Cave City Kentucky Map

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.

About This Cave City Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cave City, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.136717, -85.95692. 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 Cave City includes the ZIP code (42127), telephone area code (270), county seat of Barren County (Glasgow), and school district assignment (Caverna Independent School District).

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.