Pinewood South Carolina Map

About Pinewood, South Carolina

Pinewood is a locality in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 503. The population density is 181.3 people per km². Pinewood is located at 33.7396°N, 80.4620°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Pinewood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 29526, 29906, 29061.

Pinewood emerges from the low, humid expanse of the South Carolina landscape as a quiet confluence of pine-shadowed earth and tidal influence. It lies 6.4 miles west-northwest of Beaufort, SC (from Beaufort, SC: bearing 290°T), and is situated 7.4 miles northwest of Port Royal. The horizon remains stubbornly flat, save for the distant silhouette of Indigo Ridge, which serves as a hazy violet anchor against the pale sky. Salt Creek braids through the dense undergrowth only two miles away, its brackish waters pulling at the edges of the land with the patient, rhythmic pulse of the tides. Nearby, the stillness of River Pond mirrors the heavy, golden light of late afternoon, while the verdant expanse of Burton Wells Park provides a sanctuary for the native flora that thrives in this moisture-rich soil. Beyond the immediate tree line, the terrain gradually gives way to the low-lying basin of Warsaw Flats, where the air hangs thick and sweet with the scent of damp loam and salt air drifting in from the coastline sixteen miles to the east.

Pinewood carries the weight of a long, layered history, where the legacies of agricultural labor and the enduring Gullah-Geechee cultural threads remain visible in the texture of daily life. The local economy has shifted away from the intensive harvests of the past, yet the connection to the land persists through small-scale commerce and the careful stewardship of the surrounding woods. Life here maintains a deliberate pace, dictated by the turning of the tides and the shifting seasons rather than the demands of the modern clock. Residents often find themselves drawn toward Corn Island, a small, quiet sentinel in the nearby waters that seems to hold the quietude of the region in stasis. Whether observing the way the gray moss drapes over the oaks or listening to the distant, rhythmic wash of Factory Creek, those who inhabit Pinewood recognize that their existence is defined by this specific, singular geography—a place where the land and the water are in constant, slow conversation.

About This Pinewood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pinewood, South Carolina. Coordinates: 33.739585, -80.462016. 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 Pinewood includes the ZIP code (29526, 29906, 29061), telephone area code (803, 839), county seat of Beaufort County (Beaufort), and school district assignment (Sumter County Consolidated School District).

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.