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Bowman South Carolina Map

Explore Bowman, 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 Bowman, South Carolina

How to Use This Bowman, South Carolina Map

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

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	Bowman
State	South Carolina (SC)
County	Orangeburg County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	33.34877
Longitude	-80.682871
Population	788
Density	258.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	29018
Area Code	803, 839
County Seat	Orangeburg
School District	Orangeburg County School District

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About Bowman, South Carolina

Bowman is a locality in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 788. The population density is 258.5 people per km². Bowman is located at 33.3488°N, 80.6829°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Bowman is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29018.

Bowman stretches across a flat, sun-drenched expanse of South Carolina soil where the horizon remains wide and uninterrupted by the shadow of distant elevations. It lies 14.0 miles southeast of Orangeburg, SC (from Orangeburg, SC: bearing 135°T), and is situated 13.6 miles southeast of Brookdale. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that magnifies the scent of damp earth and pine needles, particularly near the dark, slow-moving currents of Cow Castle Creek. Beyond the immediate reach of the streets, the terrain opens into vast, cultivated fields that shimmer under the afternoon heat, occasionally broken by the quiet surface of Brunson Pond four miles to the north. While Layton Ridge rises far to the west, it exists only as a faint, hazy suggestion of earth against the sky, leaving Bowman to define its own quiet geography through the rhythmic cycle of the seasons and the persistent growth of the surrounding woodland.

Agriculture has long dictated the tempo of life in Bowman, anchoring the local economy to the fertile land and the seasonal labor of the harvest. The presence of Bowman Inner City Park provides a central point of congregation, offering a small, green reprieve where the daily pace slows to the simple observation of shifting shadows and the rustle of leaves. History lingers in the architecture and the deliberate, unhurried manner of those who navigate its roads, reflecting a resilience forged through generations of labor and community endurance. Even when the light turns amber at dusk, casting long, lean silhouettes across the fields, the character of Bowman remains grounded in the tangible reality of the soil and the steady, predictable pulse of a life lived close to the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bowman Inner City Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 346° N
Bowman Nature Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 316° NW
Elloree Heritage Museum and Cultural Center (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 027° NE
Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 14.1 mi, 318° NW
South Carolina State University Planetarium (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 317° NW
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monument (Monument) — 14.4 mi, 314° NW
Santee State Park (State Park) — 14.9 mi, 048° NE
Hickory Top Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.8 mi, 041° NE
Santee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.1 mi, 046° NE · 9,063 acres
Santee National Wildlife Refuge.Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 20.9 mi, 064° NE · 197 acres
Santee Cooper Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.8 mi, 075° E
Revolutionary War Patriots (Monument) — 22.5 mi, 080° E
Greene Attacks (Monument) — 22.5 mi, 080° E
Eutaw Springs Battle Ground (Registered Battlefield) — 22.5 mi, 080° E
Jim Harrison Gallery (Gallery) — 26.6 mi, 267° W
Congaree National Park (National Park) — 27.5 mi, 006° N · 26k acres
Givhans Ferry State Park (State Park) — 27.6 mi, 142° SE
Cannon (Attraction) — 28.2 mi, 296° NW
Congaree National Park Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 28.5 mi, 356° N · 15k acres
Colleton Museum (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 178° S
Weston Lake Overlook (Viewpoint) — 33.6 mi, 347° N
Blackville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 34.0 mi, 271° W
Edisto-Springfield Gallery (Gallery) — 35.9 mi, 287° W
Clarendon County Museum & History Center (Museum) — 36.2 mi, 049° NE
Summers Corner Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 36.5 mi, 138° SE
Art Mobile (Public Artwork) — 37.0 mi, 128° SE
World's Largest Sweet Tea (Attraction) — 37.1 mi, 128° SE
Art on the Square Gallery (Gallery) — 37.9 mi, 124° SE
Francis Marion National Forest (National Forest) — 41.3 mi, 099° E · 264k acres
Ernest F. Hollings Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.0 mi, 182° S · 36k acres

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