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Fairforest South Carolina Map

Explore Fairforest, 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 Fairforest, South Carolina

How to Use This Fairforest, South Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	34.94714
Longitude	-82.018174
Population	1,646
Density	303.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	29646, 29301
Area Code	864
County Seat	Spartanburg
School District	Spartanburg School District 6

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About Fairforest, South Carolina

Fairforest is a locality in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,646. The population density is 303.8 people per km². Fairforest is located at 34.9471°N, 82.0182°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 29646, 29301.

Fairforest emerges from the red clay of the South Carolina piedmont, where the earth holds a deep, rusted hue and the horizon lifts toward the distant, hazy blue of the Appalachian Mountains. It lies 4.4 miles west of Spartanburg, SC (from Spartanburg, SC: bearing 276°T), and is situated 6.4 miles south-southwest of Boiling Springs. Fairforest Creek carves a quiet, meandering path through the landscape, its banks shaded by thickets of loblolly pine and hardwoods that catch the slanted, amber light of the late afternoon. Two miles away, the surface of Wessons Lake remains a polished mirror for the sky, undisturbed by the rush of modern transit, while the nearby grounds of The Salvation Army Century Of Service Park offer a quiet expanse of green where the air feels heavy with the scent of damp soil and drying leaves.

Industry and agriculture have long shaped the character of Fairforest, moving from the steady labor of the fields to the mechanical hum of local commerce that defines its daily pulse. The history of the region is written in the stubborn endurance of its farmsteads and the slow, deliberate pace of its residents, who navigate the transitions of the seasons with a practiced familiarity. Whether one is watching the shadow of a hawk track across a fallow field or noting the way the evening temperature drops sharply against the skin, the environment commands a particular kind of attention. Life here proceeds without fanfare, grounded in the rhythms of an inland geography that values the weight of the land and the quiet persistence of its people.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Berlin Wall Monument (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 039° NE
Fort Prince Monument (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 311° NW
The Salvation Army Century Of Service Park (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 069° E
Fairgrounds Basketball Courts (Local Recreation) — 3.6 mi, 074° E
Cleveland Park (Local Recreation) — 3.9 mi, 072° E
Spartanburg World War I Memorial (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 119° SE
Journeys of the Imagination (Public Artwork) — 4.0 mi, 120° SE
Children's Museum of the Upstate - Spartanburg (Museum) — 4.8 mi, 088° E
Jerome Johnson Richardson Theatre (Theatre) — 4.8 mi, 081° E
Florence Chappel High School (Historic Ruins) — 4.9 mi, 276° W
Ridge Gallery (Gallery) — 5.0 mi, 088° E
Spartanburg Art Museum (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 086° E
Spartanburg Little Theatre (Theatre) — 5.0 mi, 085° E
Upstate Gallery on Main (Gallery) — 5.0 mi, 088° E
Chapman Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 5.0 mi, 085° E
Spartanburg Science Center (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 085° E
Studio LB (Gallery) — 5.1 mi, 087° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 084° E
Croft State Park (State Park) — 8.5 mi, 114° SE
M106a1 (Attraction) — 11.6 mi, 265° W
Camp Highland ruins (Historic Ruins) — 12.2 mi, 277° W
Model Trains Station (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 263° W
Paris Mountain State Park (State Park) — 19.7 mi, 266° W
Capped Sulphur Springs (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 267° W
Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 25.5 mi, 145° SE · 375k acres
Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 46.7 mi, 343° N · 511k acres
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 73.8 mi, 312° NW · 521k acres

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