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Donalds South Carolina Map

Explore Donalds, 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 Donalds, South Carolina

How to Use This Donalds, South Carolina Map

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

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.

CityDonalds
StateSouth Carolina (SC)
CountyAbbeville County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude34.377059
Longitude-82.347345
Population328
Density152.2 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code29638
Area Code864
County SeatAbbeville
School DistrictAbbeville County School District

About Donalds, South Carolina

Donalds is a locality in Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 328. The population density is 152.2 people per km². Donalds is located at 34.3771°N, 82.3473°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Donalds is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29638.

Donalds sits quietly upon the red clay earth of the Piedmont, where the land stretches out in a series of muted, sun-baked swells. It lies 16.4 miles northwest of Greenwood, SC (from Greenwood, SC: bearing 320°T), and is situated 5.4 miles south-southeast of Honea Path. Gypsy Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the brush nearby, its waters often running low and dark beneath the shade of overhanging pines. The air here holds a heavy, stagnant warmth during the long afternoons, yet the light at dusk possesses a singular clarity, turning the fields to a deep, burnished copper before the twilight settles. On the furthest horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains occasionally emerges against a violet sky, reminding the observer of the vast, interior distance that separates this expanse from the edges of the continent.

David Dunlap Park provides a modest patch of green where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the occasional rustle of leaves or the distant sound of a passing vehicle. Donalds carries the weight of a slow-turning history, defined by the steady, rhythmic labor of the agricultural traditions that have long sustained its people. While the rush of modern commerce favors larger hubs, life here persists in the quiet maintenance of local plots and the endurance of family lines that have occupied these acres for generations. A short journey away, the water at Great Falls spills over the rocks with a persistent, percussive energy, and the quiet shores of Legion Lake offer a place of reflection for those who seek the stillness of the inland woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • David Dunlap Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 146° SE
  • Abbeville County Recreational Facility (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 325° NW
  • Queen of Hearts (Public Artwork) — 4.0 mi, 217° SW
  • Lesesne Auditorium (Theatre) — 4.0 mi, 219° SW
  • Watkins Community Center (Local Recreation) — 5.3 mi, 331° NW
  • Young Park (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 078° E
  • Honea Path Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 331° NW
  • Payne Institute Monument (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 131° SE
  • Cliff Pitts Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 058° NE
  • Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 11.3 mi, 167° S · 375k acres
  • Culbertson’s Mill (Historic Ruins) — 11.4 mi, 076° E
  • Ekom Beach (Historic Ruins) — 11.5 mi, 076° E
  • S.C. Tennis Hall of Fame (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 320° NW
  • The Listening Room (Theatre) — 13.1 mi, 321° NW
  • Secession Hill (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 187° S
  • Diamond Hill Mine (Attraction) — 14.9 mi, 240° SW
  • Josephine B. Abney Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 16.0 mi, 140° SE
  • Richard B. Russell Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 17.0 mi, 240° SW
  • Richard B. Russell Lake (Recreation Area) — 17.0 mi, 241° SW
  • Generator (Attraction) — 19.3 mi, 297° NW
  • Rosehill Museum (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 296° NW
  • Revolutionary War Museum & Library (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 066° NE
  • Laurens County Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 066° NE
  • Cherokee Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 052° NE
  • Memorial A-60 Battle Tank (Attraction) — 23.4 mi, 127° SE
  • Lake Greenwood State Park (State Park) — 24.4 mi, 121° SE
  • Richard B. Russell State Park (State Park) — 26.0 mi, 237° SW
  • Studio Jarvis (Gallery) — 27.5 mi, 001° N
  • Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 58.1 mi, 312° NW · 752k acres
  • Ellicott Rock Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 58.6 mi, 315° NW · 8,300 acres

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About This Donalds Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Donalds, South Carolina. Coordinates: 34.377059, -82.347345. 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 Donalds includes the ZIP code (29638), telephone area code (864), county seat of Abbeville County (Abbeville), and school district assignment (Abbeville County School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

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.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.