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South Carolina Physical Map

South Carolina’s "Sandhills" mark an ancient shoreline from when the Atlantic reached much further inland — visible as a textural band on the physical map.

Rendered from SRTM 30m elevation data + Natural Earth rivers/lakes + US Census state boundary. Four versions below, all free.

Highest Point

Sassafras Mountain

3,553 ft

Lowest Point

Atlantic Ocean

0 ft

South Carolina physical map showing the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Piedmont, and the Coastal Plain, with major peaks and cities labeled. Topographic relief from NASA SRTM elevation data.

Choose your version

Two maps, two versions of each.

The same South Carolina terrain as a classroom map and as wall art. All four are free PDFs.

South Carolina physical map, labeled: the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Piedmont, and the Coastal Plain, with the capital, cities and highest point marked
Labeled
South Carolina blank physical map: the same terrain with no labels, for labeling practice
Blank
Physical map

South Carolina physical map for the classroom

Elevation in color with shaded relief, plus the surrounding states and water for context. The labeled version marks the capital, major cities and the highest point. The blank version leaves them off so students can label the map themselves.

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South Carolina relief wall art on a dark background
Dark
South Carolina relief wall art on a light background
Light
Wall art

South Carolina relief wall art

South Carolina on its own, with strong shaded relief and no labels. The dark version has the most contrast. The light version uses far less ink on a home printer.

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The physical geography of South Carolina

South Carolina has a small corner of mountains and a large coastal plain. The Blue Ridge crosses the far northwest, where Sassafras Mountain is the highest point. Southeast of it is the Piedmont, a rolling upland. A belt of sandy hills marks the Fall Line near Columbia. Below it, the Coastal Plain covers about two-thirds of the state and ends in a coast of marshes, river mouths and sea islands.

Major rivers

  • Savannah
  • Santee
  • Pee Dee
  • Congaree
  • Edisto
  • Broad
  • Catawba

Find it on the map

  • The mountains at the northwest tip
  • Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie in the lower part of the state
  • The sea islands along the southern coast
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Built from real data, not stock images.

Every South Carolina physical map on this page was rendered from NASA SRTM 30-meter elevation data, with hydrography from Natural Earth and the shoreline-clipped state outline from the US Census Bureau. Each map is colored over that state’s own elevation range, and the relief shading is exaggerated so gentle terrain still shows.

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South Carolina political map

The blank outline version of South Carolina (state borders, no terrain). Useful for political-geography exercises.

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