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Columbus Kentucky Map

Explore Columbus, 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 Columbus, Kentucky

How to Use This Columbus, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	36.759751
Longitude	-89.101907
Population	140
Density	170.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	40516, 42032
Area Code	606, 270, 364
County Seat	Clinton
School District	Hickman County School District

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About Columbus, Kentucky

Columbus is a locality in Hickman County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 140. The population density is 170.0 people per km². Columbus is located at 36.7598°N, 89.1019°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Columbus is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 40516, 42032.

Columbus commands a high, defiant bluff overlooking the sweeping, muddy expanse of the Mississippi River. It lies 35.7 miles southwest of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 231°T), and is situated 17.6 miles southeast of Charleston. The landscape here is defined by sudden verticality, where the land rises sharply from the water’s edge to form a jagged, forested perimeter that looks out over the low-lying fields of the interior. To the east, the horizon is flattened into a quiet, verdant quilt of agricultural land, broken only by the distant, hazy silhouette of O'Bryan Ridge. The air in Columbus carries a heavy, humid weight, holding the scent of damp earth and the slow, inexorable movement of the water below, while the light at dusk turns the heavy canopy of the trees into a deep, bruised violet.

Columbus-Belmont State Park serves as the silent keeper of the local narrative, preserving the remnants of earthworks that once held strategic command over the river traffic. This ground, once fortified during times of national fracture, now anchors a quiet economy built upon the cycles of the harvest and the slow, deliberate pace of rural life. Beyond the immediate banks, the stillness of Whayne Lake offers a reprieve from the river's constant, restless motion, providing a mirror for the changing sky. Life in Columbus follows the seasonal pulse of the fields and the enduring memory of the river, where the past is not a relic but a living weight felt in the quiet shadow of the bluffs.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Columbus-Belmont State Park (State Park) — 0.2 mi, 261° W
Doug Travis Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 356° N
Thirty-Four Corner Blue Hole (State Recreation Area) — 4.3 mi, 283° W
Arlington City Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 067° NE
Three Ponds State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 199° S
Obion Creek/Bayou De Chien (Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 195° S
Obion Creek/Bayou Du Chien Fee (Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 195° S
Big Oak Tree State Park (State Park) — 12.4 mi, 229° SW
Murphy's Pond (State Recreation Area) — 13.5 mi, 094° E
Ceremonial Mound (Historic Ruins) — 14.6 mi, 002° N
Casey Jones Marker (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 165° S
Chief's Mound (Historic Ruins) — 14.6 mi, 002° N
Proceeding On (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 352° N
Lowest Point in Illinois (Viewpoint) — 15.6 mi, 352° N
Cotton Belt Caboose (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 275° W
GEM Theatre (Cinema) — 17.0 mi, 348° N
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 346° N
Caboose (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 348° N
Cairo River Wall Murals (Public Artwork) — 17.3 mi, 348° N
Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.4 mi, 214° SW · 16k acres
Red Devil Stadium (Stadium) — 21.4 mi, 149° SE
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.4 mi, 348° N · 33k acres
The Fear Factory (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 174° S
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 27.1 mi, 333° NW
Malco (Cinema) — 27.3 mi, 288° W
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 29.2 mi, 341° N · 274k acres
The Angry Axe (Attraction) — 31.1 mi, 156° SE
Superman Museum & Gift Shop (Museum) — 33.9 mi, 037° NE
Noble Park Amphitheater (Theatre) — 34.1 mi, 048° NE
Bricolage Art Collective (Gallery) — 36.0 mi, 051° NE

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