet presence of the land itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Oconee National Forest (National Forest) — 5.5 mi, 121° SE · 116k acres
Cedar Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 149° SE
Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center Clybel Wildlife Management Area Marben Public Fishing Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 277° W
117-001 (State Recreation Area) — 8.1 mi, 127° SE
Murder Creek Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 8.6 mi, 153° SE
Mule Grave (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 202° S
Chimney (Historic Ruins) — 10.5 mi, 297° NW
Seven Islands Road (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 055° NE
Rock Eagle 4-H Center (State Recreation Area) — 10.9 mi, 082° E
Adiel Sherwood Monument (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 107° E
Plaza Fine Arts (Theatre) — 12.4 mi, 113° SE
Welcome to Eatonton (Public Artwork) — 12.7 mi, 114° SE
The Artisans Village (Gallery) — 12.7 mi, 114° SE
Georgia Writers Museum (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 114° SE
Pex Theatre (Cinema) — 12.8 mi, 114° SE
Bledsoe-Green House Museum (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 114° SE
Uncle Remus Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 115° SE
155 Mm Gun M1 (Attraction) — 13.6 mi, 114° SE
Greenspace Program Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 14.6 mi, 286° W
Hard Labor Creek State Park (State Park) — 15.4 mi, 004° N
Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.3 mi, 192° S · 74k acres
Ancient Ocmulgee foot crossing (Historic Ruins) — 16.9 mi, 232° SW
Social Circle Welcome Center (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 337° NW
CJV Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 20.2 mi, 079° E
Ocmulgee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 20.3 mi, 221° SW · 256 acres
Indian Springs State Park (State Park) — 21.8 mi, 241° SW
Georgia Nature Center (Nature Reserve) — 25.8 mi, 027° NE
Monroe Museum (Museum) — 28.0 mi, 345° N
Nigerian Dwarf Goats (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 29.2 mi, 143° SE
Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.3 mi, 180° S · 16k acres

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