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Olar South Carolina Map

Explore Olar, 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 Olar, South Carolina

How to Use This Olar, South Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	33.180434
Longitude	-81.185382
Population	215
Density	105.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	29843
Area Code	864
County Seat	Bamberg
School District	Bamberg County School District

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About Olar, South Carolina

Olar is a locality in Bamberg County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 215. The population density is 105.7 people per km². Olar is located at 33.1804°N, 81.1854°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Olar is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29843.

Olar possesses a quiet intensity, defined by the flat, expansive plains that stretch toward the horizon like a held breath. It lies 28.7 miles southwest of Orangeburg, SC (from Orangeburg, SC: bearing 222°T), and is situated 11.0 miles east-southeast of Barnwell. The soil here is a deep, fertile loam, occasionally punctuated by the dense, dark thickets that define the local woodland. Within the very center of the settlement, Hartzog Park serves as a modest clearing where the light of late afternoon settles in long, amber slats against the grass. Birds Branch flows sluggishly nearby, a thin ribbon of water that traces the edge of the landscape, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Clubhouse Ridge offers a faint, jagged reminder of the wider world far beyond these level fields.

Olar carries the weight of a long agricultural legacy, where the economy has turned for generations on the slow, rhythmic cultivation of crops that thrive in the humid, heavy air. History remains etched into the simple architecture of the crossroads, reflecting a past built on the labor of the earth and the resilience of those who stayed when others departed. While the distance to Ocean Pond and the quieter waters of Flat Pond provide a sense of space, the daily life of Olar remains anchored to the immediate work of the fields and the endurance of its people. Even the memory of the landscape, extending toward the distant Ernest Rand Memorial State Forest, reinforces a character defined by patience and the steady, unadorned passage of time.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hartzog Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 291° W
Bufords Bridge Boat Ramp (State Recreation Area) — 4.6 mi, 180° S
Ulmer Family Park (Local Recreation) — 5.8 mi, 193° S
Jim Harrison Gallery (Gallery) — 10.4 mi, 014° N
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 293° NW
Lake Edgar Brown (State Recreation Area) — 11.5 mi, 294° NW
Barnwell State Park (State Park) — 12.0 mi, 326° NW
Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Attraction) — 12.4 mi, 296° NW
Veteran's Park (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 296° NW
Blackville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 337° NW
Allendale County Museum (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 211° SW
Edisto-Springfield Gallery (Gallery) — 22.5 mi, 346° N
Cannon (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 009° N
Tuckahoe Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 25.3 mi, 220° SW
Savannah National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.7 mi, 224° SW · 94k acres
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monument (Monument) — 28.5 mi, 041° NE
South Carolina State University Planetarium (Museum) — 29.4 mi, 041° NE
Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 29.5 mi, 041° NE
Aiken State Park (State Park) — 29.9 mi, 327° NW
Colleton Museum (Museum) — 35.9 mi, 122° SE
Ernest F. Hollings Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.0 mi, 149° SE · 36k acres
Bisquecuts & Glazy (Arts Centre) — 38.9 mi, 308° NW
Yemassee Junction (Public Artwork) — 39.3 mi, 150° SE
Aiken Train Depot Museum (Museum) — 40.2 mi, 311° NW
Aiken Community Playhouse (Theatre) — 40.5 mi, 310° NW
Congaree National Park (National Park) — 46.0 mi, 026° NE · 26k acres
Congaree National Park Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 46.8 mi, 023° NE · 15k acres
Phinizy Swamp Nature Park (Attraction) — 47.4 mi, 288° W
Weston Lake Overlook (Viewpoint) — 49.1 mi, 025° NE
Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 56.6 mi, 299° NW · 375k acres

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