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Central Pacolet South Carolina Map

Explore Central Pacolet, 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 Central Pacolet, South Carolina

How to Use This Central Pacolet, South Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	34.913463
Longitude	-81.748435
Population	209
Density	341.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	29372
Area Code	864
County Seat	Spartanburg
School District	Spartanburg School District 3

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About Central Pacolet, South Carolina

Central Pacolet is a locality in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 209. The population density is 341.9 people per km². Central Pacolet is located at 34.9135°N, 81.7484°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Central Pacolet is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29372.

Central Pacolet occupies a quiet stretch of the South Carolina piedmont, defined by a landscape of red clay soil and dense, emerald woods that thin into open fields. It lies 10.7 miles east-southeast of Spartanburg, SC (from Spartanburg, SC: bearing 103°T), and is situated 7.6 miles east-southeast of Ben Avon. The terrain here rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells of earth, keeping a steady distance from the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains that mark the western horizon. Only a mile away, the Pacolet River carves a dark, winding path through the vegetation, its waters steady and unhurried as they navigate the basin. Nearby, Gallmans Pond offers a still, reflective surface that breaks the density of the pines, while the T.W. Edwards Center serves as a quiet sanctuary for those seeking the shade of local flora. The light in this region possesses a particular quality at dusk, turning the dust of the roads into a fine, copper-colored haze that lingers long after the sun dips below the tree line.

Central Pacolet maintains an atmosphere shaped by the steady, persistent labor of its textile history, an economic legacy that once dictated the pulse of every street. While the looms have largely fallen silent, the brick foundations of those earlier eras remain, grounding the identity of the place in a period of industrial ambition. The pace of life here is measured by the changing seasons of the surrounding farmland, where the air grows heavy and sweet with the humidity of the inland summer. Residents move with the deliberate caution of people who know their neighbors, maintaining a social structure that values the continuity of small-scale commerce and local tradition. Even as the modern world encroaches, the quiet persistence of the landscape ensures that Central Pacolet remains a place where the passage of time is marked more by the growth of the forests and the movement of the local rivers than by the frantic demands of the outside world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pacolet Mills mural (Public Artwork) — 0.6 mi, 037° NE
T.W. Edwards Center (Local Recreation) — 1.6 mi, 218° SW
Croft State Park (State Park) — 3.9 mi, 227° SW
Santee Cooper Tract Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 323° NW
Colonel John Thomas and His Wife Jane Thomas (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 236° SW
Jonesville Reservoir (Local Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 135° SE
Rebirth (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 291° W
Veterans Monument (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 337° NW
District 7 Fine Arts Center (Theatre) — 8.7 mi, 301° NW
Balmer Foundation Amphitheater (Theatre) — 8.9 mi, 281° W
Old Canaan Park (Local Park) — 9.1 mi, 263° W
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 10.3 mi, 286° W
Studio LB (Gallery) — 10.5 mi, 284° W
Upstate Gallery on Main (Gallery) — 10.6 mi, 284° W
Ridge Gallery (Gallery) — 10.6 mi, 284° W
Spartanburg Science Center (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 285° W
Chapman Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 10.6 mi, 285° W
Spartanburg Art Museum (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 285° W
Children's Museum of the Upstate - Spartanburg (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 284° W
Lake Thicketty (State Recreation Area) — 11.2 mi, 351° N
Cherokee County Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 028° NE
Truck (Attraction) — 12.3 mi, 026° NE
Gaffney Visitors Center & Art Gallery (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 027° NE
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church (Historic Ruins) — 12.7 mi, 071° E
Lake Cherokee (State Recreation Area) — 12.9 mi, 047° NE
Worth Mountain Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.7 mi, 081° E
Former site of Deepcore and The Abyss Movie Set (Historic Ruins) — 15.8 mi, 057° NE
Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 17.5 mi, 174° S · 375k acres
Kings Mountain State Park (State Park) — 24.0 mi, 054° NE
Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 54.1 mi, 350° N · 511k acres

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