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Sheldon South Carolina Map

Explore Sheldon, 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 Sheldon, South Carolina

How to Use This Sheldon, South Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	32.601572
Longitude	-80.793162
Population	579
Density	49.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	29940, 29941
Area Code	843
County Seat	Beaufort
School District	Beaufort County School District

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About Sheldon, South Carolina

Sheldon is a locality in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 579. The population density is 49.3 people per km². Sheldon is located at 32.6016°N, 80.7932°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 29940, 29941.

Sheldon rises from a landscape of flat, pine-studded plains where the heavy air of the interior stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Laurel Ridge. It lies 13.8 miles north-northwest of Beaufort, SC (from Beaufort, SC: bearing 329°T), and is situated 16.5 miles north-northwest of Port Royal. The earth here is dark and yielding, marked by the slow, deliberate movement of Huspa Creek as it carves a path through the dense undergrowth just a mile from the center of the settlement. Sunlight filters through the canopy in long, amber shafts that linger against the bark of ancient trees, casting shadows that seem to hold the stillness of the afternoon in their grip. To the south, the expansive, protected reaches of the Ernest F. Hollings Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge buffer the land, ensuring that the quiet, earthy pulse of the forest remains undisturbed by the encroachment of modern sprawl.

Sheldon carries a weight of generations in its soil, reflecting a history defined by the labor of the land and the persistence of those who worked the fields when the economy leaned heavily on the turn of the seasons. While the bustle of larger hubs remains a distant hum, the rhythm of life here is dictated by the cultivation of the earth and the maintenance of long-standing family holdings. Buckfield Pond provides a quiet, glassy point of orientation eight miles to the west, a place where the water mirrors the shifting gray and gold of the sky at dusk. The character of Sheldon remains rooted in this steady continuity, where the talk at the local crossroads concerns the yield of the harvest and the slow, inevitable changes in the weather, grounding the people in a reality that feels both solitary and deeply connected to the terrain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ernest F. Hollings Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.9 mi, 046° NE · 36k acres
Dale Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 123° SE
McLeod Farms (Local Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 162° S
Yemassee Junction (Public Artwork) — 6.7 mi, 332° NW
Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto (ACE) Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 7.4 mi, 103° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.0 mi, 157° SE
St. Helena Sound Heritage Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 8.7 mi, 105° E
Saint Helena Sound Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 105° E
Burton Wells Park (Local Park) — 11.3 mi, 176° S
Donnelley Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.3 mi, 062° NE
Thomas Heyward Jr. (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 211° SW
Pigeon Point Boat Landing (Viewpoint) — 12.6 mi, 145° SE
Elliott House Museum (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 149° SE
Thibault Gallery (Gallery) — 13.8 mi, 149° SE
Cannon (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 149° SE
Yellow Footprints (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 160° S
United States Marine Corp War Memorial (Monument) — 18.5 mi, 159° S
We Make Marines sign (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 159° S
Red Piano Too Art Gallery (Gallery) — 19.0 mi, 138° SE
Gullah 'n' Geechie Mahn Tours (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 140° SE
Colleton County Confederate Monument Walterboro South Carolina (Monument) — 22.0 mi, 019° N
Cinemark Theater (Cinema) — 23.0 mi, 198° S
Hunting Island State Park (State Park) — 23.9 mi, 130° SE
Savannah National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.6 mi, 228° SW · 94k acres
Georgia Salzburger Society Museum (Museum) — 27.4 mi, 236° SW
Edisto Island Serpentarium (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 30.1 mi, 096° E
Park Place Cinemas (Cinema) — 31.1 mi, 177° S
Art League of Hilton Head Academy (Arts Centre) — 31.6 mi, 177° S
VIVID Gallery (Gallery) — 32.5 mi, 181° S
Fort Pulaski National Monument (National Monument) — 38.2 mi, 198° S · 11k acres

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