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Center Kentucky Map

Explore Center, 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 Center, Kentucky

How to Use This Center, Kentucky Map

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

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	Center
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Metcalfe County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/Kentucky/Louisville)

Latitude	37.142278
Longitude	-85.693025
Population	416
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	42214
Area Code	270
County Seat	Edmonton

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About Center, Kentucky

Center is a locality in Metcalfe County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 416. Center is located at 37.1423°N, 85.6930°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Kentucky/Louisville) timezone. ZIP code: 42214.

Center occupies a landscape defined by the quiet accumulation of limestone and the slow, rhythmic expansion of green fields. It lies 15.7 miles northeast of Glasgow, KY (from Glasgow, KY: bearing 50°T), and is situated 14.5 miles east of Cave City. The soil here holds a particular weight, pressing against the roots of ancient hardwoods that define the edges of the horizon, while the air carries the cool, damp scent of the earth after a heavy rain. Two miles to the west, the waters of Lemon Branch move with a deliberate, low-voiced persistence, carving through the quiet terrain that eventually gives way to the distant, blue-tinted silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains far to the east. The light at dusk settles over the fields in long, amber slats, catching the fine dust kicked up by the evening breeze and turning the open pastures into a theater of shifting shadows and gold.

Center maintains a character forged in the steady labor of agriculture and the patient, incremental growth of its local markets. Families have worked these tracts for generations, sustaining an economy that remains deeply tethered to the harvest and the seasonal cycles of the land. Four miles away, the grounds of Sulphur Well Park offer a silent reminder of the region’s long-standing connection to the mineral-rich springs that once drew travelers from across the state, while the nearby Hundred Acre Pond sits as a placid, glass-like expanse reflecting the changing sky. Life in Center moves with the slow, unforced cadence of a place that has learned to measure time not by the clock, but by the gradual change in the color of the stalks and the cooling of the autumn air.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sulphur Well Park (Local Park) — 4.3 mi, 131° SE
Last Recorded Indian Raid (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 301° NW
Hundred Acre Pond Fee (Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 347° N
Hundred Acre Pond Preserve (Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 347° N
Metcalfe County Lake And Park (Local Park) — 8.2 mi, 146° SE
Green River State Natural Area (Davis Bend) (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 348° N
Hidden River Cave (Attraction) — 12.0 mi, 282° W
Unknown Confederate Soldier Monument (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 286° W
Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument (Monument) — 13.7 mi, 306° NW
Fort Williams Civil War Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 16.3 mi, 232° SW
Kentucky Action Park (Theme Park) — 17.1 mi, 268° W
Barren River Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.6 mi, 235° SW
Barren River Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 18.6 mi, 235° SW
Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 18.6 mi, 274° W · 51k acres
Green Rv Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 19.8 mi, 070° E
Diamond Caverns (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 265° W
National Cave Museum and Library (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 265° W
Green River Lake State Park (State Park) — 20.7 mi, 066° NE
Railroad Engine No. 4 (Attraction) — 22.5 mi, 278° W
Furlong Cemetery (Viewpoint) — 22.6 mi, 273° W
Site of the Boundary Oak (Attraction) — 26.9 mi, 355° N
Barren River Lake State Resort Park (State Park) — 27.3 mi, 226° SW
The Boy Lincoln (Public Artwork) — 29.9 mi, 355° N
Kentucky Railway Museum (Museum) — 36.0 mi, 009° N
Bowling Green Ballpark (Stadium) — 42.5 mi, 257° W
Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History/Bardstown Historical Museum (Museum) — 47.8 mi, 015° N
Bardstown Civil War Museum (Museum) — 47.9 mi, 015° N
Wayne County Historical Museum (Museum) — 51.3 mi, 115° SE
Wayne County Historic Theater (Cinema) — 51.4 mi, 115° SE
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 58.2 mi, 129° SE · 564k acres

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