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Mount Carmel South Carolina Map

Explore Mount Carmel, 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 Mount Carmel, South Carolina

How to Use This Mount Carmel, South Carolina Map

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

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	Mount Carmel
State	South Carolina (SC)
County	McCormick County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	34.018453
Longitude	-82.504446
Population	156
Density	6.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	29840
Area Code	864
County Seat	McCormick
School District	McCormick County School District

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About Mount Carmel, South Carolina

Mount Carmel is a locality in McCormick County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 156. The population density is 6.6 people per km². Mount Carmel is located at 34.0185°N, 82.5044°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 29840.

Mount Carmel holds the quiet gravity of the piedmont, where the land settles into a series of long, rhythmic slopes draped in thickets of loblolly and oak. It lies 23.6 miles west-southwest of Greenwood, SC (from Greenwood, SC: bearing 237°T), and is situated 7.8 miles southeast of Calhoun Falls. Bell Creek snakes through the earth here, carving a shallow, persistent path toward the water, its dark flow reflecting the heavy, humid sky. The atmosphere in Mount Carmel is thick with the scent of pine needle and damp loam, particularly as the sun begins to dip, casting a bruised, violet light across the fields that stretch toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. To the west, the expansive reach of J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir creates a cooling influence on the air, drawing travelers toward its quiet, wooded margins where the horizon feels vast and untroubled.

History in Mount Carmel is etched into the very soil, a legacy of agricultural ambition that once saw cotton fields dominate the landscape before the slow reclamation of the Sumter National Forest began to soften the edges of human endeavor. The local economy relies on the slow, steady pulse of timber and the maintenance of the surrounding woodlands, where the silence is broken only by the sharp, rhythmic calls of birds and the occasional passage of a truck on a narrow road. Life moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, honoring the layers of the past while remaining anchored to the dense, green expanse of the Sumter National Forest that surrounds the locality. It is a place where the architecture of the nineteenth century lingers in weathered wood and brick, standing as a quiet witness to the generations who have worked this inland earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mount Carmel Ball Field (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 220° SW
Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 0.9 mi, 167° S · 375k acres
J. Strom Thurmond Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 2.1 mi, 253° W
J. Strom Thurmond Lake (Recreation Area) — 2.8 mi, 248° W
Calhoun Falls Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 302° NW
Bobby Brown Outdoor Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 5.1 mi, 231° SW
Fort James (Historic Castle / Fort) — 5.3 mi, 228° SW
Abbeville County Open Space 1 (Local Recreation) — 6.8 mi, 320° NW
Elbert County Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 288° W
New Bordeaux Monument (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 134° SE
Hickory Knob State Resort Park (State Park) — 9.5 mi, 153° SE
Bethlehem Methodist Church (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 287° W
Baker Creek State Park (State Park) — 11.4 mi, 141° SE
Elijah Clark Monument (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 153° SE
Abbeville Opera House (Theatre) — 13.2 mi, 033° NE
Diamond Hill Mine (Attraction) — 17.9 mi, 347° N
Old Rock House (Historic Ruins) — 19.4 mi, 078° E
109-002 (State Recreation Area) — 20.5 mi, 254° W
The Spirit Rock (Attraction) — 21.9 mi, 287° W
Elberton Granite Museum (Museum) — 22.1 mi, 288° W
Queen of Hearts (Public Artwork) — 22.6 mi, 017° N
Lesesne Auditorium (Theatre) — 22.6 mi, 016° N
Josephine B. Abney Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 23.1 mi, 057° NE
Washington-Wilkes Historical Museum (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 214° SW
Memorial A-60 Battle Tank (Attraction) — 29.7 mi, 069° E
Sunken Airplane (Historic Ruins) — 30.4 mi, 144° SE
Generator (Attraction) — 34.5 mi, 346° N
Rosehill Museum (Museum) — 34.6 mi, 345° N
S.C. Tennis Hall of Fame (Museum) — 34.8 mi, 001° N
Oconee National Forest (National Forest) — 43.6 mi, 234° SW · 116k acres

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