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Barlow Kentucky Map

Explore Barlow, 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 Barlow, Kentucky

How to Use This Barlow, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	37.051719
Longitude	-89.046735
Population	653
Density	457.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	42024
Area Code	270, 364
County Seat	Wickliffe
School District	Ballard County School District

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About Barlow, Kentucky

Barlow is a locality in Ballard County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 653. The population density is 457.6 people per km². Barlow is located at 37.0517°N, 89.0467°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Barlow is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42024.

Barlow anchors itself firmly within the quiet, fertile expanse of western Kentucky, where the landscape stretches out in wide, patient fields of corn and soybean. It lies 24.7 miles west of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 265°T), and is situated 18.7 miles west-southwest of Metropolis. Sodom Creek carves a deliberate path through the low-lying terrain, its waters mirroring the pale, expansive sky as it winds toward the horizon. Two miles to the east, the surface of Brushy Pond remains undisturbed, a glassy stillness that holds the reflection of the surrounding hardwoods. On clear days, the distant silhouette of O'Bryan Ridge provides a faint, jagged inkling of higher ground far beyond the immediate horizon, though the land here remains defined by its broad, rhythmic plains. Barlow City Park serves as the local center of gravity, a green space where the grass grows thick and the evening light catches the dust motes in the cooling air.

Barlow carries the weight of a long agricultural tradition, its economy tethered to the slow turning of the seasons and the yield of the dark, heavy soil. The architecture of the streets recalls a time when the labor of the field dictated the pace of the day, with modest structures built to endure the humid summers and the sharp, sudden shifts of the inland climate. Life in Barlow moves with a deliberate, unforced cadence, shaped by a history of family-held parcels and the quiet industry of those who work the earth. Neighbors often gather near the park, their conversations echoing the soft, measured vernacular of the region that feels as much a part of the landscape as the limestone foundations beneath the soil. Here, the passage of time is measured not in grand events, but in the subtle change of color across the fallow fields and the steady, reliable flow of the creek.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Boatwright Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 270° W
Axe Lake Swamp State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 282° W
Ballard County Park (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 073° E
Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site (State Park) — 6.0 mi, 203° SW
Burial Mound (Historic Ruins) — 6.1 mi, 204° SW
Chief's Mound (Historic Ruins) — 6.1 mi, 204° SW
Fort Defiance Park (State Park) — 6.9 mi, 228° SW
Proceeding On (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 228° SW
Lowest Point in Illinois (Viewpoint) — 7.0 mi, 228° SW
Caboose (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 242° SW
Bird's Blue Hole (State Recreation Area) — 7.4 mi, 217° SW
Cairo River Wall Murals (Public Artwork) — 7.5 mi, 244° SW
GEM Theatre (Cinema) — 7.5 mi, 242° SW
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.8 mi, 289° W · 33k acres
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 243° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.2 mi, 248° W
Desert Storm Memorial (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 248° W
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 14.2 mi, 304° NW · 274k acres
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 15.9 mi, 284° W
Tunnel Hill (State Recreation Area) — 16.7 mi, 012° N
Lower Cache River Access Area (Nature Reserve) — 17.0 mi, 359° N
Superman Museum & Gift Shop (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 068° E
Lois Lane Statue (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 068° E
Fort Massac (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 071° E
Shawnee Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 20.9 mi, 325° NW · 7,712 acres
Noble Park Amphitheater (Theatre) — 22.5 mi, 084° E
Bricolage Art Collective (Gallery) — 25.0 mi, 084° E
Market House Museum (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 084° E
Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.2 mi, 102° E · 19k acres
Cotton Belt Caboose (Attraction) — 26.5 mi, 225° SW

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