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Folly Beach South Carolina Map

Explore Folly Beach, 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 Folly Beach, South Carolina

How to Use This Folly Beach, South Carolina Map

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

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	Folly Beach
State	South Carolina (SC)
County	Charleston County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	32.669283
Longitude	-79.960577
Population	2,078
Density	64.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	29439
Area Code	864
County Seat	Charleston
School District	Charleston County School District

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About Folly Beach, South Carolina

Folly Beach is a locality in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,078. The population density is 64.1 people per km². Folly Beach is located at 32.6693°N, 79.9606°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Folly Beach is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29439.

Folly Beach unfurls as a sun-bleached ribbon of sand and salt-scrubbed timber, defined entirely by its intimate proximity to the Atlantic Ocean. It lies 5.0 miles south of James Island, SC (from James Island, SC: bearing 175°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south of Charleston. The landscape is a flat, shifting mosaic of dunes and tidal salt marshes, where the air hangs heavy with the scent of brine and decaying spartina grass. At the edge of the water, the Folly Beach Edwin S. Taylor Fishing Pier extends like a wooden finger into the surf, serving as a silent sentinel over the rhythmic churn of the tide. Inland, the salt-stunted maritime forest gives way to the winding, brackish veins of Cole Creek, which snakes through the muddy fringes of Folly Island. When the light dips low, the horizon blurs into a bruised violet, casting long, melancholic shadows across the beach that seem to stretch toward the distant, unseen silhouette of Windsor Hills.

Folly Beach maintains a defiant, bohemian spirit, shaped by a history of maritime isolation and a local economy that thrives on the cyclical migration of sun-seekers and surf culture. Far from the polished, manicured order of the nearby Holy City, the pace here is dictated by the swell of the Atlantic Ocean and the seasonal fluctuations of the humid coast. The island’s character remains deeply tethered to the Gullah-Geechee heritage that permeates the surrounding Lowcountry, a subtle influence that persists in the slow, deliberate manners of the long-term residents. While modern commerce has claimed much of the beachfront, the core of Folly Beach remains defined by its weathered facades and the casual, unpretentious commerce of surf shops and seafood shacks. Even as the modern world encroaches, the quiet gravity of the environment persists, grounding the daily life of the island in the eternal, restless motion of the sea.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mosquito Beach (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 002° N
Folly River Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 125° SE
Folly Boat (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 353° N
Folly Beach Edwin S. Taylor Fishing Pier (Local Recreation) — 1.5 mi, 130° SE
Folly Beach County Park (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 184° S
Bird Key Stono Heritage Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 2.9 mi, 207° SW
Bird Key-Stono Seabird Sanctuary (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 207° SW
Dill Tract (Local Recreation) — 3.2 mi, 352° N
Lighthouse Inlet Heritage Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 079° E
McLeod Plantation Historic Site (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 353° N
Approximate location of Battery or Fort Wagner (Registered Battlefield) — 6.6 mi, 048° NE
Terrace Theater (Cinema) — 6.7 mi, 347° N
First Shot of the War of Secession (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 033° NE
13-inch Mortar (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 014° N
The Little Dancer (Public Artwork) — 7.1 mi, 014° N
World War I Howitzer (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 014° N
The Fake (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 015° N
The Brooke Rifle (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 015° N
Fort Sumter National Monument (Marine Protected Area) — 7.2 mi, 036° NE
The Williams Mansion (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 014° N
Nathaniel Russell House Museum (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 013° N
Heyward-Washington House (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 014° N
The Parapet (Historic Ruins) — 7.6 mi, 015° N
Mary Martin Gallery (Gallery) — 7.6 mi, 012° N
Postal Museum (Museum) — 7.6 mi, 013° N
Dog & Horse Fine Art (Gallery) — 7.6 mi, 014° N
Francis Marion National Forest (National Forest) — 19.9 mi, 023° NE · 264k acres
Ernest F. Hollings Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.9 mi, 276° W · 36k acres
Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.1 mi, 049° NE · 132k acres
Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 23.1 mi, 049° NE · 30k acres

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