Explore Tunnel 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 Tunnel 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 Tunnel 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 | Tunnel Hill |
| State | Georgia (GA) |
| County | Whitfield County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 34.855413 |
| Longitude | -85.036778 |
| Population | 963 |
| Density | 188.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 30755 |
| Area Code | 770 |
| County Seat | Dalton |
| School District | Whitfield County School District |
Tunnel Hill reveals its character through the steady, patient movement of Tanyard Creek, which traces a path through a landscape defined by deep, rusted earth and thickets of longleaf pine. It lies 6.4 miles northwest of Dalton, GA (from Dalton, GA: bearing 320°T), and is situated 6.4 miles southeast of Ringgold. The ground here holds the heat of the sun, and the air carries a weight that settles over the low, grassy banks of Cobblestone Lake, reflecting a sky that often turns the color of a bruised plum at dusk. Beyond the immediate terrain, the distant Appalachian Mountains provide a jagged, hazy boundary against the horizon, marking the limit of the view from the higher ridges. Residents find a quiet connection to the land at the Tunnel Hill Recreation Department, where the space between the trees opens up to offer a place for stillness. From the vantage point of Dogwood Valley, the horizon seems to stretch with an endless, quiet persistence, as if the land itself were waiting for the evening to arrive.
History in Tunnel Hill is measured by the iron and stone of the old transit lines, which once dictated the flow of commerce and the growth of the surrounding industry. The economy here has long been tethered to the movement of goods and the labor of those who cleared the timber and worked the soil, leaving behind a legacy of resilience that persists in the modern rhythm of the streets. People move with a deliberate pace, acknowledging the passage of time through the maintenance of the older structures that stand as witnesses to the generations who settled here. The cultural character of Tunnel Hill is quiet and self-contained, favoring the slow accumulation of personal memory over the frantic pace of the larger, modern Southern metropolis that lies further south. Life remains anchored to the patterns of the seasons, where the scent of pine needles and the damp, cool smell of the earth near the creek define the passing of the year.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tunnel Hill, Georgia. Coordinates: 34.855413, -85.036778. 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 Tunnel Hill includes the ZIP code (30755), telephone area code (770), county seat of Whitfield County (Dalton), and school district assignment (Whitfield 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. |