Explore Druid Hills, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Druid Hills, 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 Druid Hills.
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 | Druid Hills |
| State | Kentucky (KY) |
| County | Jefferson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.263682 |
| Longitude | -85.661628 |
| Population | 299 |
| Density | 1297.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 40207 |
| Area Code | 502 |
| County Seat | Louisville |
| School District | Jefferson County School District |
Druid Hills sits upon the limestone-rich foundations of the Kentucky landscape, where the earth holds a quiet, heavy density beneath thick stands of hardwood. It lies 2.0 miles northwest of St. Matthews, KY (from St. Matthews, KY: bearing 315°T), and is situated 5.3 miles east of Louisville. The topography here avoids the dramatic upheaval of the distant Appalachian Mountains, favoring instead a sequence of subtle swells that guide the slow movement of rain toward the nearby Muddy Fork. Sunlight in the late afternoon catches the mineral dust in the air, casting a copper glow over the residential lots where mature oaks provide a canopy that seems to breathe with the season. Only a few miles away, the Falls of the Ohio creates a persistent, low-frequency hum of moving water, a constant reminder of the region’s hydrological depth that contrasts with the stillness found in the shaded corners of Crescent Hill.
Druid Hills maintains a character defined by the steady, measured pace of the Upper South, where the local economy reflects a history of regional trade and the slow accumulation of residential stability. The proximity to industrial corridors has long shaped the way residents move through their day, balancing the quietude of private lawns with the mechanical pulse of nearby commerce. While the influence of larger metropolitan centers exerts a gravitational pull on the workforce, the daily life of Druid Hills remains anchored to its own specific geography, from the quiet recreational waters of Lakeside Pool to the expansive, protected tracts of the Jefferson County Memorial Forest. History here is felt not in plaques or monuments, but in the enduring quality of the architecture and the way the local vernacular softens the edges of every conversation.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Druid Hills, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38.263682, -85.661628. 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 Druid Hills includes the ZIP code (40207), telephone area code (502), county seat of Jefferson County (Louisville), and school district assignment (Jefferson County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |