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Wellford South Carolina Map

Explore Wellford, 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 Wellford, South Carolina

How to Use This Wellford, South Carolina Map

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

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

Latitude	34.959296
Longitude	-82.09179
Population	3,293
Density	302.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	29365, 29385, 29377
Area Code	864
County Seat	Spartanburg
School District	Spartanburg School District 5

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About Wellford, South Carolina

Wellford is a locality in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,293. The population density is 302.6 people per km². Wellford is located at 34.9593°N, 82.0918°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Wellford is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 29365, 29385, 29377.

Wellford occupies a quiet stretch of the South Carolina piedmont where the humid, heavy air of the afternoon often settles low against the red clay soil. It lies 6.9 miles east of Greer, SC (from Greer, SC: bearing 83°T), and is situated 9.8 miles west of Spartanburg. Jimmies Creek cuts a narrow, winding path through the landscape, its slow-moving current carving small, muddy banks that remain perpetually damp even during the heat of midsummer. To the distant northwest, the jagged silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the horizon, a hazy blue boundary that keeps the local climate tucked firmly against the rolling, wooded terrain. Residents often find respite a mile away at Memory Park, where the canopy of hardwoods provides a brief, cool shade, or they look toward the calm surface of Lake Cooley, which sits three miles out as a quiet, reflective basin amidst the thickets of pine and scrub oak.

Wellford traces its character to the steady, industrial hum of the upstate, where the legacy of textile mills and rail lines shaped the movement of goods and people long before the current distribution warehouses claimed the flat land. The economy remains tethered to this transit-heavy rhythm, with trucks moving constantly along the arteries that connect the local landscape to the wider regional grid. Life here maintains an uncomplicated pace, favoring the practical over the ornate, yet there is a distinct beauty in the way the twilight light catches the industrial metalwork of the local facilities, turning rusted corrugated iron into a dull, shimmering bronze. While Pelham Falls rushes over stone nine miles away, the daily existence in Wellford is defined more by the quiet persistence of the work week and the way the shadows lengthen across the gravel lots as the sun dips behind the distant ridges.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Memory Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 248° W
Florence Chappel High School (Historic Ruins) — 0.7 mi, 245° SW
Lyman Park (Local Recreation) — 1.9 mi, 250° W
Fort Prince Monument (Monument) — 2.5 mi, 075° E
District Five Fine Arts Center (Theatre) — 2.7 mi, 226° SW
Fairmont-Larkin Park (Local Recreation) — 3.1 mi, 150° SE
Hampton Massacre (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 264° W
Berlin Wall Monument (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 082° E
Tyger River Park (Local Park) — 5.8 mi, 185° S
Chicken Statue (Public Artwork) — 7.5 mi, 264° W
M106a1 (Attraction) — 7.6 mi, 255° W
Barnett Gallery (Gallery) — 7.8 mi, 260° W
Camp Highland ruins (Historic Ruins) — 8.0 mi, 274° W
Jerome Johnson Richardson Theatre (Theatre) — 8.9 mi, 091° E
Children's Museum of the Upstate - Spartanburg (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 094° E
Spartanburg Art Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 093° E
Ridge Gallery (Gallery) — 9.2 mi, 094° E
Chapman Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 9.2 mi, 093° E
Upstate Gallery on Main (Gallery) — 9.2 mi, 094° E
Spartanburg Science Center (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 093° E
Model Trains Station (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 256° W
Croft State Park (State Park) — 12.7 mi, 109° E
Paris Mountain State Park (State Park) — 15.7 mi, 262° W
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.7 mi, 323° NW
Capped Sulphur Springs (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 263° W
Green River Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 22.4 mi, 343° N
Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 28.7 mi, 139° SE · 375k acres
Pisgah National Forest (National Forest) — 44.8 mi, 348° N · 511k acres
Shining Rock Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 48.5 mi, 305° NW · 18k acres
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 70.1 mi, 313° NW · 521k acres

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