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Barnwell South Carolina Map

Explore Barnwell, South Carolina, 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 Barnwell, South Carolina

How to Use This Barnwell, South Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Barnwell, South Carolina. 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 South Carolina 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 Barnwell.

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.

CityBarnwell
StateSouth Carolina (SC)
CountyBarnwell County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude33.244873
Longitude-81.358718
Population4,652
Density229.0 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code29812
Area Code864
County SeatBarnwell

About Barnwell, South Carolina

Barnwell is a locality in Barnwell County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,652. The population density is 229.0 people per km². Barnwell is located at 33.2449°N, 81.3587°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Barnwell is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29812.

Barnwell sits upon a landscape of quiet, sandy loam, where the earth holds the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped behind the pines. It lies 30.1 miles southeast of Aiken, SC (from Aiken, SC: bearing 136°T), and is situated 13.6 miles west-southwest of Denmark. The terrain here is defined by a subtle, flat persistence, broken only by the gentle carving of Turkey Creek, which draws a thin, dark line through the woods just a mile from the center. Light in the afternoon takes on a heavy, golden quality, filtering through the canopy of the Ernest Rand Memorial State Forest nearby to settle over the still, reflective surface of Edgar A Brown Lake. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of Clubhouse Ridge provides the only vertical interruption to a horizon that otherwise stretches wide and undisturbed. Within the immediate boundaries, the greenery of Collins Park offers a shaded reprieve, where the air is thick with the scent of damp pine needles and the drone of cicadas marking the slow passage of time.

Barnwell carries the weight of a long agricultural legacy, its character forged by the persistence of those who worked these fields through cycles of prosperity and lean years. The economy remains rooted in the rhythm of the land, though the influence of industrial growth has left its mark on the local pace, blending traditional commerce with the steady, measured hum of modern enterprise. Sturdy buildings of brick and wood line the streets, reflecting a history of endurance that remains visible in the architecture and the quiet, deliberate way residents conduct their affairs. People move with an unhurried grace, acknowledging one another in passing with a nod that speaks to a shared understanding of the place. It is a locality where the past is not a museum piece but a living layer of the present, felt in the way the morning mist clings to the fields and the way the evening light deepens the color of the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Lemon Park Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 093° E
  • Confederate Monument (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 259° W
  • Darnell Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 221° SW
  • Fuller Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 257° W
  • Lake Edgar Brown (State Recreation Area) — 0.5 mi, 300° NW
  • Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Attraction) — 1.5 mi, 313° NW
  • Veteran's Park (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 311° NW
  • Sweetwater Country Club (Local Recreation) — 2.6 mi, 258° W
  • Barnwell State Park (State Park) — 6.1 mi, 028° NE
  • Blackville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 033° NE
  • Ditch Pond Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.1 mi, 333° NW
  • Jim Harrison Gallery (Gallery) — 13.7 mi, 066° NE
  • Allendale County Museum (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 169° S
  • Edisto-Springfield Gallery (Gallery) — 18.0 mi, 015° N
  • Yuchi Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.7 mi, 238° SW
  • Aiken State Park (State Park) — 21.4 mi, 341° N
  • Cannon (Attraction) — 23.9 mi, 035° NE
  • Savannah National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.1 mi, 200° S · 94k acres
  • Blue Star Memorial (Monument) — 28.0 mi, 360° N
  • Bisquecuts & Glazy (Arts Centre) — 28.4 mi, 313° NW
  • Aiken Train Depot Museum (Museum) — 29.9 mi, 316° NW
  • Center for African American History, Art & Culture (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 317° NW
  • Aiken County Historical Museum (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 315° NW
  • Aiken Community Playhouse (Theatre) — 30.2 mi, 316° NW
  • Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 34.4 mi, 059° NE
  • Phinizy Swamp Nature Park (Attraction) — 36.5 mi, 286° W
  • Ruthless (Public Artwork) — 38.1 mi, 295° NW
  • Augusta Cotton Exchange Building (Attraction) — 38.4 mi, 295° NW
  • Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 45.7 mi, 300° NW · 375k acres
  • Congaree National Park (National Park) — 47.9 mi, 036° NE · 26k acres

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About This Barnwell Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Barnwell, South Carolina. Coordinates: 33.244873, -81.358718. 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 Barnwell includes the ZIP code (29812), telephone area code (864), county seat of Barnwell County (Barnwell), and school district assignment.

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.