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Cunningham Kentucky Map

Explore Cunningham, 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 Cunningham, Kentucky

How to Use This Cunningham, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	36.907555
Longitude	-88.889782
Population	272
Density	100.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	42035
Area Code	270, 364
County Seat	Bardwell
School District	Carlisle County School District

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About Cunningham, Kentucky

Cunningham is a locality in Carlisle County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 272. The population density is 100.1 people per km². Cunningham is located at 36.9076°N, 88.8898°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 42035.

Cunningham anchors itself amidst a sprawling, fertile expanse where the horizon is defined by the subtle, rhythmic swell of agricultural plains rather than the jagged peaks of distant elevations. It lies 20.1 miles southwest of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 233°T), and is situated 18.1 miles northwest of Mayfield. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, honeyed thickness in the late afternoon, catching the dust motes above fallow fields and casting long, thin shadows that stretch toward the quiet passage of Heflin Creek. To the west, the land pulls away into a muted, verdant geometry, occasionally interrupted by the silhouettes of distant, hazy rises like O'Bryan Ridge, which offer a static contrast to the fluid movement of the wind through the tall, dry grasses. The stillness of the air is broken only by the low, mechanical hum of regional machinery or the sharp, singular cry of a hawk circling above the open, expansive terrain.

Cunningham persists as a quiet testament to the agrarian persistence that has long defined this corner of the state, where the economy remains tethered to the slow, deliberate cycles of sowing and harvest. While industrial modernization has shifted the patterns of local labor, the legacy of the soil remains the primary architect of daily existence, drawing the focus of residents toward the seasonal rhythms of the surrounding earth. Families often venture toward the quiet, reflective waters of Lowe Lake or seek the modest, managed expanses of Carlisle County Park to mark the passage of the year beyond the furrowed rows of local farms. The spirit of Cunningham is found in this grounded endurance, a place where the social fabric is stitched together by the shared understanding of the land’s temperament and the understated, enduring patience of those who cultivate it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Carlisle County Park (Local Park) — 6.4 mi, 251° W
Coil Estate Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 279° W
Obion Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.9 mi, 187° S
Murphy's Pond (State Recreation Area) — 11.1 mi, 171° S
Burial Mound (Historic Ruins) — 12.0 mi, 292° W
Chief's Mound (Historic Ruins) — 12.0 mi, 292° W
Fort Defiance Park (State Park) — 14.8 mi, 291° W
Proceeding On (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 291° W
Lowest Point in Illinois (Viewpoint) — 14.8 mi, 291° W
Columbus-Belmont State Park (State Park) — 15.2 mi, 232° SW
Caboose (Attraction) — 16.5 mi, 293° NW
GEM Theatre (Cinema) — 16.6 mi, 293° NW
Cairo River Wall Murals (Public Artwork) — 16.8 mi, 294° NW
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 292° W
Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.5 mi, 078° E · 19k acres
Desert Storm Memorial (Monument) — 17.7 mi, 293° NW
Noble Park Amphitheater (Theatre) — 18.5 mi, 048° NE
Fort Massac (Attraction) — 19.0 mi, 031° NE
Superman Museum & Gift Shop (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 027° NE
Lois Lane Statue (Attraction) — 19.2 mi, 027° NE
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.1 mi, 306° NW · 33k acres
Bricolage Art Collective (Gallery) — 20.4 mi, 052° NE
Market House Theatre (Theatre) — 20.4 mi, 053° NE
Apple Valley Hillbilly Garden And Toyland (Attraction) — 23.0 mi, 077° E
Mermet Swamp Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 23.8 mi, 008° N
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 27.4 mi, 026° NE · 274k acres
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 27.8 mi, 300° NW
Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 37.0 mi, 082° E · 171k acres
Land Between the Lakes Other (National Forest) — 37.0 mi, 082° E · 171k acres
Lusk Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 44.8 mi, 024° NE · 6,632 acres

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