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2024 Map of Macon NW

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Macon NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

The Ocmulgee River carves through this northern Georgia landscape, serving as a natural boundary between Monroe, Bibb, and Jones Counties. The area is characterized by the transition from the protected woodlands of the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge in the north to the expanding residential developments of Wesleyan Estates and Wesleyan Woods near Macon. Along the river, historical crossing points and river features like Popes Ferry and Toms Shoals anchor the geography.

Local history is preserved in a high concentration of rural cemeteries and churches, including Plentitude Baptist Church and Sardis Congregational Methodist Church Cem. These sites, alongside family-named landmarks like McKay Branch and Gordon Cem, provide a roadmap of early settlement patterns. The infrastructure of the industrial corridor is evident at Arkwright, while numerous small lakes such as Lake Deer Run and Club Lake dot the surrounding timbered hills.