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Fripp Island South Carolina Map

Explore Fripp Island, 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 Fripp Island, South Carolina

How to Use This Fripp Island, South Carolina Map

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

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	Fripp Island
State	South Carolina (SC)
County	Beaufort County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	32.327292
Longitude	-80.476028
Population	963
Density	114.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	29920
Area Code	843
County Seat	Beaufort
School District	Beaufort County School District

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About Fripp Island, South Carolina

Fripp Island is a locality in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 963. The population density is 114.0 people per km². Fripp Island is located at 32.3273°N, 80.4760°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 29920.

Fripp Island emerges from the salt-drenched horizon as a low-slung expanse of maritime forest and shifting dunes, governed by the rhythmic pulse of the tides. It lies 12.2 miles east-southeast of Port Royal, SC (from Port Royal, SC: bearing 111°T), and is situated 12.8 miles southeast of Beaufort. The air here carries a heavy, humid weight, smelling perpetually of brine and drying spartina grass, while the light at dusk bleeds a bruised violet across the canopy of live oaks. To the west, the winding path of Harbor River carves through the silt, and the elevated silhouette of Fiddlers Ridge provides a subtle, verdant anchor to the otherwise flat, water-bound geography. The Atlantic Ocean remains a constant, unseen presence, its muffled roar echoing across the interior as the winds shift, while the Old Island Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area serves as a quiet sanctuary where the boundary between land and water blurs into a singular, primordial state.

Fripp Island maintains a character defined by the slow, deliberate pace of the Lowcountry, where the economy is tethered to the seasonal migrations of visitors seeking the stillness of the coast. The legacy of the Gullah-Geechee culture permeates the surrounding region, leaving an imprint on the language, the culinary traditions, and the deep, abiding respect for the cycles of the natural world. Unlike the more frantic development found elsewhere, the life of Fripp Island remains largely isolated, a place where the primary industry is the stewardship of the shoreline and the preservation of a fragile, shifting terrain. History here is not recorded in marble or grand monuments, but in the erosion of the sand and the persistent, salt-pruned resilience of the flora that clings to the edge of the Atlantic Ocean.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Old Island Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 283° W
Two swings with marsh view (Viewpoint) — 0.7 mi, 234° SW
Golf Cart and Bicycle Rentals (Attraction) — 0.8 mi, 243° SW
Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto (ACE) Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 0.9 mi, 021° N
Fishing from Bonito Bridge (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 212° SW
Hunting Island State Park (State Park) — 1.3 mi, 021° N
Saint Helena Park / Wesley Felix (Local Park) — 6.3 mi, 312° NW
Gullah 'n' Geechie Mahn Tours (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 305° NW
Red Piano Too Art Gallery (Gallery) — 7.6 mi, 310° NW
Buddy and Zoo Landing (Local Recreation) — 7.6 mi, 267° W
Morgan Island (State Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 353° N
St. Helena Sound Heritage Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 11.6 mi, 003° N
We Make Marines sign (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 278° W
United States Marine Corp War Memorial (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 278° W
Thibault Gallery (Gallery) — 13.5 mi, 302° NW
Elliott House Museum (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 302° NW
Edisto Beach State Park (State Park) — 14.5 mi, 037° NE
Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.5 mi, 255° W · 7,086 acres
Neptune's Statue (Public Artwork) — 17.9 mi, 236° SW
Ernest F. Hollings Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.5 mi, 010° N · 36k acres
Edisto Island Serpentarium (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 19.6 mi, 036° NE
Coligny Theatre (Cinema) — 20.5 mi, 232° SW
Hilton Head Island (Monument) — 20.5 mi, 234° SW
Art League of Hilton Head Academy (Arts Centre) — 20.8 mi, 233° SW
Park Place Cinemas (Cinema) — 20.9 mi, 235° SW
Bache Monument (Monument) — 21.4 mi, 043° NE
VIVID Gallery (Gallery) — 23.3 mi, 235° SW
Kitchen Chimney (Historic Ruins) — 24.0 mi, 235° SW
Fort Pulaski National Monument (National Monument) — 31.2 mi, 229° SW · 11k acres
Francis Marion National Forest (National Forest) — 56.5 mi, 040° NE · 264k acres

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