Explore Sugar Hill, 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 Sugar Hill, 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 Sugar Hill.
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 | Sugar Hill |
| State | Georgia (GA) |
| County | Fannin County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 34.085976 |
| Longitude | -84.03392 |
| Population | 25,076 |
| Density | 870.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 31091, 30507, 30518 |
| Area Code | 770, 678 |
| County Seat | Blue Ridge |
| School District | Gwinnett County School District |
Sugar Hill rises from the red-clay piedmont where the humid air often holds the scent of pine resin and damp earth. It lies 38.2 miles north-northwest of Gainesville, GA (from Gainesville, GA: bearing 329°T), and is situated 19.6 miles north-northwest of Dahlonega. Skeenah Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the landscape, its waters cutting through the terrain less than a mile from the center of Sugar Hill. To the north, the distant silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains press against the skyline, marking the transition from the plateau to the higher, rugged reaches of the state. The immediate surroundings are defined by the dense, verdant canopy of the Chattahoochee National Forest, which begins its sprawl right at the edge of the local development. Travelers might find the nearby Benton Mackaye Trail a quiet conduit for exploring the woodland, while the deeper pockets of the landscape hide features like Goldmine Hollow, a basin that recalls the area’s long-standing connection to the earth's mineral veins.
History clings to Sugar Hill through the remnants of a legacy built upon the land's natural resources and the quiet industry of those who settled here. Unlike the industrial hubs that define the modern metropolitan sprawl to the south, the local economy here maintains a steady, deliberate pace, grounded in the modest rhythms of a place that grew from the soil up. The proximity to the Chattahoochee National Forest ensures that the environment remains a central character in daily life, providing a backdrop of enduring green that softens the edges of residential growth. Residents often look toward the nearby High Falls or the stillness of Van Orsdal Lake when seeking a reprieve from the heat of the afternoon. In the quiet transition between the fading light and the evening, the town reveals a character shaped less by rapid expansion and more by a persistent, quiet endurance that defines this corner of the piedmont.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sugar Hill, Georgia. Coordinates: 34.085976, -84.03392. 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 Sugar Hill includes the ZIP code (31091, 30507, 30518), telephone area code (770, 678), county seat of Fannin County (Blue Ridge), and school district assignment (Gwinnett 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. |