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SC · 46 counties · 32,020 sq mi · print landscape · South · South Atlantic
Blank South Carolina map
A blank outline of South Carolina, a triangle with the Savannah River on one side, the North Carolina line on another and the Atlantic on the third. Forty-six county lines are hidden.
What the outline shows
The map draws the state's boundary. The southwest edge is the Savannah River, the whole border with Georgia, from the mountains to the sea at Savannah. The north edge with North Carolina is a series of straight surveyed segments that step down toward the coast, with a notable jog near the Catawba River and another near the coast at the Little River. The southeast edge is about 190 miles of Atlantic coast, with the Sea Islands, Charleston Harbor and the Grand Strand around Myrtle Beach. Nothing inside is drawn. Press Capital to mark Columbia in the centre of the state at the Fall Line, and Abbreviation for "SC".
Portrait or landscape
South Carolina is about 270 miles from the northwest corner to the coast at Hilton Head and about 200 miles north to south. The triangle is wider than tall, so landscape prints larger. The pointed western end then sits at the top left with space below it for a key. Portrait is acceptable if a long list must fit under the map, but the coast is then pushed to the right-hand margin.
Five classroom exercises
- Trace the Savannah River as the entire Georgia border and mark Augusta, Georgia, on the far bank about halfway down.
- Draw the Santee River system: the Broad and Saluda meeting at Columbia to form the Congaree, then the Santee flowing southeast to the coast.
- Draw the Fall Line through Columbia and Camden and shade the Upcountry above it and the Lowcountry below.
- Place Charleston, Columbia, North Charleston, Mount Pleasant and Greenville, and mark Charleston Harbor with Fort Sumter at its mouth.
- Draw the Pee Dee River from North Carolina southeast to Winyah Bay at Georgetown, and mark Myrtle Beach on the Grand Strand north of it.
How to recognise the South Carolina outline
- A triangle, pointing northwest, with the coast as the base.
- A wavy lower-left edge (the Savannah) and a stepped upper-right edge (the North Carolina line).
- A concave curve in the middle of the coast at Charleston Harbor, with Sea Islands to the south of it.
- Sometimes mistaken for an inverted Georgia; the missing straight top edge is the difference.
Answer key and related maps
- South Carolina map — the labeled version with capital, cities and borders; use it as the answer key.
- Printable South Carolina map — the same outline with cities, county lines and the capital printed on.
- South Carolina county map — all 46 counties with their seats.
- Columbia — the capital, in the centre of the state.
- Neighbours: North Carolina and Georgia blank maps.
- Southeast region and US coastlines.
- All blank state maps and the printable US maps index.