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Ben Avon South Carolina Map

Explore Ben Avon, 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 Ben Avon, South Carolina

How to Use This Ben Avon, South Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ben Avon, 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 Ben Avon.

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	Ben Avon
State	South Carolina (SC)
County	Spartanburg County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	34.936514
Longitude	-81.87927
Population	2,428
Density	561.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	29302
Area Code	864
County Seat	Spartanburg
School District	Spartanburg School District 7

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About Ben Avon, South Carolina

Ben Avon is a locality in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,428. The population density is 561.0 people per km². Ben Avon is located at 34.9365°N, 81.8793°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 29302.

Ben Avon rises from the red-clay earth of the piedmont, where the humid air thickens under a canopy of loblolly pines and sweetgum trees. It lies 3.1 miles east-southeast of Spartanburg, SC (from Spartanburg, SC: bearing 107°T), and is situated 9.6 miles southeast of Boiling Springs. The landscape unfolds in a series of gentle swells, a persistent, rhythmic topography that stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains on the western horizon. Water defines the local geography, with the quiet flow of Fourmile Branch carving a narrow, shaded path through the underbrush, while the still, dark surface of Pierce Acres Lake mirrors the shifting moods of the sky. In the quiet transition between afternoon and evening, the light turns a bruised, honeyed gold, catching the dust of the unpaved roads and lending a temporary, fragile grace to the wild grasses of Andrews Farm Park.

Economic life in Ben Avon has long been tethered to the slow, deliberate cycles of the soil and the labor of those who work it. Small-scale agriculture and timber production have historically anchored the region, leaving behind a quiet resilience that persists in the weathered wood of old barns and the rusted iron of vintage farm implements. The cultural character of Ben Avon remains defined by the persistence of these agrarian roots, despite the creeping influence of modern infrastructure and the gradual departure of the younger generations. Residents maintain a steady, private pace of life, governed by the seasonal shifts in the harvest and the persistent, low-frequency hum of insects rising from the damp banks of Fourmile Branch.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Andrews Farm Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 318° NW
Wade's mural (Public Artwork) — 1.2 mi, 271° W
295 Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 208° SW
Balmer Foundation Amphitheater (Theatre) — 1.3 mi, 271° W
Duncan Park (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 255° W
Spartanburg County War Memorial (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 277° W
Croft State Park (State Park) — 1.9 mi, 172° S
Spartanburg Sluggers Monument (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 266° W
Confederate War Monument (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 265° W
Happy Hollow Park (Local Recreation) — 2.2 mi, 302° NW
Rainey Amphitheater (Theatre) — 2.7 mi, 301° NW
Studio LB (Gallery) — 3.0 mi, 289° W
Upstate Gallery on Main (Gallery) — 3.0 mi, 288° W
Ridge Gallery (Gallery) — 3.0 mi, 288° W
Spartanburg Science Center (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 292° W
Chapman Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 3.1 mi, 292° W
Spartanburg Art Museum (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 291° W
Children's Museum of the Upstate - Spartanburg (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 287° W
Santee Cooper Tract Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 071° E
Florence Chappel High School (Historic Ruins) — 12.8 mi, 276° W
Cherokee County Veterans Museum (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 054° NE
Truck (Attraction) — 15.9 mi, 054° NE
Gaffney Visitors Center & Art Gallery (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 053° NE
M106a1 (Attraction) — 19.4 mi, 269° W
Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 21.0 mi, 160° S · 375k acres
Kings Mountain State Park (State Park) — 29.6 mi, 065° NE
Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 51.8 mi, 358° N · 511k acres

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