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Gilbert South Carolina Map

Explore Gilbert, 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 Gilbert, South Carolina

How to Use This Gilbert, South Carolina Map

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

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.

CityGilbert
StateSouth Carolina (SC)
CountyLexington County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude33.924312
Longitude-81.393713
Population571
Density81.4 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code29054
Area Code803, 839
County SeatLexington
School DistrictLexington School District 1

About Gilbert, South Carolina

Gilbert is a locality in Lexington County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 571. The population density is 81.4 people per km². Gilbert is located at 33.9243°N, 81.3937°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Gilbert is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29054.

Gilbert spreads across the South Carolina interior like a quiet promise held in the palm of a hand, defined by the steady, unpretentious rise of red-clay earth and the deep, verdant shadows of pine woods. It lies 8.9 miles west of Red Bank, SC (from Red Bank, SC: bearing 267°T), and is situated 9.9 miles west-southwest of Lexington. The horizon remains flat and expansive, save for the faint, hazy suggestion of Mullers Barn Ridge tracing the distant sky thirty-one miles away. Moisture clings to the air, pulling a heavy, sweet scent of damp earth and pine resin from the ground, especially when the afternoon heat yields to the long, violet shadows of dusk. Nearby, the slow, rhythmic pulse of Twelvemile Creek draws a boundary through the landscape, while the still, reflective surface of Taylor Millpond offers a mirror to the passing clouds and the occasional heron.

Gilbert grew from the steady labor of those who cleared this land to nurture row crops and orchards, establishing a bedrock of agricultural resilience that continues to inform the pace of life today. The economy remains tethered to the soil and the industrious spirit of residents who value the tangible over the fleeting, a sentiment clearly visible in the well-tended grounds of Gilbert Town Park. Here, the legacy of local enterprise merges with the quietude of a place that prefers the hum of a tractor to the roar of a highway. Autumn brings a particular clarity to the light, turning the fields into a mosaic of rusted gold and amber, while the community gathers with a sense of purpose that feels as enduring as the stubborn, sun-warmed clay beneath their feet.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Gilbert Town Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 170° S
  • Gilbert-Summit Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 258° W
  • Gilbert Soccer and Softball Complex (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 242° SW
  • Silo 1 (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 038° NE
  • Silo 2 (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 038° NE
  • Lexington County Confederate Monument (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 067° NE
  • Village Square Theatre (Theatre) — 9.9 mi, 063° NE
  • Dreher Island State Park (State Park) — 10.4 mi, 357° N
  • The Big Mo (Cinema) — 12.8 mi, 247° SW
  • Portrait Hill Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 18.3 mi, 022° N
  • Elephant Statue (Public Artwork) — 19.4 mi, 072° E
  • Harbison Bluff (Viewpoint) — 20.0 mi, 055° NE
  • Wilkes Gallery of Art (Gallery) — 20.7 mi, 075° E
  • Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 29.9 mi, 349° N · 375k acres
  • Congaree National Park (National Park) — 30.9 mi, 103° E · 26k acres

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About This Gilbert Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gilbert, South Carolina. Coordinates: 33.924312, -81.393713. 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 Gilbert includes the ZIP code (29054), telephone area code (803, 839), county seat of Lexington County (Lexington), and school district assignment (Lexington School District 1).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.