Williston South Carolina Map
Explore Williston, 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 Williston, South Carolina
How to Use This Williston, South Carolina Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Williston, 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 Williston.
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 | Williston |
| State | South Carolina (SC) |
| County | Barnwell County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 33.402648 |
| Longitude | -81.420106 |
| Population | 2,877 |
| Density | 124.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 29853 |
| Area Code | 864 |
| County Seat | Barnwell |
About Williston, South Carolina
Williston is a locality in Barnwell County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,877. The population density is 124.1 people per km². Williston is located at 33.4026°N, 81.4201°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Williston is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29853.Williston occupies a flat, sun-drenched stretch of the South Carolina interior where the horizon feels expansive and unburdened by sudden elevation. It lies 20.4 miles east-southeast of Aiken, SC (from Aiken, SC: bearing 122°T), and is situated 11.5 miles north-northwest of Barnwell. The landscape is defined by the steady, quiet presence of Yarrow Branch, which meanders through the sandy soil just a mile away, feeding the thirsty pines and hardwoods. Nearby, the still surface of Folk Pond holds the reflection of the sky, acting as a mirror for the shifting clouds that drift over the regional plains. While Clubhouse Ridge remains a distant, hazy suggestion far to the northwest, the immediate surroundings are dominated by the hushed corridors of Ernest Rand Memorial State Forest, where the scent of resin and dry earth lingers in the heat of the afternoon.
Williston carries the weight of a long agricultural legacy, its identity shaped by the cycles of planting and harvest that have defined the local economy for generations. The proximity of Ditch Pond Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area serves as a reminder of the quiet, natural resilience that persists even as the modern rhythm of Williston shifts toward new industry and commerce. Residents observe the change of seasons in the thickening of the humid air and the deep, amber quality of light that settles over the fields at dusk. The pace of daily life here follows the slow, deliberate turning of the sun, anchored by the enduring character of a place that values the steady labor of the soil and the deep, familiar roots of its own history.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Ditch Pond Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 298° NW
- Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 348° N
- Barnwell State Park (State Park) — 7.8 mi, 124° SE
- Blackville Heritage Museum (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 111° E
- Aiken State Park (State Park) — 9.9 mi, 339° N
- Veteran'S Park (Local Park) — 10.1 mi, 167° S
- Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 166° S
- Lake Edgar Brown (State Recreation Area) — 10.2 mi, 162° S
- Edisto-Springfield Gallery (Gallery) — 10.4 mi, 051° NE
- Sweetwater Country Club (Local Recreation) — 11.2 mi, 179° S
- Confederate Monument (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 164° S
- Jim Harrison Gallery (Gallery) — 16.9 mi, 108° E
- Blue Star Memorial (Monument) — 17.5 mi, 011° N
- Bisquecuts & Glazy (Arts Centre) — 19.2 mi, 296° NW
- Cannon (Attraction) — 19.3 mi, 063° NE
- Aiken Train Depot Museum (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 302° NW
- Center for African American History, Art & Culture (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 303° NW
- Aiken Community Playhouse (Theatre) — 20.5 mi, 302° NW
- Aiken County Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.5 mi, 301° NW
- Savannah River Site Museum (Museum) — 20.5 mi, 302° NW
- Allendale County African-American Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 28.0 mi, 167° S
- Eastwind Castle (Historic Castle / Fort) — 28.7 mi, 319° NW
- Home of Governor Telfair (Monument) — 30.8 mi, 279° W
- Ruthless (Public Artwork) — 31.4 mi, 280° W
- Phinizy Swamp Nature Park (Attraction) — 31.7 mi, 268° W
- Savannah National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.8 mi, 189° S · 94k acres
- Sumter National Forest (National Forest) — 38.0 mi, 297° NW · 375k acres
- Congaree National Park Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 42.2 mi, 049° NE · 15k acres
- Congaree National Park (National Park) — 42.2 mi, 049° NE · 26k acres
- Ernest F. Hollings Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.2 mi, 145° SE · 36k acres
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About This Williston Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Williston, South Carolina. Coordinates: 33.402648, -81.420106. 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 Williston includes the ZIP code (29853), telephone area code (864), county seat of Barnwell County (Barnwell), and school district assignment.
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. |
