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Summerville South Carolina Map

Explore Summerville, 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 Summerville, South Carolina

How to Use This Summerville, South Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	33.002142
Longitude	-80.179589
Population	50,915
Density	997.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	29483, 39485, 29075, 29485
Area Code	803, 839, 864
County Seat	Columbia
School District	Dorchester School District 2

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About Summerville, South Carolina

Summerville is a locality in Richland County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of 50,915. The population density is 997.5 people per km². Summerville is located at 33.0021°N, 80.1796°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Summerville is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 29483, 39485, 29075.

Summerville emerges from the pine-scented floor of the inland plains as a place where the light filters through tall, needle-crowned trees to create a shifting, golden geometry upon the ground. It lies 11.2 miles northwest of Irmo, SC (from Irmo, SC: bearing 320°T), and is situated 6.6 miles north-northwest of Lake Murray of Richland. The air here holds a heavy, velvet stillness, interrupted only by the rhythmic rustle of needles or the distant, muffled sound of the wind moving across the landscape toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. Risters Creek traces a narrow, serpentine path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the deep, mossy greens of the surrounding woodland, while the quiet expanse of Parr Shoals Reservoir offers a glassy respite for the local heron and the occasional wanderer. At Derrick Park, the earth retains a quiet, untamed quality, a reminder of the quiet, expansive wildness that persists just beyond the reach of the paved streets and the encroaching shadows of the afternoon.

Summerville grew from the deliberate movement of inhabitants seeking the pine-filtered air of the higher inland elevation, a legacy of health-seeking travelers that remains etched into the town's deliberate, slow-turning pace. The local economy, once tied to the rhythms of timber and the seasonal yields of the fields, now balances between its inherited architecture and a modern persistence that honors the craft of the past. Stately homes with deep, shaded porches face the streets, their foundations settled into the soft, nutrient-rich soil that defines this slice of the interior. The atmosphere remains defined by the persistent, quiet endurance of its people, a culture that values the slow maturation of a summer evening and the enduring strength of the pines that have stood witness to the shifting decades of growth and change.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sawmill Branch Trail 2 (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 342° N
Summerville Little League Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 088° E
Jerry Blackwell Sports Complex at Gahagan Park (Local Recreation) — 0.7 mi, 052° NE
Azalea Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 007° N
World's Largest Sweet Tea (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 008° N
Art Mobile (Public Artwork) — 1.2 mi, 007° N
Ashley River Heritage Canoe Trail (Marine Protected Area) — 3.2 mi, 188° S
Art on the Square Gallery (Gallery) — 3.5 mi, 040° NE
Saint George Church Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 3.7 mi, 172° S
Tabby Fort (Historic Ruins) — 3.8 mi, 172° S
Summers Corner Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 6.0 mi, 235° SW
Ancestral Feline Memorial Garden (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 223° SW
Broom Hall Plantation (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 090° E
Early Indian Trading Paths / The Goose Creek Men (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 078° E
Givhans Ferry State Park (State Park) — 10.3 mi, 280° W
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens (Attraction) — 10.4 mi, 148° SE
North Charleston Fire Museum (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 134° SE
Utilities Substation (No Parking) (Viewpoint) — 14.7 mi, 144° SE
H. L. Hunley Submarine (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 128° SE
Berkeley Museum (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 042° NE
Francis Marion National Forest (National Forest) — 17.9 mi, 062° NE · 264k acres
The Citadel Daniel Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 138° SE
Charleston Apple Museum (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 134° SE
Drummond Studio Gallery (Gallery) — 19.9 mi, 135° SE
PURE Theatre (Theatre) — 19.9 mi, 138° SE
Ernest F. Hollings Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.5 mi, 205° SW · 36k acres
Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.7 mi, 097° E · 132k acres
Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 31.2 mi, 105° E · 30k acres

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