Explore Green Sea, 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 Green Sea, 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 Green Sea.
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 | Green Sea |
| State | South Carolina (SC) |
| County | Horry County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 34.12628 |
| Longitude | -78.975586 |
| Population | 105 |
| Density | 23.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 29545 |
| Area Code | 843, 854 |
| County Seat | Conway |
| School District | Horry County School District |
Green Sea unfolds across a flat, expansive plain where the heavy, humid air clings to the pine needles and the dark, tannin-stained waters of the Iron Springs Swamp carve a silent path through the undergrowth. It lies 20.5 miles north-northeast of Conway, SC (from Conway, SC: bearing 12°T), and is situated 5.9 miles west-southwest of Tabor City. This landscape is defined by its quiet endurance, where the horizon remains unbroken by the jagged silhouettes of the Bear Sand Ridges that loom far to the west, barely visible as a faint, hazy bruise against the sky. Three miles away, the quiet grounds of Green Sea Floyds Park offer a sanctuary of loblolly and longleaf, providing a stillness that mirrors the slow, deliberate pulse of the surrounding woodlands. When the light of late afternoon filters through the canopy, the shadows stretch long and thin, coloring the damp earth in shades of deep umber and moss, while the distant, placid surface of Buffkin Pond waits six miles away, reflecting the stillness of an unchanging sky.
Agriculture has long dictated the rhythm of Green Sea, with rows of tobacco and timber forming the economic backbone of a community that measures time by the harvest rather than the clock. The legacy of the land is preserved in the patient labor of those who work the soil, a practice that has persisted through generations without the need for grand monuments or bustling industry. Life here maintains a steady, internal cadence, far removed from the frantic commerce of more populous centers, favoring the reliability of the seasonal cycle over the volatility of modern expansion. Local identity is forged in the quiet persistence of these rural traditions, where the scent of rain on dry silt and the occasional rustle of wildlife from the nearby swamp define the sensory experience of a place that remains firmly rooted in its own geography.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Green Sea, South Carolina. Coordinates: 34.12628, -78.975586. 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 Green Sea includes the ZIP code (29545), telephone area code (843, 854), county seat of Horry County (Conway), and school district assignment (Horry 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. |