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Great Falls South Carolina Map

Explore Great Falls, 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 Great Falls, South Carolina

How to Use This Great Falls, South Carolina Map

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

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	Great Falls
State	South Carolina (SC)
County	Chester County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	34.575145
Longitude	-80.902024
Population	1,951
Density	177.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	29055
Area Code	803, 839
County Seat	Chester
School District	Chester County School District

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About Great Falls, South Carolina

Great Falls is a locality in Chester County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,951. The population density is 177.7 people per km². Great Falls is located at 34.5751°N, 80.9020°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Great Falls is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29055.

Great Falls occupies a rugged expanse of the South Carolina piedmont where the earth rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells of clay and stubborn woodland. It lies 25.2 miles south-southeast of Rock Hill, SC (from Rock Hill, SC: bearing 164°T), and is situated 12.5 miles southwest of Lancaster. The air here holds a heavy, pressurized warmth during the summer months, a climate that encourages the thick, dark green canopy of the surrounding forests to press close against the edges of the infrastructure. Only a mile away, the Catawba River carves its channel through the landscape, surging toward the Great Falls of Catawba with a persistent, low-frequency roar that defines the acoustic character of the terrain. The nearby Great Falls Reservoir mirrors the shifting gray and silver of the clouds, providing a quiet, still contrast to the kinetic energy of the water moving downstream, while the David Lex Minors Recreation Complex offers a cleared space for the rhythms of daily life to unfold under the wide, unencumbered sky.

Great Falls emerged from the industrial promise of the textile era, its identity forged in the brick-and-mortar legacy of mills that once dictated the pulse of every working day. The economy of Great Falls has long been tethered to the power of the water, transitioning from the mechanical labor of the looms to a modern appreciation for the natural forces that initially drew settlers to these banks. Though fifteen miles to the west, Thorn Hill stands as a distant, hazy silhouette against the horizon, serving as a silent witness to the slow, deliberate pace of a locality defined by endurance rather than rapid expansion. Today, the residents navigate a landscape where the remnants of a manufacturing past are being reclaimed by the wild, creating a unique texture where the stark geometry of industrial architecture meets the persistent, encroaching vitality of the regional flora.

Nearby Outdoor Places

David Lex Minors Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 052° NE
Republic Ball field (Local Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 128° SE
Sunset Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 218° SW
Catawba River Wildlife Management Area - Heritage Tract (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 167° S
Catawba River Wildlife Management Area - McDowell Tract (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 150° SE
Mitford Mini Park (Local Park) — 3.6 mi, 220° SW
Lake Wateree State Park (State Park) — 9.6 mi, 169° S
Lancaster Law Enforcement Officers Memorial (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 037° NE
Lancaster County Confederate Monument (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 037° NE
Landsford Canal State Park (State Park) — 13.0 mi, 006° N
Hanging Rock (Attraction) — 13.7 mi, 093° E
Boy of the Waxhaws (Monument) — 19.1 mi, 016° N
Chester County Transportation Museum (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 298° NW
Battle of Wahab's Plantation (Registered Battlefield) — 21.3 mi, 022° N
Battle of Camden National Historic Landmark (Registered Battlefield) — 22.4 mi, 132° SE
Catawba Cultural Center (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 002° N
Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 24.5 mi, 248° W · 375k acres
Main Street Children's Museum (Museum) — 25.2 mi, 344° N
Freedom Rides (Public Artwork) — 25.3 mi, 344° N
Divine Custom Frame & Eight Legs Gallery (Gallery) — 25.8 mi, 021° N
Carhartt Mansion (Historic Ruins) — 27.8 mi, 353° N
Atlas Gym and Fitness Center (Attraction) — 28.1 mi, 144° SE
537 Gallery (Gallery) — 28.3 mi, 143° SE
Camden Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 28.7 mi, 143° SE
Shivar Springs Bottling Company Cisterns (Historic Ruins) — 30.1 mi, 259° W
Village Artists (Gallery) — 30.8 mi, 177° S
Theater (Theatre) — 31.4 mi, 021° N
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.0 mi, 098° E · 92k acres
Congaree National Park (National Park) — 50.7 mi, 175° S · 26k acres
Congaree National Park Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 50.9 mi, 177° S · 15k acres

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