Enter your search query in the box below.

Dry Ridge Kentucky Map

Explore Dry Ridge, 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 Dry Ridge, Kentucky

How to Use This Dry Ridge, Kentucky Map

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

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	Dry Ridge
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Grant County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.682012
Longitude	-84.589943
Population	2,102
Density	160.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	41035
Area Code	859
County Seat	Williamstown
School District	Grant County School District

🌦 Goto Dry Ridge Weather Page: Dry Ridge, Kentucky — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

About Dry Ridge, Kentucky

Dry Ridge is a locality in Grant County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,102. The population density is 160.8 people per km². Dry Ridge is located at 38.6820°N, 84.5899°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Dry Ridge is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 41035.

Dry Ridge reveals itself as a series of limestone-heavy ridges and shallow, verdant hollows that define the northern Kentucky landscape. It lies 18.2 miles south of Independence, KY (from Independence, KY: bearing 188°T), and is situated 7.0 miles south of Crittenden. Townsend Branch cuts a quiet, persistent path through the local terrain, its waters carving a narrow corridor through the clay and stone that defines the bedrock of the region. Sunlight often catches the dust rising from the fields, casting a hazy, amber glow over the landscape that softens the jagged edges of the earth. While the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains occasionally haunts the eastern horizon on the clearest of days, the immediate environment remains grounded in the quiet, agricultural expanse of the interior. Piddle Park provides an immediate, verdant anchor for the locality, offering a space where the grass grows thick and the local flora thrives in the humid, inland air.

Dry Ridge retains the steady, industrious pulse of a place shaped by its position along the transit corridors that have long linked the region to the wider world. The local economy draws its character from a blend of agricultural heritage and the modern flow of commerce, marked by the steady movement of goods and people across the high ground. History here is marked by the slow, deliberate transition from early settlement to a regional crossroads, leaving behind a legacy of endurance that persists in the weathered facades and the straightforward, soft-spoken nature of the residents. While the basin of Odors Bottom lies to the south and the recreational waters of Boone Lake offer a nearby retreat, the daily life of Dry Ridge remains tethered to the rhythm of the road and the changing of the seasons. The atmosphere carries a certain weight of permanence, where the work of the day is measured not by grand gestures, but by the quiet maintenance of a life lived between the riverbeds and the ridges.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Piddle Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 196° S
Boltz Lake (State Recreation Area) — 1.2 mi, 318° NW
J.B. Miller Lake Park (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 145° SE
Unknown Ballfield (Local Recreation) — 3.3 mi, 149° SE
Fossil find (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 184° S
Twelve Stones Monument (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 182° S
Noah and the ark (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 181° S
Wickedness fills the earth (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 181° S
Noah’s Village (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 182° S
Curtis Gates Lloyd Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 360° N
Bullock Pen Lake (State Recreation Area) — 7.7 mi, 343° N
Mullins Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 355° N
Morning View Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 11.6 mi, 037° NE
Big Bone Lick State Historic Site (State Park) — 15.8 mi, 329° NW
Kincaid Lake State Park (State Park) — 15.8 mi, 081° E
Scenic overlook (Viewpoint) — 15.9 mi, 317° NW
Campbell County Historical and Genealogical Society Museum (Museum) — 22.1 mi, 030° NE
Rosebrook Art Center (Arts Centre) — 22.3 mi, 355° N
Dietz Auditorium (Theatre) — 23.3 mi, 358° N
Red Wolf Sanctuary (Attraction) — 24.1 mi, 321° NW
Ferris Site (Historic Ruins) — 24.8 mi, 044° NE
The Maiden City (Public Artwork) — 25.6 mi, 142° SE
Batthery Bates (Historic Ruins) — 27.2 mi, 005° N
Mud Madness Motorsports (Attraction) — 27.5 mi, 225° SW
Purple Paisley, Local Artisan Shop (Gallery) — 28.1 mi, 009° N
The Andrew J Brady Music Center (Theatre) — 28.9 mi, 008° N
Cincinnati Type & Print Museum (Museum) — 29.3 mi, 004° N
Contemporary Arts Center (Gallery) — 29.4 mi, 008° N
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.3 mi, 090° E · 6,562 acres
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 65.1 mi, 132° SE · 564k acres

Latest News: Dry Ridge

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News