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Clarks Hill South Carolina Map

Explore Clarks Hill, 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 Clarks Hill, South Carolina

How to Use This Clarks Hill, South Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Clarks Hill, 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 Clarks 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	Clarks Hill
State	South Carolina (SC)
County	McCormick County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	33.658175
Longitude	-82.165995
Population	289
Density	34.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	29821
Area Code	864
County Seat	McCormick
School District	McCormick County School District

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About Clarks Hill, South Carolina

Clarks Hill is a locality in McCormick County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 289. The population density is 34.9 people per km². Clarks Hill is located at 33.6582°N, 82.1660°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 29821.

Clarks Hill emerges from the red clay of the piedmont, where the silt-heavy currents of the Nixon Branch trace a quiet, winding path through the dense, loblolly-pine thickets. It lies 16.7 miles northwest of North Augusta, SC (from North Augusta, SC: bearing 314°T), and is situated 9.8 miles north-northwest of Evans. Sunlight filters through the canopy in sharp, amber needles, illuminating the damp earth and the deep, silent shadows that gather where the land dips toward the basin. The horizon remains unbroken by the jagged profiles of the Appalachian Mountains, which wait ninety-two miles to the northwest as a faint, violet smudge against the sky. Here, the air holds a heavy, persistent moisture that clings to the skin, cooling only when the sun retreats behind the long, undulant ridges that define the inland geography.

J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir dominates the local horizon, its vast, glassy expanse offering a stillness that dictates the pace of life in Clarks Hill. The J. Strom Thurmond Recreation Area provides the primary threshold to this water, serving as a hub for those who seek the quietude of the woods or the slow movement of the shoreline. While the Turkey Creek Hiking Trail remains a distant sanctuary for the ambitious traveler, the economy of the region stays tethered to the land and the management of these sprawling timbered tracts. History here is found in the quiet persistence of the soil and the legacy of agricultural cycles that have long shaped the character of the inhabitants, who move with a measured, deliberate gravity suited to a landscape that changes only with the slow rotation of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 0.7 mi, 095° E · 375k acres
J. Strom Thurmond Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.8 mi, 304° NW
J. Strom Thurmond Lake (Recreation Area) — 1.3 mi, 290° W
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 349° N
Sunken Airplane (Historic Ruins) — 1.6 mi, 281° W
James L. Mason Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 142° SE
Greenspace Program Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 4.6 mi, 167° S
Columbia County Greenspace (Local Park) — 4.6 mi, 167° S
Riverside Park (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 160° S
Wildwood Park (State Park) — 6.2 mi, 258° W
Hamilton Branch State Park (State Park) — 6.6 mi, 337° NW
McCormick County Forest 1 (Local Resource Management Area) — 6.6 mi, 340° N
Take Flight (Public Artwork) — 7.1 mi, 263° W
Parksville Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 9.7 mi, 336° NW
Blue Star Memorial By-Way (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 201° S
Taxadium Distichum Bald Cypress (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 136° SE
Marshall Monument (Monument) — 11.6 mi, 228° SW
Flowing Wells Theater (Theatre) — 11.6 mi, 163° S
Amen Corner (Attraction) — 14.0 mi, 144° SE
Greater Augusta Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 16.6 mi, 139° SE
Westobou (Gallery) — 16.8 mi, 138° SE
Morris Museum of Art (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 137° SE
Augusta Cotton Exchange Building (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 137° SE
Augusta Museum of History (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 137° SE
Phinizy Swamp Nature Park (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 149° SE
DuPont Planetarium (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 104° E
Eastwind Castle (Historic Castle / Fort) — 24.3 mi, 081° E
Aiken County Historical Museum (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 106° E
Savannah River Site Museum (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 105° E
Aiken Community Playhouse (Theatre) — 26.5 mi, 105° E

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