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Ware Shoals South Carolina Map

Explore Ware Shoals, 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 Ware Shoals, South Carolina

How to Use This Ware Shoals, South Carolina Map

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

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	Ware Shoals
State	South Carolina (SC)
County	Greenwood County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	34.387806
Longitude	-82.24327
Population	1,701
Density	200.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	29692
Area Code	864
County Seat	Greenwood
School District	Greenwood School District 51

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About Ware Shoals, South Carolina

Ware Shoals is a locality in Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,701. The population density is 200.4 people per km². Ware Shoals is located at 34.3878°N, 82.2433°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Ware Shoals is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29692.

Ware Shoals anchors itself firmly against the persistent, rhythmic push of the Saluda River, which carves a deep, serpentine path through the red clay of the Piedmont. It lies 14.8 miles north-northwest of Greenwood, SC (from Greenwood, SC: bearing 341°T), and is situated 8.9 miles east-southeast of Honea Path. The landscape here is defined by a slow, deliberate gravity, where the humid air hangs heavy over dense woodlands and the Appalachian Mountains exist only as a faint, jagged suggestion of blue against the far northwestern horizon. Water defines the local geography, manifesting in the thunderous, white-knuckled drop of Great Falls, where the river narrows and forces its weight over the stone. At dusk, the light catches the suspended moisture near the riverbanks, turning the atmosphere into a bruised violet that settles over the quiet expanse of Young Park. Even the modest stillness of Knights Pond, tucked away in the surrounding woods, reflects a landscape that has long been shaped by the slow, unyielding movement of inland currents rather than the ephemeral moods of the coast.

Ware Shoals grew from the industrial ambition of the early twentieth century, rising as a singular entity built around the massive, brick-faced textile mills that once commanded the river’s power. These structures, now repurposed or weathered into silence, stand as monuments to a period when the hum of looms dictated the heartbeat of every household. The local economy has shifted away from the singular reliance on textile manufacturing, leaving behind a quietude that allows the history of the region—marked by the transition from agrarian roots to industrial might—to linger in the architecture of the older streets. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the Saluda River, where residents find a particular, grounded identity in the intersection of hard-wrought labor and the enduring, wild character of the surrounding timberland. This persistence of spirit remains the most notable feature of Ware Shoals, a place where the echoes of the mill whistle have faded into the constant, low-frequency roar of the water rushing over the falls.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ware Shoals Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 019° N
Young Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 312° NW
Cliff Pitts Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 032° NE
Culbertson’s Mill (Historic Ruins) — 5.5 mi, 068° E
Ekom Beach (Historic Ruins) — 5.6 mi, 068° E
Abbeville County Recreational Facility (Local Recreation) — 6.9 mi, 277° W
Rebecca At The Well (Public Artwork) — 7.2 mi, 168° S
Payne Institute Monument (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 168° S
Lake Rabon (Local Recreation) — 8.0 mi, 044° NE
Lesesne Auditorium (Theatre) — 9.3 mi, 246° SW
Honea Path Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 295° NW
Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 12.2 mi, 195° S · 375k acres
Josephine B. Abney Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 13.7 mi, 161° S
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 162° S
Revolutionary War Museum & Library (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 059° NE
Laurens County Museum (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 060° NE
Little River Park Stage (Theatre) — 15.4 mi, 060° NE
Gray Court Tract Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.1 mi, 031° NE
S.C. Tennis Hall of Fame (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 303° NW
Cherokee Museum (Museum) — 18.0 mi, 042° NE
Memorial A-60 Battle Tank (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 139° SE
Lake Greenwood State Park (State Park) — 20.0 mi, 131° SE
Diamond Hill Mine (Attraction) — 20.6 mi, 247° SW
Richard B. Russell Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 22.6 mi, 246° SW
Generator (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 289° W
Rosehill Museum (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 289° W
Studio Jarvis (Gallery) — 27.4 mi, 348° N
Richard B. Russell State Park (State Park) — 31.5 mi, 242° SW
Chattahoochee National Forest (National Forest) — 62.2 mi, 308° NW · 752k acres
Ellicott Rock Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 62.4 mi, 311° NW · 8,300 acres

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