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Buffalo Kentucky Map

Explore Buffalo, 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 Buffalo, Kentucky

How to Use This Buffalo, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	37.506995
Longitude	-85.698986
Population	571
Density	186.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	42232, 42716
Area Code	270
County Seat	Hodgenville
School District	Larue County School District

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About Buffalo, Kentucky

Buffalo is a locality in Larue County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 571. The population density is 186.7 people per km². Buffalo is located at 37.5070°N, 85.6990°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 42232, 42716.

Buffalo rests upon the quiet, undulating limestone floor of Kentucky, where the South Fork Nolin River carves a deliberate path through the landscape. It lies 15.3 miles southeast of Elizabethtown, KY (from Elizabethtown, KY: bearing 145°T), and is situated 4.8 miles south-southeast of Hodgenville. The air here holds a distinct, heavy moisture that clings to the late-afternoon shadows, softening the edges of the surrounding fields and the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains that linger on the eastern horizon. Closer to the center of the terrain, the land gathers into a humid, verdant stillness, punctuated by the mirror-like surface of Sportsman Lake. The earth feels ancient and settled, defined by a slow, rhythmic transition from the shaded timber of the woodlands to the open, sun-drenched pastures that characterize this portion of the state.

Buffalo persists as a place of agrarian continuity, where the local economy maintains a steady, unremarkable pulse tethered to the rhythms of the soil and the seasonal demands of rural life. Residents move with a measured gravity, often traversing the short distance to Larue County Parks & Rec to find respite in the quietude of managed greenery, far from the frantic pace of larger hubs. While the deeper depressions of Howard Hollow mark the jagged complexity of the regional topography, the daily life of the area remains firmly anchored in the modest, hardworking character of its inhabitants. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring habit of cultivation and the way the light catches the limestone dust on a country road at dusk, signaling the end of another day in a place that asks for little and offers a profound sense of permanence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Site of the Boundary Oak (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 307° NW
Abraham Lincoln Birth Cabin (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 308° NW
Larue County Parks & Rec (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 333° NW
Larue County Environmental Center (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 353° N
The Boy Lincoln (Public Artwork) — 5.1 mi, 334° NW
Abraham Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 334° NW
Rolling Fork Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 080° E
Thompson Creek Glades State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 007° N
Kentucky Railway Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 029° NE
Green River (Conservation Area) — 13.0 mi, 184° S
The Cannonball (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 326° NW
Nolin Rv Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 19.1 mi, 246° SW
Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument (Monument) — 20.3 mi, 212° SW
Willett Distillery (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 034° NE
Bourbon Heritage Center (Attraction) — 23.5 mi, 033° NE
My Old Kentucky Home State Park (State Park) — 23.8 mi, 033° NE
Green Rv Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 23.8 mi, 124° SE
Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History/Bardstown Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.4 mi, 031° NE
Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 24.5 mi, 227° SW · 51k acres
Green River Lake State Park (State Park) — 24.5 mi, 128° SE
Bardstown Civil War Museum (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 032° NE
Kentucky Action Park (Theme Park) — 30.8 mi, 213° SW
Dixon Cave (Viewpoint) — 31.3 mi, 226° SW
National Cave Museum and Library (Museum) — 33.6 mi, 217° SW
Fort Duffield (Historic Castle / Fort) — 36.2 mi, 338° N
Fort Williams Civil War Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 37.3 mi, 200° S
73rd 10-8-62 (Museum) — 41.2 mi, 077° E
Pine Acres Miniature Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 46.1 mi, 330° NW
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 54.3 mi, 304° NW · 204k acres
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 76.6 mi, 143° SE · 564k acres

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