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Ages Kentucky Map

Explore Ages, Kentucky, 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 Ages, Kentucky

How to Use This Ages, Kentucky Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ages, Kentucky. 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 Kentucky 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 Ages.

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	Ages
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Harlan County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.857867
Longitude	-83.246288
Population	345
Density	239.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	40828
Area Code	606
County Seat	Harlan
School District	Harlan County School District

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About Ages, Kentucky

Ages is a locality in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 345. The population density is 239.1 people per km². Ages is located at 36.8579°N, 83.2463°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 40828.

Ages emerges from the narrow folds of the Appalachian landscape where the cold, clear current of Ages Creek carves a path through the valley floor. It lies 32.9 miles north-northwest of Hawkins, TN (from Hawkins, TN: bearing 330°T), and is situated 4.3 miles east-northeast of Harlan. The land here is defined by a heavy, verdant stillness, where the shadows of the Cumberland Mountains stretch long and dark across the hollows each evening. Four miles away, the timber of Kentenia State Forest rises in dense, unyielding walls of oak and hickory, while the nearby Chestnut Flats provide a brief, level reprieve from the steep, limestone-rich slopes. The air holds a damp, earthen weight, smelling of wet slate and decaying leaves, a reminder that the terrain is always shifting, however slowly, under the steady pressure of the rain.

Ages carries the quiet, indelible weight of a coal-camp history, a legacy written into the narrow roads and the weathered foundations of buildings that have outlived the industry that birthed them. The economy has transitioned from the intensity of the extraction era to a slower, more deliberate pulse, centered now around the rugged terrain of the Harlan ATV Park which draws visitors to the steep, rutted tracks of the surrounding hills. Residents traverse the high ground near the Little Sheppard Trail, looking out over a landscape that remains indifferent to the changing times, while the distant, placid waters of Martins Fork Lake mirror the gray light of a sky that rarely clears completely. Life in Ages moves with the caution of a people who have learned to read the sky and the soil, finding a modest, resilient beauty in the quiet passage of days between the ridgelines.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Harlan ATV Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 328° NW
Narrow (Attraction) — 0.3 mi, 359° N
Railhouse (Attraction) — 0.9 mi, 012° N
Hawkeye Overlook (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 318° NW
Harlan County Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 119° SE
Waterfall (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 046° NE
4 Poles Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 1.6 mi, 038° NE
Kentenia State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.0 mi, 350° N
Blanton Forest State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 295° NW
Doughboy Statue (Public Artwork) — 4.2 mi, 260° W
Redbird Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 4.5 mi, 308° NW · 146k acres
Boone Forestlands Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 357° N
Martins Fork Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 7.2 mi, 184° S
Martins Fork Lake (Recreation Area) — 7.3 mi, 185° S
Stone Face Rock (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 116° SE
The Cedars (State Wilderness) — 14.0 mi, 158° S
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 15.5 mi, 106° E · 733k acres
Stone Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 16.2 mi, 102° E · 3,273 acres
Kingdom Come State Park (State Park) — 16.4 mi, 057° NE
Coal Miners Memorial Theater (Theatre) — 17.8 mi, 066° NE
Kentucky Coal Mining Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 066° NE
Highest Point in Kentucky (Monument) — 19.9 mi, 079° E
Joseph Martin monument (Monument) — 22.0 mi, 225° SW
Appalachia Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 25.8 mi, 083° E
Harry W. Meador Coal Museum (Museum) — 25.9 mi, 088° E
The Wilderness Road Blockhouse (Historic Castle / Fort) — 29.9 mi, 110° E
Park Avenue Theatre (Theatre) — 34.5 mi, 081° E
Bean Station Original Site (Historic Ruins) — 37.4 mi, 191° S
Old Meade Homeplace (Historic Ruins) — 38.5 mi, 058° NE
Suzanne Barrett Justis Fine Art (Gallery) — 43.7 mi, 119° SE

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