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Elko South Carolina Map

Explore Elko, 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 Elko, South Carolina

How to Use This Elko, South Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	33.380427
Longitude	-81.37955
Population	140
Density	51.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	29826
Area Code	864
County Seat	Barnwell

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About Elko, South Carolina

Elko is a locality in Barnwell County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 140. The population density is 51.5 people per km². Elko is located at 33.3804°N, 81.3795°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Elko is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29826.

Elko emerges from the quiet, red-clay expanse of the South Carolina interior, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under the heavy, heat-thickened air of the deep interior. It lies 23.2 miles east-southeast of Aiken, SC (from Aiken, SC: bearing 122°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north of Barnwell. Sunlight here has a way of lingering, turning the fields a bruised gold at dusk as it catches the dust kicked up by the wind moving across the plains. Only a mile away, the dark, slow-moving waters of Buck Creek carve a muddy path through the undergrowth, while the stillness of Willis Millpond rests just two miles further, reflecting the pines like a sheet of dark glass. Far off, the dim, blue-gray silhouette of Clubhouse Ridge provides a jagged boundary to the west, a reminder of the elevation that remains distant and inaccessible from this low-lying, humid stretch of earth.

Elko exists as a lingering echo of the agrarian cycles that long dictated the pace of life in this corner of the state, where the scent of pine resin and damp soil remains the primary signature of the day. The economic pulse of the region has transitioned away from the intensive plantation systems of the past, leaving behind a quiet landscape where the surrounding woodland, including the nearby Ernest Rand Memorial State Forest, dictates the rhythm of the seasons. Residents often look toward the quiet grounds of Barnwell State Park for respite, finding a local character shaped by the steady, unpretentious labor of those who work the land. Life in Elko moves with the deliberate weight of a place that understands its own history, favoring the slow accumulation of hours over the frantic motion of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Barnwell State Park (State Park) — 5.0 mi, 124° SE
Ditch Pond Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 301° NW
Martin Field (Local Recreation) — 6.3 mi, 104° E
Blackville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 6.4 mi, 106° E
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 342° N
Lake Edgar Brown (State Recreation Area) — 8.2 mi, 175° S
Veteran'S Park (Local Park) — 8.3 mi, 180° S
Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 179° S
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 175° S
Sweetwater Country Club (Local Recreation) — 9.9 mi, 192° S
Edisto-Springfield Gallery (Gallery) — 9.9 mi, 035° NE
Aiken State Park (State Park) — 12.4 mi, 336° NW
Jim Harrison Gallery (Gallery) — 14.2 mi, 105° E
Cannon (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 055° NE
Blue Star Memorial (Monument) — 18.7 mi, 003° N
Bisquecuts & Glazy (Arts Centre) — 22.0 mi, 297° NW
Aiken Train Depot Museum (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 302° NW
Center for African American History, Art & Culture (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 303° NW
Aiken Community Playhouse (Theatre) — 23.3 mi, 302° NW
Aiken County Historical Museum (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 301° NW
Savannah River Site Museum (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 302° NW
Allendale County African-American Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 26.0 mi, 171° S
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monument (Monument) — 30.8 mi, 075° E
Eastwind Castle (Historic Castle / Fort) — 31.4 mi, 317° NW
Ruthless (Public Artwork) — 34.0 mi, 281° W
Phinizy Swamp Nature Park (Attraction) — 34.0 mi, 271° W
Savannah National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.8 mi, 193° S · 94k acres
Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 40.8 mi, 297° NW · 375k acres
Congaree National Park Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 41.5 mi, 045° NE · 15k acres
Congaree National Park (National Park) — 41.6 mi, 045° NE · 26k acres

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