Clarks Hill South Carolina Map

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.

About This Clarks Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Clarks Hill, South Carolina. Coordinates: 33.658175, -82.165995. 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 Clarks Hill includes the ZIP code (29821), telephone area code (864), county seat of McCormick County (McCormick), and school district assignment (McCormick County School District).

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.