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Cowpens South Carolina Map

Explore Cowpens, 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 Cowpens, South Carolina

How to Use This Cowpens, South Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	35.016792
Longitude	-81.803992
Population	2,023
Density	340.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	29330
Area Code	864
County Seat	Spartanburg
School District	Spartanburg School District 3

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About Cowpens, South Carolina

Cowpens is a locality in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,023. The population density is 340.3 people per km². Cowpens is located at 35.0168°N, 81.8040°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Cowpens is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29330.

Cowpens occupies a stretch of the South Carolina piedmont where the land rises in soft, verdant waves toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. It lies 8.6 miles east-northeast of Spartanburg, SC (from Spartanburg, SC: bearing 57°T), and is situated 9.5 miles west-southwest of Gaffney. Little Thicketty Creek meanders through the dense woodland just a mile from the center, its quiet waters cutting a persistent path through the red clay soil that defines the local terrain. The light here at dusk possesses a peculiar clarity, catching the edges of the hardwoods and casting long, amber shadows across the fields that extend toward the stillness of Little Thicketty Creek Pond. Within the immediate boundaries, Cowpens Veterans Memorial Park provides a grounded space for reflection, its quiet lawns serving as a place where the air hangs thick with the scent of pine and damp earth.

History remains a tangible presence in the quiet pulse of local life, where the legacy of eighteenth-century skirmishes informs the gravity of the landscape. The economy, once rooted in the modest toil of agrarian cycles, now mirrors the steady, industrious rhythm of the upstate, balancing a respect for the past with the practical demands of modern transit and manufacturing. Residents navigate a daily routine shaped by the intersection of forest, farmland, and the enduring influence of the surrounding piedmont geography. Life in Cowpens moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, marked by the transformation of the canopy from the vibrant greens of spring to the muted, rusted tones of autumn, a cycle that has persisted long after the echoes of the Revolutionary era faded from the immediate woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cowpens Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 135° SE
Veterans Monument (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 141° SE
Gordon Henry Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 165° S
Santee Cooper Tract Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 173° S
Lake Thicketty (State Recreation Area) — 4.1 mi, 015° N
District 7 Fine Arts Center (Theatre) — 5.0 mi, 239° SW
Rebirth (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 202° S
Lake Blalock Park (Local Recreation) — 6.3 mi, 314° NW
Transitions (Public Artwork) — 6.5 mi, 240° SW
Midway Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 6.8 mi, 056° NE
Dexter Edgar Converse Monument (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 236° SW
Rainey Amphitheater (Theatre) — 7.8 mi, 238° SW
Spartanburg Science Center (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 238° SW
Chapman Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 8.4 mi, 238° SW
Croft State Park (State Park) — 8.4 mi, 186° S
Spartanburg Art Museum (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 238° SW
Studio LB (Gallery) — 8.4 mi, 237° SW
Upstate Gallery on Main (Gallery) — 8.5 mi, 237° SW
Ridge Gallery (Gallery) — 8.5 mi, 237° SW
Children's Museum of the Upstate - Spartanburg (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 238° SW
Cherokee County Veterans Museum (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 065° NE
Truck (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 065° NE
Gaffney Visitors Center & Art Gallery (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 065° NE
Lake Cherokee (State Recreation Area) — 12.6 mi, 082° E
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church (Historic Ruins) — 15.4 mi, 101° E
Former site of Deepcore and The Abyss Movie Set (Historic Ruins) — 16.5 mi, 085° E
Worth Mountain Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.3 mi, 105° E
Kings Mountain State Park (State Park) — 23.7 mi, 073° E
Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 25.0 mi, 168° S · 375k acres
Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 46.6 mi, 353° N · 511k acres

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