Explore Tallulah Falls, 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 Tallulah Falls, 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 Tallulah Falls.
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 | Tallulah Falls |
| State | Georgia (GA) |
| County | Habersham County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 34.73065 |
| Longitude | -83.394332 |
| Population | 199 |
| Density | 9.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 30523, 30573 |
| Area Code | 770, 678 |
| County Seat | Clarkesville |
| School District | Habersham County School District |
Tallulah Falls exists as a rugged fracture in the landscape where the earth abruptly yields to the insistent pressure of gravity. It lies 38.6 miles northeast of Gainesville, GA (from Gainesville, GA: bearing 39°T), and is situated 11.2 miles north-northwest of Toccoa. Granite walls rise in sheer, moss-slicked tiers, defining a vertical world where the persistent humidity clings to the ferns and hardwoods like a second skin. At the base of these stone corridors, the Tallulah River exerts a patient, grinding force, its current churning through the shadows of Tallulah Gorge. The light here filters down in bruised shades of violet and slate, caught between the high ridges that eventually reach toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Below the canopy, the water of Tallulah Falls Lake remains unnaturally still, a dark mirror for the surrounding hemlocks that have stood sentry over this precipice for generations.
Tallulah Falls carries the weight of a century’s transformation, evolving from a high-Victorian destination for grand hotels into the current preservationist sanctuary of Tallulah Gorge State Park. The local economy now pivots on the quiet stewardship of these resources, trading the frantic industry of early hydroelectric expansion for the measured pace of ecological education and outdoor stewardship. Visitors often pause near the spray of Cascade Falls, where the air grows cold and sharp, to listen to the rhythmic pulse of water over rock, a sound that has remained constant while the surrounding world industrialized. The architecture of the region reflects this transition, marked by sturdy timber dwellings and the remnants of infrastructure that once harnessed the power of the gorge. In the waning afternoon, the atmosphere in Tallulah Falls turns contemplative, as the shadows lengthen across the red-clay paths and the forest settles into a silence that feels older than the roads themselves.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tallulah Falls, Georgia. Coordinates: 34.73065, -83.394332. 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 Tallulah Falls includes the ZIP code (30523, 30573), telephone area code (770, 678), county seat of Habersham County (Clarkesville), and school district assignment (Habersham 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. |