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Lamar South Carolina Map

Explore Lamar, 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 Lamar, South Carolina

How to Use This Lamar, South Carolina Map

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

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	Lamar
State	South Carolina (SC)
County	Darlington County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	34.168766
Longitude	-80.062568
Population	862
Density	271.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	29069
Area Code	803, 839
County Seat	Darlington
School District	Darlington County School District

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About Lamar, South Carolina

Lamar is a locality in Darlington County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 862. The population density is 271.7 people per km². Lamar is located at 34.1688°N, 80.0626°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Lamar is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29069.

Lamar emerges from the flat, heavy earth of the South Carolina interior, a place defined by the quiet persistence of pine stands and the deep, dark loam of agricultural fields. It lies 17.2 miles west of Florence, SC (from Florence, SC: bearing 264°T), and is situated 7.4 miles west-northwest of Timmonsville. Sunlight here possesses a particular weight, pressing down on the wide, straight roads that cut through the landscape, illuminating the subtle transitions between cultivated rows and the tangled, humid thickets of Newman Swamp just a mile away. The horizon remains largely uninterrupted, save for the distant, hazy suggestion of the Sand Hills rising thirty-four miles to the northwest, acting as a faint, muted anchor against the expanse of the sky. Nearby, the stillness of Boyds Pond offers a reflective pause in the terrain, its surface often undisturbed by anything more than the passage of a dragonfly or the shifting shadows of the afternoon.

Lamar carries the quiet gravity of a place built upon the labor of the soil, where the economy has long been tethered to the cycles of harvest and the patient rhythm of rural commerce. The social pulse of the area finds a distinct focal point at Lamar Youth Football, where the local spirit gathers on autumn evenings to mark the passage of time through the cadence of the game. History here is not displayed in grand monuments, but rather in the architecture of everyday life and the enduring connections between families who have worked this land for generations. Even ten miles away, the singular depression of Bees Wax Bay remains a silent, topographical curiosity, a reminder that the land is shaped by ancient, invisible forces that continue to dictate the character of the soil and the temperament of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lamar Youth Football (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 178° S
Lamar Dixie Fields (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 056° NE
Lee State Park (State Park) — 6.5 mi, 295° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 6.9 mi, 106° E
Lynchburg Savanna Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 205° SW
Longleaf Pine Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.5 mi, 191° S
Darlington International Speedway (Attraction) — 12.4 mi, 046° NE
Josh Berry Playoff Hopes Memorial (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 046° NE
Cinema Twin (Cinema) — 14.2 mi, 357° N
Center Theatre (Theatre) — 14.3 mi, 357° N
Darlington Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 049° NE
Hartsville Museum (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 357° N
Woods Bay State Park (State Park) — 15.0 mi, 166° S
Harllee Natural History Museum (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 084° E
Liberty Garden (Monument) — 16.4 mi, 086° E
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 16.6 mi, 086° E
Addie's Baby Paint & Sip Studio (Gallery) — 16.8 mi, 083° E
Dr. Roswell Nathaniel Beck (Public Artwork) — 16.9 mi, 083° E
Julia 4 (Cinema) — 17.0 mi, 088° E
Steven F. Gately Gallery (Gallery) — 17.1 mi, 083° E
Sumter County Museum (Museum) — 23.4 mi, 224° SW
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.1 mi, 347° N · 92k acres
Camden Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 31.2 mi, 280° W
537 Gallery (Gallery) — 31.5 mi, 280° W
Atlas Gym and Fitness Center (Attraction) — 31.9 mi, 280° W
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 32.0 mi, 341° N
Congaree National Park (National Park) — 41.4 mi, 228° SW · 26k acres
Congaree National Park Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 44.6 mi, 234° SW · 15k acres
Santee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.6 mi, 195° S · 9,063 acres
Francis Marion National Forest (National Forest) — 53.1 mi, 170° S · 264k acres

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