Explore Brooksville, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Brooksville, 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 Brooksville.
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 | Brooksville |
| State | Kentucky (KY) |
| County | Bracken County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.682572 |
| Longitude | -84.065763 |
| Population | 654 |
| Density | 535.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 41004 |
| Area Code | 859 |
| County Seat | Brooksville |
| School District | Bracken County School District |
Brooksville holds a quiet authority over the landscape, defined by limestone-rich soil and the steady, unpretentious rise of the earth toward the distant Appalachian Mountains. It lies 25.8 miles southeast of Alexandria, KY (from Alexandria, KY: bearing 138°T), and is situated 9.3 miles south of Franklin Township Clermont County. The land here leans into a stillness that feels ancient, where the light at dusk settles heavy and gold against the fences, casting long, sharp shadows across the fields. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of Brooksville Reservoir and the narrow, winding path of Wilcox Branch define the local watershed, channeling the runoff from the high ground into the bedrock. Residents gather at Brooksville Park, a local park that serves as a central clearing for the quiet pulse of the day, where the grass grows thick and the air carries the faint, dry scent of curing tobacco and limestone dust.
Brooksville maintains a rhythm dictated by the cycles of the earth, echoing a history rooted in the hard work of agriculture and the persistence of small-scale industry. The local economy persists as a reflection of the agrarian tradition, where the labor of the hands remains the primary currency and the value of a day’s work is measured in the health of the fields. Beyond the immediate terrain, the shadow of Kinney Hollow suggests the deeper, more rugged topography that lies eight miles out, marking a transition toward the wilder sections of the state. Life in Brooksville moves with a deliberate, measured gravity, indifferent to the frantic pace of larger centers, sustained by the continuity of families who have watched the seasons turn over the same limestone shelves for generations.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Brooksville, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38.682572, -84.065763. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Brooksville includes the ZIP code (41004), telephone area code (859), county seat of Bracken County (Brooksville), and school district assignment (Bracken County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |