Explore Five Forks, 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 Five Forks, 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 Five Forks.
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 | Five Forks |
| State | South Carolina (SC) |
| County | Pickens County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 34.809889 |
| Longitude | -82.22291 |
| Population | 17,737 |
| Density | 904.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 29512, 29670, 29657, 29681 |
| Area Code | 864 |
| County Seat | Pickens |
| School District | Greenville County School District |
Five Forks maintains a quiet, persistent gravity amidst the rolling landscape of the South Carolina piedmont. It lies 5.4 miles southwest of Easley, SC (from Easley, SC: bearing 215°T), and is situated 9.4 miles west of Powdersville. The terrain here is defined by red clay earth and the dense, encroaching greenery of upland woodlands that seem to hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun begins its descent. To the west, the silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains provide a jagged, distant boundary against the sky, while the immediate surroundings are softened by the presence of Eighteenmile Creek, which cuts a narrow, winding path through the soil. The atmosphere remains heavy with the scent of pine and damp earth, particularly near the quiet edges of Hamby Pond, where the water often reflects the stillness of a sky undisturbed by the frantic pace of larger hubs.
Progress in Five Forks is measured by the steady rhythm of local commerce and the gradual expansion of residential space that has reclaimed what was once strictly agrarian land. While the area retains the echoes of its past through the legacy of small-scale farming, the economy has shifted toward a blend of suburban services and light industry that supports the neighboring academic and professional corridors. Residents often seek a reprieve at Morris Park, a space that preserves a portion of the natural woodland for public quietude. Life here moves with a deliberate, unassuming grace, where the primary distinction of Five Forks lies not in grand monuments, but in the way the light catches the dust on a country road at dusk, suggesting a place that is content to simply exist in the quiet intervals between the demands of the modern world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Five Forks, South Carolina. Coordinates: 34.809889, -82.22291. 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 Five Forks includes the ZIP code (29512, 29670, 29657), telephone area code (864), county seat of Pickens County (Pickens), and school district assignment (Greenville 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. |