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Bandana Kentucky Map

Explore Bandana, 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 Bandana, Kentucky

How to Use This Bandana, Kentucky Map

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

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	Bandana
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Ballard County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	37.146164
Longitude	-88.945898
Population	177
Density	36.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	42022
Area Code	270, 364
County Seat	Wickliffe
School District	Ballard County School District

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About Bandana, Kentucky

Bandana is a locality in Ballard County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 177. The population density is 36.2 people per km². Bandana is located at 37.1462°N, 88.9459°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 42022.

Bandana emerges from the wide, level expanses of the Kentucky lowlands where the horizon stretches thin and pale against the sky. It lies 19.5 miles west-northwest of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 283°T), and is situated 11.8 miles west of Metropolis. The landscape is defined by the steady, quiet passage of Hanley Creek, which weaves through the fields like a silver thread pulled taut across the earth. To the distant southeast, the Twin Mounds rise as soft, rounded silhouettes against the amber light of dusk, offering a solitary contrast to the expansive, productive plains. The air here holds a peculiar, heavy stillness, thick with the scent of damp soil and the seasonal rotation of crops that blanket the floor of the valley.

Bandana carries the quiet weight of an agricultural heritage, built upon the labor of those who turned this fertile dirt into a reliable living. The local economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the seasons, with fields of corn and soybeans dictating the pace of life far more than any clock. Beyond the immediate working lands, the Ballard Wildlife Management Area serves as a sanctuary for migratory birds and local fauna, preserving a wilder, untamed character that feels distinct from the organized rows of the farmsteads. Even the nearby Turkey Lake remains a quiet mirror to the changing seasons, providing a respite where the water sits undisturbed, reflecting the slow, deliberate pulse of a place that prefers the continuity of the harvest to the haste of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ballard Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 283° W
West Kentucky Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 115° SE
Ballard County Park (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 204° SW
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.8 mi, 317° NW · 33k acres
Mermet Swamp Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 9.6 mi, 043° NE
Tunnel Hill (State Recreation Area) — 10.1 mi, 348° N
Cache River Wetlands Fee (Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 359° N
Grassy Slough Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 11.5 mi, 001° N
Jean Farwell Overloop (Viewpoint) — 11.5 mi, 358° N
Superman Museum & Gift Shop (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 088° E
Lois Lane Statue (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 087° E
George Rodgers Clark Statue (Public Artwork) — 12.9 mi, 091° E
Fort Massac (Attraction) — 12.9 mi, 091° E
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Il (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.9 mi, 342° N · 665 acres
Burial Mound (Historic Ruins) — 14.5 mi, 214° SW
Chief's Mound (Historic Ruins) — 14.5 mi, 214° SW
Proceeding On (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 224° SW
Caboose (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 231° SW
GEM Theatre (Cinema) — 15.8 mi, 231° SW
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (Monument) — 16.2 mi, 231° SW
Desert Storm Memorial (Monument) — 16.3 mi, 234° SW
Noble Park Amphitheater (Theatre) — 17.3 mi, 103° E
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 19.1 mi, 009° N · 274k acres
Bricolage Art Collective (Gallery) — 19.7 mi, 102° E
Market House Museum (Museum) — 19.7 mi, 102° E
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 23.0 mi, 002° N · 7,712 acres
Bulge Hole Ecological Area (Attraction) — 24.3 mi, 007° N
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 31.5 mi, 348° N · 4,387 acres
Lusk Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 32.4 mi, 041° NE · 6,632 acres
Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 41.2 mi, 106° E · 171k acres

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