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Fair Play South Carolina Map

Explore Fair Play, 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 Fair Play, South Carolina

How to Use This Fair Play, South Carolina Map

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

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	Fair Play
State	South Carolina (SC)
County	Oconee County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	34.511213
Longitude	-82.985425
Population	704
Density	40.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	29643
Area Code	864
County Seat	Walhalla
School District	Oconee County School District

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About Fair Play, South Carolina

Fair Play is a locality in Oconee County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 704. The population density is 40.2 people per km². Fair Play is located at 34.5112°N, 82.9854°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 29643.

Fair Play emerges from the red clay of the upstate piedmont as a quiet expanse where the horizon is defined by the heavy, green haze of distant Appalachian Mountains. It lies 14.6 miles southwest of Clemson, SC (from Clemson, SC: bearing 215°T), and is situated 5.7 miles northwest of Reed Creek. The land here slopes with a deliberate grace toward Cleveland Creek, its waters carving through the soil to feed the expansive, still reaches of Hartwell Lake. In the humid afternoons, the light catches the dust rising from unpaved shoulders, turning the air into a golden, suspended medium that softens the sharp edges of the hardwoods. Visitors often pause at the Hartwell Recreation Area to watch the sun dip below the tree line, where the shadows stretch long and thin across the meadows, grounding the landscape in a stillness that feels both ancient and immediate.

Fair Play holds a history anchored in the agricultural persistence of the South, where the cycles of planting and harvest have long dictated the pulse of the local economy. Though the modern world has brought transit corridors that hum with the steady drone of distant engines, the rhythm of Fair Play remains tied to the land and the quiet industry of those who maintain its fences and fields. The legacy of the region lingers in the way the architecture clings to the earth, functional and unadorned, reflecting a character forged by generations of labor in the heat of the summer sun. Even as the pace of life shifts, the connection to the water at Hartwell Lake and the surrounding forests provides a constant, quiet anchor for the people who call this place home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hartwell Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 1.1 mi, 175° S
Hartwell Lake (Recreation Area) — 1.2 mi, 174° S
Lake Hartwell State Park (State Park) — 2.6 mi, 237° SW
Old Reed Creek Church Cemetery (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 141° SE
Tugaloo State Park (State Park) — 4.1 mi, 259° W
Clemson University Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 7.3 mi, 047° NE
Fant's Grove Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 040° NE
Hart Outdoor Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 9.8 mi, 154° SE
Teasley Holland House (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 166° S
Hartwell Railroad Car (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 166° S
The Gauntlet (Theatre) — 12.2 mi, 009° N
Keowee Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 026° NE
Outdoor stage and theatre seating (Theatre) — 12.6 mi, 162° S
Paper Airplane (Public Artwork) — 14.0 mi, 037° NE
Howard's Rock (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 035° NE
Clemson Area African American Museum (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 038° NE
Travelers Rest (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 295° NW
Ed Bryant Stadium (Stadium) — 16.3 mi, 231° SW
Ty Cobb Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 206° SW
Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 17.8 mi, 327° NW · 375k acres
Cobbs Bridge (Historic Ruins) — 18.0 mi, 323° NW
Oconee County Cage (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 345° N
Rosehill Museum (Museum) — 18.6 mi, 092° E
Generator (Attraction) — 19.2 mi, 091° E
Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 19.5 mi, 295° NW · 752k acres
Currahee Military Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 283° W
Broad River Outpost (Attraction) — 24.6 mi, 202° S
Chattooga, North Carolina, South Carolina And Georgia Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 25.4 mi, 312° NW · 17k acres
Upper Falls view (Viewpoint) — 25.6 mi, 297° NW
Ellicott Rock Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 32.5 mi, 351° N · 8,300 acres

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