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Drakesboro Kentucky Map

Explore Drakesboro, 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 Drakesboro, Kentucky

How to Use This Drakesboro, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	37.217542
Longitude	-87.048885
Population	481
Density	336.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	42337
Area Code	270
County Seat	Greenville
School District	Muhlenberg County School District

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About Drakesboro, Kentucky

Drakesboro is a locality in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 481. The population density is 336.4 people per km². Drakesboro is located at 37.2175°N, 87.0489°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Drakesboro is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42337.

Drakesboro emerges from the dark, mineral-rich soil of western Kentucky as a landscape defined by the persistent, winding course of Plum Creek. It lies 25.9 miles east-southeast of Madisonville, KY (from Madisonville, KY: bearing 107°T), and is situated 6.7 miles southeast of Central City. The topography here avoids the dramatic upheaval of distant peaks, favoring instead a vast, quiet expanse of reclaimed earth and woodland that stretches toward the horizon where the faint, hazy silhouette of Chestnut Oak Ridge marks the limit of the sky. Light settles heavily over the fields at dusk, casting a copper glow across the grasses that seem to hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has dipped low. Within the quiet perimeter of Mose Rager Park, the air carries a distinct stillness, a reminder that the land is shaped more by the soft, steady erosion of water than by the violent shifts of mountain-building forces.

Drakesboro bears the indelible imprint of a history forged in the subterranean layers of the earth, where the local economy was long tethered to the extraction of coal and the rhythmic labor of the mines. The legacy of this industry remains visible in the town’s character, an austere pride that persists even as the local focus shifts toward modern agricultural rhythms and the quietude of rural life. Residents often look toward the nearby waters of Kirkwood Lake or the deeper recesses of Boggess Hollow when seeking the solitude that defines this corner of the state. Life in Drakesboro moves with a deliberate, unadorned grace, honoring the memory of those who worked the seams of the ground while embracing the slow, seasonal pulse of a region that asks little and provides a sturdy, honest foundation for its people.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Peabody Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 124° SE
Beechmont Community Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 167° S
Luzerne Lake City Park (Local Recreation) — 6.3 mi, 272° W
Everly Brothers Monument (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 322° NW
Muhlenberg County Park (Local Park) — 7.5 mi, 274° W
Lake Malone State Park (State Park) — 9.3 mi, 174° S
Lake Malone (State Recreation Area) — 9.4 mi, 175° S
Big Twigs (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 178° S
Cypress Creek State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 324° NW
Cinema 33 (Cinema) — 17.8 mi, 028° NE
Confederate-Union Veterans Monument (Monument) — 20.1 mi, 088° E
AMC Classic Madisonville 8 (Cinema) — 24.4 mi, 287° W
Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park (State Park) — 34.0 mi, 255° W
Alhambra Theatre (Theatre) — 34.2 mi, 225° SW
Tango Statue (Public Artwork) — 36.4 mi, 116° SE
Lost River Cave Entrance (Attraction) — 36.6 mi, 120° SE
Blue Hole 3 (Attraction) — 36.7 mi, 120° SE
Bowling Green Ballpark (Stadium) — 36.8 mi, 114° SE
Butterfly House (Attraction) — 36.9 mi, 120° SE
Blue Hole 2 (Attraction) — 37.0 mi, 120° SE
Guthrie Transportation Museum (Museum) — 39.9 mi, 189° S
Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 43.0 mi, 090° E · 51k acres
Wickham Hall Pratt Museum (Museum) — 45.9 mi, 209° SW
Adsmore Museum (Museum) — 46.4 mi, 261° W
Caldwell County Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 46.9 mi, 264° W
APSU CECA Downtown Gallery (Arts Centre) — 50.7 mi, 200° S
Perry County Museum (Museum) — 50.9 mi, 019° N
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 52.6 mi, 017° N · 204k acres
Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 57.5 mi, 246° SW · 171k acres
Land Between the Lakes Other (National Forest) — 57.5 mi, 246° SW · 171k acres

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