Big Clifty Kentucky Map
Big Clifty, Kentucky — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Big Clifty, Grayson County.
Interactive Map of Big Clifty, Kentucky
| City | Big Clifty |
| State | Kentucky (KY) |
| County | Grayson |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 37.545613 |
| Longitude | -86.153581 |
| Population | 285 |
| Density | 81.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Big Clifty, Kentucky
Big Clifty is a locality in Grayson County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 285. The population density is 81.0 people per km². Big Clifty is located at 37.5456°N, 86.1536°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 42712.
Big Clifty rests in a landscape shaped by the patient carving of water and wind. It lies 19.1 miles west-south-west of Elizabethtown, KY (from Elizabethtown, KY: bearing 238°T), and is situated 8.9 miles east-north-east of Leitchfield. Rolling hills, cloaked in the deep greens of oak and hickory, give way to a terrain that dips and rises with a quiet, persistent energy. The air here, especially in the lingering warmth of late afternoon, carries a faint, earthy perfume, a blend of damp soil and sun-baked pine needles. Streams, often no more than a murmur, thread their way through the valleys, their banks soft with moss and shaded by the overhang of ancient trees. The sky above Big Clifty often stretches wide, a canvas for clouds that drift with a deliberate, unhurried grace, their shadows sweeping across the undulating land like slow breaths. The story of Big Clifty is written in the soil and the memory of its people, a narrative woven from agriculture and the rugged independence of its pioneers. For generations, the land has yielded its bounty, supporting families through the cycles of planting and harvest, a testament to enduring resilience. While the whispers of coal mining once echoed faintly through these hollows, the true heart of Big Clifty has always been its deep connection to the earth and the quiet strength of its rural character. There are no grand monuments here, no towering structures to draw the eye, but rather a profound sense of place that settles into the bones, a feeling of belonging that is as constant as the changing seasons.
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About This Big Clifty Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Big Clifty, Kentucky with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Big Clifty and Grayson County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Big Clifty is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Big Clifty is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
