Explore Estill, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Estill, 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 Estill.
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 | Estill |
| State | South Carolina (SC) |
| County | Hampton County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 32.754891 |
| Longitude | -81.242047 |
| Population | 1,821 |
| Density | 217.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 29918 |
| Area Code | 843 |
| County Seat | Hampton |
| School District | Hampton County School District |
Estill reveals itself through a sprawling expanse of flat, pine-studded woodland that holds the heavy, golden warmth of the afternoon sun. It lies 33.7 miles north-northwest of Hardeeville, SC (from Hardeeville, SC: bearing 344°T), and is situated 17.9 miles south-southeast of Allendale. The air here thickens with the scent of damp earth and resin, settling over the landscape where the gentle, dark waters of Black Creek trace a slow path through the undergrowth just a mile away. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Magnolia Ridge breaks the horizon, a distant reminder of the varied topography that exists far beyond these quiet woods. Arnes Pond sits two miles off, its surface a glassy stillness that mirrors the shifting clouds and the tall, slender pines that define the horizon. Within the center of the grid, the CSX Mini Park offers a small, shaded pause where the hum of the world seems to dim, replaced by the rhythmic rustle of needles in the breeze.
Estill preserves the echoes of its agrarian foundation, where the soil once dictated the movement of seasons and the prosperity of the local economy. The legacy of the railroad remains imprinted upon the character of the place, dictating the orientation of streets and the pace of daily commerce. Generations have worked these fields and navigated the transition from older agricultural patterns toward the modest, steady industry that sustains the residents today. Life in Estill moves with a measured, deliberate gravity, favoring the long conversation on a porch or the quiet observation of a train passing through. There is a persistent, understated endurance in the architecture and the people, a sense that the history of the region is not merely a record of the past, but a continuous, living presence that informs the way the sunlight strikes the pavement at the end of a working day.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Estill, South Carolina. Coordinates: 32.754891, -81.242047. 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 Estill includes the ZIP code (29918), telephone area code (843), county seat of Hampton County (Hampton), and school district assignment (Hampton 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |