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Salem South Carolina Map

Explore Salem, 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 Salem, South Carolina

How to Use This Salem, South Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	34.887923
Longitude	-82.975224
Population	120
Density	50.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	29555, 29583, 29512, 29676
Area Code	843, 854, 864
County Seat	Walhalla
School District	Oconee County School District

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About Salem, South Carolina

Salem is a locality in Oconee County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 120. The population density is 50.6 people per km². Salem is located at 34.8879°N, 82.9752°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Salem is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 29555, 29583, 29512.

Salem emerges from the dense, humid embrace of the South Carolina piedmont as a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic pulse of Stamp Creek. It lies 16.3 miles north-northwest of Clemson, SC (from Clemson, SC: bearing 331°T), and is situated 10.0 miles north-northeast of Walhalla. The terrain here rises in verdant, uneven tiers toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which stand as a silent, monolithic boundary against the western sky. Moisture hangs heavy in the air, clinging to the thick canopy of hardwood forests that bleed into the expansive timberlands of the Sumter National Forest. Toward the horizon, the earth tilts downward into the shadowed, jagged folds of Rock Gorge, where the light at dusk turns a bruised, singular violet, casting long, melancholy fingers across the forest floor.

Salem maintains an economy tethered to the slow, deliberate work of the land and the quiet industry of the surrounding woods. Historical echoes of agrarian labor remain etched into the soil, though modern life here is dictated by the proximity of the water, particularly the vast, glassy expanse of Lake Keowee, which draws those seeking a reprieve from the stifling heat of the valley. Residents often turn their attention toward the rugged elevation of the Winding Stairs Trail, a path that demands a certain fortitude from any traveler who attempts its ascent. Life in Salem proceeds with a reserved, measured cadence, favoring the steady persistence of the seasons over the frantic velocity of the outside world, leaving the inhabitants to find their own meaning in the stillness of the deep, inland woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 3.3 mi, 342° N · 375k acres
Poe Creek State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 307° NW
Devils Fork State Park (State Park) — 4.3 mi, 023° NE
General Pickens Monument (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 264° W
Mile Creek Park (Local Park) — 5.0 mi, 120° SE
Keowee-Toxaway State Park (State Park) — 5.2 mi, 065° NE
Raven Rock (Viewpoint) — 6.2 mi, 055° NE
Jocassee Gorges (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 008° N
Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 312° NW
Hartwell Lake (Recreation Area) — 7.9 mi, 142° SE
Chattooga, North Carolina, South Carolina And Georgia Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 8.3 mi, 293° NW · 17k acres
Ellicott Rock Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 8.4 mi, 318° NW · 8,300 acres
Hartwell Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 8.4 mi, 142° SE
Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 8.4 mi, 293° NW · 752k acres
Oconee County Cage (Attraction) — 10.0 mi, 211° SW
Chattooga Town (Historic Ruins) — 11.3 mi, 278° W
Horsepasture, North Carolina Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 11.6 mi, 011° N · 1,400 acres
Twin Falls (Attraction) — 12.4 mi, 046° NE
Silver Run Falls (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 338° N
The Gauntlet (Theatre) — 14.0 mi, 175° S
The Twelve Mile Defense Bear (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 091° E
Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 091° E
Cobbs Bridge (Historic Ruins) — 16.3 mi, 224° SW
Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees (Public Artwork) — 16.4 mi, 152° SE
Carillon Bell (Monument) — 16.4 mi, 151° SE
Clemson Area African American Museum (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 148° SE
Brooks Recital Room (Theatre) — 16.7 mi, 152° SE
The Real American Tea Museum (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 059° NE
Fine Arts Center of Easley (Arts Centre) — 21.5 mi, 101° E
The AdventureDome @ PARI (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 015° N

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