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Kiawah Island South Carolina Map

Explore Kiawah 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 Kiawah Island, South Carolina

How to Use This Kiawah Island, South Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Kiawah 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 Kiawah 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	Kiawah Island
State	South Carolina (SC)
County	Charleston County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	32.616442
Longitude	-80.060594
Population	2,013
Density	69.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	29455
Area Code	864
County Seat	Charleston
School District	Charleston County School District

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About Kiawah Island, South Carolina

Kiawah Island is a locality in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,013. The population density is 69.6 people per km². Kiawah Island is located at 32.6164°N, 80.0606°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Kiawah Island is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29455.

Kiawah Island emerges from the Atlantic Ocean as a low-slung crescent of maritime forest and salt-bleached dune, defined by the relentless pulse of the tides against its sandy perimeter. It lies 11.4 miles southwest of James Island, SC (from James Island, SC: bearing 224°T), and is situated 5.4 miles east-northeast of Seabrook Island. The landscape is a study in shifting textures, where the dark, tangled veins of palmetto and live oak give way to the expansive, shimmering openness of the salt marsh, a verdant basin that breathes with the rise and fall of the Kiawah River. On the distant horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of Fiddlers Ridge serves as a silent terrestrial anchor to the west, though the primary gravity here remains the sea, which casts a pale, iridescent light across the shore at dusk, turning the surf into a thin ribbon of hammered silver.

Historical layers of colonial tenure and agrarian labor have long since receded into the wilder ambition of the island, which now functions as a deliberate sanctuary where the economy of leisure hums beneath the canopy. The proximity of Johns Island County Park / Mullet Hall Equestrian Center preserves a vital connection to the land’s equestrian heritage, offering a counterpoint to the modern, carefully curated pace of life that defines Kiawah Island. While the quietude is occasionally broken by the rustle of a white-tailed deer or the distant cry of an osprey, the atmosphere remains grounded in its coastal isolation, miles removed from the inland bustle of Church Flats or the stillness of Greenway Plantation Pond. It is a place where the air hangs heavy with the scent of brine and pine needles, anchoring its inhabitants in a rhythm dictated not by the clock, but by the slow, inevitable transformation of the shoreline.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Johns Island County Park / Mullet Hall Equestrian Center (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 300° NW
Heron Park Nature Center (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 2.6 mi, 245° SW
Bird Key Stono Heritage Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 4.1 mi, 078° E
Bird Key-Stono Seabird Sanctuary (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 078° E
Folly Beach County Park (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 072° E
Angel Oak (Attraction) — 7.0 mi, 351° N
Charleston Tea Garden (Attraction) — 7.3 mi, 271° W
Mosquito Beach (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 051° NE
Folly Boat (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 047° NE
Deveaux Bank Heritage Preserve (State Resource Management Area) — 7.9 mi, 232° SW
Botany Bay Plantation Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.9 mi, 250° W
Bache Monument (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 246° SW
Terrace Theater (Cinema) — 11.0 mi, 023° NE
McLeod Plantation Historic Site (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 027° NE
Coburg Cow (Public Artwork) — 12.2 mi, 020° N
Charleston Yacht Tours (Attraction) — 12.4 mi, 027° NE
World War I Howitzer (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 035° NE
The Williams Mansion (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 035° NE
Nathaniel Russell House Museum (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 035° NE
Mary Martin Gallery (Gallery) — 13.3 mi, 034° NE
Postal Museum (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 034° NE
Edisto Island Serpentarium (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 13.4 mi, 252° W
Heyward-Washington House (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 035° NE
Simpatico Gallery (Gallery) — 13.4 mi, 034° NE
Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto (ACE) Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 13.5 mi, 253° W
Edisto Beach State Park (State Park) — 14.4 mi, 242° SW
Ernest F. Hollings Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.6 mi, 276° W · 36k acres
Francis Marion National Forest (National Forest) — 25.9 mi, 030° NE · 264k acres
Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.9 mi, 051° NE · 132k acres
Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 29.9 mi, 051° NE · 30k acres

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