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Arjay Kentucky Map

Explore Arjay, 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 Arjay, Kentucky

How to Use This Arjay, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	36.804808
Longitude	-83.64575
Population	183
Density	114.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	40902
Area Code	606
County Seat	Pineville
School District	Bell County School District

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About Arjay, Kentucky

Arjay is a locality in Bell County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 183. The population density is 114.0 people per km². Arjay is located at 36.8048°N, 83.6458°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 40902.

Arjay occupies a narrow, verdant corridor where the water of the Left Fork Straight Creek carves a persistent path through the limestone-rich earth. It lies 22.2 miles north of Claiborne, TN (from Claiborne, TN: bearing 358°T), and is situated 4.0 miles northeast of Pineville. The air here holds the damp, cool weight of the Appalachian east, carrying the scent of moss and dark, cooling soil that rises as the sun dips behind the distant silhouette of the Cumberland Mountains. Above the valley floor, the landscape rises in sharp, forested inclines, creating a horizon that feels both protective and confining, a theater of shadow and light that shifts with the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. Only four miles away, the quiet surface of Laurel Lakes reflects the changing sky, offering a stillness that complements the constant, low-frequency murmur of the creek as it navigates the rocky bed of the hollow.

Arjay retains the quiet, weathered character of a place built upon the deep, coal-camp memory of the region, where the extraction of mineral wealth once defined the pulse of every working day. While the heavy industry of the past has softened into a slower, more deliberate cadence, the legacy of those laborers remains etched in the architecture of the valley and the resilient spirit of the families who stayed. Residents often look toward the Pine Mountain State Scenic Trail to find a sense of scale, hiking paths that wind through the rugged terrain toward the distant reaches of Gambrel Hollow. Life here moves with a steady, unadorned focus, defined by the seasonal change in the color of the hardwoods and the enduring, soft vernacular of a people who have learned to measure their time by the land rather than the clock.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pine Mountain State Scenic Trail (State Park) — 2.8 mi, 160° S
Walnut Street Park (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 224° SW
Boone Forestlands Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 059° NE
Pine Mountain State Resort Park (State Park) — 4.3 mi, 219° SW
Pine Mountain State Park State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 218° SW
Bell County Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 5.5 mi, 178° S
Mill Branch (Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 315° NW
Mill Branch Fee (Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 315° NW
Kentucky Ridge State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.7 mi, 209° SW
Redbird Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 10.7 mi, 001° N · 146k acres
Joseph Martin monument (Monument) — 13.6 mi, 151° SE
Pinnacle Overlook (Viewpoint) — 13.8 mi, 185° S
Doughboy Statue (Public Artwork) — 18.2 mi, 081° E
Hawkeye Overlook (Attraction) — 21.8 mi, 078° E
Narrow (Attraction) — 22.4 mi, 080° E
Railhouse (Attraction) — 22.7 mi, 078° E
Once site of the Collier Hill Inn (Historic Ruins) — 22.9 mi, 300° NW
Building (Attraction) — 23.3 mi, 078° E
Sander's Cafe and Museum (Museum) — 27.0 mi, 294° NW
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 27.9 mi, 293° NW · 564k acres
McHargue's Mill (Museum) — 29.7 mi, 311° NW
Civil War (Monument) — 31.4 mi, 241° SW
Regency Cinema (Cinema) — 32.5 mi, 310° NW
Sharps Chapel (Historic Ruins) — 33.1 mi, 195° S
Stone Face Rock (Monument) — 33.9 mi, 093° E
Stone Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 37.9 mi, 090° E · 3,273 acres
Coal Miners Memorial Theater (Theatre) — 39.9 mi, 074° E
Kentucky Coal Mining Museum (Museum) — 39.9 mi, 074° E
Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 44.7 mi, 234° SW
Norris Museum (Museum) — 48.1 mi, 209° SW

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