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Garrison Kentucky Map

Explore Garrison, 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 Garrison, Kentucky

How to Use This Garrison, Kentucky Map

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

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	Garrison
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Lewis County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.606188
Longitude	-83.173235
Population	731
Density	104.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	41141
Area Code	859
County Seat	Vanceburg
School District	Lewis County School District

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About Garrison, Kentucky

Garrison is a locality in Lewis County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 731. The population density is 104.7 people per km². Garrison is located at 38.6062°N, 83.1732°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 41141.

Garrison anchors itself within the rugged, limestone-ribbed topography of the upper Ohio River valley, where the land breaks into steep, verdant inclines and deep, shadowed hollows. It lies 30.2 miles west-northwest of Ashland, KY (from Ashland, KY: bearing 287°T), and is situated 12.8 miles southwest of Portsmouth. Bevins Creek carves a winding path through the local terrain, its waters reflecting the heavy, humid light that settles over the low-lying Buris Hollow during the slow transition of an afternoon. To the south, the landscape rises toward the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains, while the immediate surroundings offer a textured quilt of dense woodland and narrow, fertile clearings. At the edge of the water, the Garrison Boat Launch Dock provides a quiet vantage point to observe the steady, unpretentious flow of the landscape, where the air holds the scent of damp earth and the quiet persistence of the Kentucky wild.

Garrison carries the quiet weight of an economy once defined by the rhythmic labor of the river trades and the extraction of local resources, a legacy still etched into the weathered facades of its older structures. While the pace of life has slowed from the industrious hum of previous decades, the character of Garrison remains tethered to the land, shaped by the resilience of those who cultivate the smaller plots and navigate the complexities of a rural economy. Life here moves in sync with the changing seasons, far from the reach of the distant, frantic sprawl of larger hubs, yet connected by the shared history of the riverbank. Residents find a familiar stillness near the banks of Bevins Creek or during quiet excursions toward the trails of Tygarts State Forest, finding a beauty in the stark, honest simplicity of a place that asks for little and offers a profound, grounded peace to those who stay.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Garrison Boat Launch Dock (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 073° E
Shawnee State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 354° N
Shawnee State Park (State Park) — 5.6 mi, 035° NE
Spruce Hill-Rocky Fork-Hope Springs-Rock Run-Kamama Prairie (Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 274° W
Arc Of Appalachia Biodiversity (Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 279° W
Union Monument (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 267° W
Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 7.7 mi, 268° W
Lewis County Historical Society (Museum) — 7.9 mi, 267° W
Theodore Roosevelt Game Preserve (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 358° N
Rome (Stout Post Office) (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 291° W
2018 Girl's Little League World Series Softball Champions (Public Artwork) — 12.4 mi, 046° NE
Portsmouth Stars Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 12.6 mi, 047° NE
Candyland Children's Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 047° NE
River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 12.9 mi, 048° NE
Clark Planetarium (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 049° NE
Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 047° NE
Tygarts State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 14.2 mi, 178° S
Greenbo Lake State Resort Park (State Park) — 15.5 mi, 119° SE
Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 171° S
Old Homestead (Attraction) — 16.4 mi, 174° S
Musketeer Field (Stadium) — 16.4 mi, 084° E
E. Lucy Braun Lynx Prairie Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 16.5 mi, 310° NW
Fern Bridge (Attraction) — 16.5 mi, 169° S
Smoky Bridge (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 171° S
Buzzardroost Rock Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 17.8 mi, 310° NW
Brush Creek Iron Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 19.1 mi, 322° NW
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 19.4 mi, 220° SW · 564k acres
Brush Creek State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 20.0 mi, 003° N
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 20.9 mi, 087° E · 243k acres
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.1 mi, 285° W · 6,562 acres

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