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Burkesville Kentucky Map

Explore Burkesville, 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 Burkesville, Kentucky

How to Use This Burkesville, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	36.79034
Longitude	-85.370519
Population	1,388
Density	208.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	42717
Area Code	270
County Seat	Burkesville
School District	Cumberland County School District

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About Burkesville, Kentucky

Burkesville is a locality in Cumberland County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,388. The population density is 208.2 people per km². Burkesville is located at 36.7903°N, 85.3705°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Burkesville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42717.

Burkesville occupies a limestone-heavy corridor where the Cumberland River carves a deep, serpentine path through the earth. It lies 33.1 miles east-southeast of Glasgow, KY (from Glasgow, KY: bearing 115°T), and is situated 18.5 miles northeast of Clay. The air here holds a permanent, cool dampness, rising from the riverbanks to settle over the pastures and the rugged, uneven terrain that defines the local topography. Beyond the immediate banks, the land rises into dense woodland, eventually giving way to the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains on the far horizon. Salem Park sits at the edge of the local geography, offering a quiet, green transition between the built environment and the wilder, wooded slopes that climb toward the horizon. Three miles away, the low-lying shadows of Purgatory Hollow deepen as the sun dips behind the ridge, casting a slate-gray light that seems to pull the very heat from the stones.

Burkesville maintains an economy tethered to the slow, deliberate pulse of agriculture and the seasonal shifts of the surrounding woodlands. The presence of Dale Hollow Lake, located just eight miles from the center, shapes the local rhythm, drawing those who favor the stillness of the water over the steady, churning current of the Cumberland River. Historically, the area relied on the river as a vital artery for trade, though today the pace has settled into a quiet, agrarian routine that favors the endurance of the land over rapid expansion. Life here moves with the sun, marked by the long shadows of late afternoon stretching across the fields and the sound of dry leaves skittering against the limestone foundations of older buildings. There is a distinct gravity to the place, a sense that the inhabitants are merely the latest to navigate a landscape that has long dictated the terms of settlement and survival.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Salem Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 130° SE
Dale Hollow Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 169° S
Dale Hollow Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 7.0 mi, 169° S
Dale Hollow Lake (Recreation Area) — 7.6 mi, 169° S
Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park (State Park) — 9.3 mi, 163° S
Lake Cumberland Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 074° E
Wisdom Marina (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 138° SE
Eagle Cove Marina (Attraction) — 14.5 mi, 148° SE
Wolf River Marina (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 140° SE
Star Point Marina (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 154° SE
Lake Cumberland State Resort Park (State Park) — 16.4 mi, 067° NE
Standing Stone State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 21.1 mi, 187° S
Tommy Jones Memorial (Monument) — 21.9 mi, 051° NE
American Flag Mural (Public Artwork) — 24.1 mi, 040° NE
Sgt. Alvin C. York Memorial (Monument) — 28.5 mi, 126° SE
Wayne County Doughboy (Monument) — 29.0 mi, 084° E
Wayne County Historic Theater (Cinema) — 29.0 mi, 084° E
Wayne County Historical Museum (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 084° E
Bridge View (Viewpoint) — 29.4 mi, 017° N
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 30.0 mi, 115° SE · 564k acres
Fort Williams Civil War Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 33.9 mi, 295° NW
Old Jail Museum (Museum) — 34.9 mi, 136° SE
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 35.4 mi, 111° E · 114k acres
Kentucky Action Park (Theme Park) — 42.2 mi, 304° NW
Backdoor Playhouse (Theatre) — 43.3 mi, 190° S
Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 43.5 mi, 300° NW · 51k acres
The Munkey Wrench (Gallery) — 43.9 mi, 190° S
Sandra Bos (Gallery) — 43.9 mi, 190° S
National Cave Museum and Library (Museum) — 44.4 mi, 301° NW
Beaver Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 49.0 mi, 082° E · 4,854 acres

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