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Glencoe Kentucky Map

Explore Glencoe, 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 Glencoe, Kentucky

How to Use This Glencoe, Kentucky Map

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

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.

CityGlencoe
StateKentucky (KY)
CountyGallatin County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude38.72499
Longitude-84.823276
Population350
Density76.6 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code41046
Area Code859
County SeatWarsaw
School DistrictGallatin County School District

About Glencoe, Kentucky

Glencoe is a locality in Gallatin County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 350. The population density is 76.6 people per km². Glencoe is located at 38.7250°N, 84.8233°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Glencoe is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 41046.

Glencoe emerges from the landscape as a quiet collection of slopes and hollows where the earth holds the deep, cool scent of limestone and damp soil. It lies 21.1 miles south-southwest of Oakbrook, KY (from Oakbrook, KY: bearing 201°T), and is situated 6.4 miles southeast of Warsaw. The horizon remains unbroken by the jagged peaks of the Appalachian Mountains, which remain a distant, hazy memory far to the east, leaving the sky over Glencoe wide and unencumbered. Eagle Creek carves a singular, winding path through the vegetation nearby, its movement providing a steady, low-frequency hum that defines the local atmosphere. In the late afternoon, the light here thickens, turning the pastures a bruised, heavy gold that clings to the fences and the low-hanging branches of hardwood trees.

Agriculture forms the spine of life in Glencoe, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of the day more effectively than any clock. The legacy of the land is measured in the persistence of small-scale farming, a tradition that persists even as the modern world pushes against the edges of the county. Residents occasionally travel toward Egypt Bottom to work the fields or toward Sparta City Park for a quiet respite in the shade, though the local character remains stubbornly rooted in the self-reliance of the Upper South. While Boone Lake waits fourteen miles away for those seeking the stillness of deeper water, the people of Glencoe tend to find their own sense of permanence in the simple, repetitive labor of the soil and the quiet endurance of the regional landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Gallatin County Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 320° NW
  • Warsaw Sports Park (Local Park) — 5.4 mi, 309° NW
  • Belterra Golf Club (Park) — 7.3 mi, 303° NW
  • Stephen's Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 277° W
  • Caution (Viewpoint) — 8.2 mi, 002° N
  • Vineyard Golf Course (Park) — 9.5 mi, 330° NW
  • Bullock Pen Lake (State Recreation Area) — 10.0 mi, 064° NE
  • Boltz Lake (State Recreation Area) — 10.9 mi, 097° E
  • Big Bone Lick State Historic Site (State Park) — 11.1 mi, 019° N
  • Curtis Gates Lloyd Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.9 mi, 075° E
  • Fossil find (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 120° SE
  • Twelve Stones Monument (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 119° SE
  • Noah’s Village (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 120° SE
  • Noah and the ark (Monument) — 14.4 mi, 119° SE
  • Wickedness fills the earth (Monument) — 14.4 mi, 120° SE
  • Red Wolf Sanctuary (Attraction) — 15.9 mi, 350° N
  • General Butler State Resort Park (State Park) — 17.7 mi, 257° W
  • Butler-Turpin House Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 258° W
  • Rosebrook Art Center (Arts Centre) — 22.0 mi, 029° NE
  • Mud Madness Motorsports (Attraction) — 23.4 mi, 197° S
  • Dietz Auditorium (Theatre) — 23.4 mi, 030° NE
  • Saber-Tooth Cat (Public Artwork) — 24.2 mi, 022° N
  • Stargazer Planetarium (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 005° N
  • 4d Special Efects (Theatre) — 25.1 mi, 005° N
  • The Oxbow (Nature Reserve) — 26.9 mi, 358° N
  • Buchanan's Station (Historic Castle / Fort) — 27.9 mi, 298° NW
  • Batthery Bates (Historic Ruins) — 28.4 mi, 032° NE
  • Campbell County Historical and Genealogical Society Museum (Museum) — 28.5 mi, 055° NE
  • Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.7 mi, 283° W · 16k acres
  • Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 71.1 mi, 288° W · 204k acres

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About This Glencoe Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glencoe, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38.72499, -84.823276. 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 Glencoe includes the ZIP code (41046), telephone area code (859), county seat of Gallatin County (Warsaw), and school district assignment (Gallatin 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.