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Cave City Kentucky Map

Explore Cave City, 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 Cave City, Kentucky

How to Use This Cave City, Kentucky Map

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

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	Cave City
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Barren County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	37.136717
Longitude	-85.95692
Population	2,356
Density	206.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	42127
Area Code	270
County Seat	Glasgow
School District	Caverna Independent School District

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About Cave City, Kentucky

Cave City is a locality in Barren County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,356. The population density is 206.3 people per km². Cave City is located at 37.1367°N, 85.9569°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cave City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42127.

Cave City reveals itself through a landscape of stubborn limestone and hidden subterranean depth, where the earth seems to hold its breath beneath a mantle of dense, emerald woodland. It lies 10.0 miles north-northwest of Glasgow, KY (from Glasgow, KY: bearing 346°T), and is situated 4.0 miles southwest of Horse Cave. The terrain around Cave City is defined by the subtle, pockmarked topography of karst country, where the ground frequently dips into the quiet, shaded hollow of Monroe Sink. Light here possesses a particular, filtered quality, catching the edges of the jagged rock outcroppings before sliding down toward the moisture-heavy air of the lowlands. While the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the eastern horizon, the immediate vicinity remains defined by the proximity of Roy Dickey Reynolds Park, a space where the stillness of the Kentucky afternoon settles into the tall, sun-bleached grasses.

Economic life in Cave City remains inextricably linked to the porous, honeycombed geology that draws travelers to the region’s vast, cavernous depths. Commerce flows along the surface roads, yet the local rhythm is dictated by the slow, unseen movement of water filtering down toward the Green River, which winds through the rugged limestone landscape seven miles away. Residents often look toward the quiet surface of Creacy Lake, a local anchor of calm just three miles from the center of activity. The regional character is marked by an enduring patience, an unhurried persistence visible in the way the land is worked and the way the shadows lengthen across the fields as the day wanes into a deep, velvety gray.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Roy Dickey Reynolds Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 328° NW
Brian Doyle Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 269° W
Kentucky Action Park (Theme Park) — 2.6 mi, 264° W
Hidden River Cave (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 044° NE
Unknown Confederate Soldier Monument (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 023° NE
Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 4.4 mi, 291° W · 51k acres
Diamond Caverns (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 256° W
National Cave Museum and Library (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 257° W
Green River Watershed Easement (Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 248° W
Upper Green River Biological Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 348° N
Green River Watershed Fee (Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 252° W
Green River Wild River (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 319° NW
Furlong Cemetery (Viewpoint) — 8.2 mi, 282° W
Railroad Engine No. 4 (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 293° NW
Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 022° N
Fort Williams Civil War Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 9.8 mi, 170° S
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 166° S
Barren River Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 10.2 mi, 186° S
Barren River Lake (Recreation Area) — 10.2 mi, 185° S
Nolin Lake State Park (State Park) — 17.7 mi, 308° NW
Barren River Lake State Resort Park (State Park) — 19.0 mi, 199° S
Bowling Green Ballpark (Stadium) — 28.4 mi, 250° W
Brass Dancer (Public Artwork) — 29.2 mi, 249° W
Site of the Boundary Oak (Attraction) — 29.7 mi, 024° NE
Kentucky Railway Museum (Museum) — 41.1 mi, 029° NE
Cold Springs Museum (Museum) — 48.9 mi, 219° SW
Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History/Bardstown Historical Museum (Museum) — 53.7 mi, 030° NE
Bardstown Civil War Museum (Museum) — 53.9 mi, 030° NE
Cinema 33 (Cinema) — 55.9 mi, 293° NW
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 63.8 mi, 331° NW · 204k acres

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