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Boston Kentucky Map

Explore Boston, 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 Boston, Kentucky

How to Use This Boston, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	37.781189
Longitude	-85.687244
Population	253
Density	49.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	42366, 42256, 41006, 40107
Area Code	859, 502
County Seat	Bardstown
School District	Nelson County School District

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About Boston, Kentucky

Boston is a locality in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 253. The population density is 49.8 people per km². Boston is located at 37.7812°N, 85.6872°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 42366, 42256, 41006.

Boston keeps its watch over the shifting currents of Lick Creek as it carves a path through the limestone-rich earth of Kentucky. It lies 11.3 miles west of Bardstown, KY (from Bardstown, KY: bearing 262°T), and is situated 4.6 miles southeast of Lebanon Junction. The landscape around Boston is defined by a deep, quiet persistence, where the terrain rises in soft slopes toward the distant Appalachian Mountains that haunt the eastern horizon like a fading memory. Only a mile away, the quietude of John C. Williams Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tangled brush and heavy timber, while the nearby Crutchmer Hollow holds the shadows long after the sun has retreated. The air here carries the weight of the inland plains, smelling of damp soil and the slow, rhythmic decay of autumn leaves, a scent that remains constant even as the seasons turn the fields from a vibrant, dusty green to a brittle, frost-bitten gray.

Local life in Boston is anchored by the slow labor of the land and the endurance of the small-scale agricultural traditions that have defined the region for generations. A few miles distant, the waters of Eagle Lake mirror a sky that feels vast and unencumbered by the frantic pace of larger centers, providing a stillness that echoes the economy of the surrounding countryside. Labor remains tied to the cycles of the earth, where the hard work of the fields and the quiet management of the nearby Knobs State Forest and Wildlife Management Area provide a steady, if modest, rhythm to the days. The people here recognize the value of a slow-moving life, where the primary concerns are the health of the crops and the seasonal shifts in the weather, leaving the inhabitants to find their own measure of satisfaction in the modest beauty of the limestone-streaked hills and the persistent, unhurried flow of the creek.

Nearby Outdoor Places

John C. Williams Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 278° W
Vernon-Douglas State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 198° S
Lebanon Junction City Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 326° NW
Kentucky Railway Museum (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 149° SE
Freeman Lake Park (Local Park) — 10.1 mi, 251° W
Jim Beam Distillery (Attraction) — 10.6 mi, 010° N
The Cannonball (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 237° SW
Saint Joseph Statue (Public Artwork) — 11.9 mi, 134° SE
Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History/Bardstown Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 080° E
Bourbon Heritage Center (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 086° E
My Old Kentucky Home State Park (State Park) — 12.2 mi, 084° E
Willett Distillery (Attraction) — 12.3 mi, 089° E
Bardstown Civil War Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 080° E
Confederate Monument of Bardstown (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 077° E
Pine Creek Barrens Nature Preserve (Conservation Area) — 14.0 mi, 013° N
Abraham Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 192° S
Abraham Lincoln Birth Cabin (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 189° S
Fort Duffield (Historic Castle / Fort) — 20.3 mi, 317° NW
Big Vista Overlook (Viewpoint) — 23.2 mi, 019° N
Taylorsville Lake State Park (State Park) — 26.5 mi, 053° NE
Colonel Sanders Museum (Museum) — 28.9 mi, 359° N
Broadbent Arena (Stadium) — 29.2 mi, 354° N
Louisville zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 29.3 mi, 358° N
Petting Zoo Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 29.4 mi, 358° N
Butterfly Garden (Nature Reserve) — 29.5 mi, 358° N
Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 40.2 mi, 208° SW · 51k acres
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 45.6 mi, 303° NW · 204k acres
Camp Nelson National Monument (National Monument) — 58.5 mi, 089° E · 463 acres

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