Explore Westminster, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Westminster, 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 Westminster.
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 | Westminster |
| State | South Carolina (SC) |
| County | Oconee County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 34.66482 |
| Longitude | -83.096542 |
| Population | 2,353 |
| Density | 263.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 29693 |
| Area Code | 864 |
| County Seat | Walhalla |
| School District | Oconee County School District |
Westminster occupies a quiet expanse of the South Carolina piedmont, where the land settles into a series of clay-rich folds and wooded ridges that rise toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. It lies 14.8 miles west of Clemson, SC (from Clemson, SC: bearing 265°T), and is situated 8.3 miles west of Seneca. The air here holds a distinct stillness, particularly at dusk when the light turns a soft, bruised violet and settles over the hardwoods that crowd the banks of Choestoea Creek. Residents find a familiar sanctuary in the greenery of Westminster City Park, a space that serves as a communal anchor amidst the broader, quiet geography of the upstate. Only a short distance away, the quiet surface of Coneross Watershed 9-A Reservoir reflects the wide, open sky, providing a calm counterpoint to the more rugged terrain that defines the region’s northern reaches.
Westminster emerged from the expansion of rail lines that once dictated the pulse of local commerce, drawing strength from the intersection of industry and the agrarian rhythms of the soil. While the steam engines have long since quieted, the legacy of that era remains in the deliberate, steady pace of the streets and the enduring reliance on the land. Life here is measured by the changing seasons and the occasional excursion to see the water cascade over the rocks at Isaqueena Falls, a site that reminds those who live here of the raw, tectonic vitality hidden just beyond the immediate horizon. The economy, once rooted in the turn-of-the-century textile trade, now reflects a modern adaptation, yet Westminster retains a character forged by the persistence of its people and the slow, deliberate growth of its timbered surroundings.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Westminster, South Carolina. Coordinates: 34.66482, -83.096542. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Westminster includes the ZIP code (29693), telephone area code (864), county seat of Oconee County (Walhalla), and school district assignment (Oconee County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |