Explore Glenview, 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 Glenview, 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 Glenview.
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 | Glenview |
| State | Kentucky (KY) |
| County | Jefferson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.308402 |
| Longitude | -85.650239 |
| Population | 596 |
| Density | 161.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 40025, 40222 |
| Area Code | 502 |
| County Seat | Louisville |
| School District | Jefferson County School District |
Glenview sprawls across the undulating limestone terrain of Kentucky, where the landscape is defined by the steady, northward pull of the Ohio River. It lies 4.4 miles northwest of Lyndon, KY (from Lyndon, KY: bearing 324°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east-northeast of Louisville. The air here holds a distinct, heavy moisture that clings to the dense, mature canopy of the Goose Creek/Lime Kiln preserve, where sunlight filters in bruised shades of gold and violet during the late afternoon. Beyond the immediate reach of the riverbanks, the land rises into the soft, verdant swells characteristic of the region, creating a quiet topography that feels older and more permanent than the roads tracing through it. While the distant Appalachian Mountains remain a mere suggestion of shadow on the eastern horizon, the earth beneath Glenview is grounded in a deep, sedimentary patience, marked by the occasional limestone outcropping that breaks through the topsoil like the spine of a sleeping beast.
Glenview maintains a character of reserved, singular quietude, its history rooted in expansive estates that have long favored the privacy of the river bluffs over the frantic pace of industrial expansion. The local economy remains largely sequestered, defined by a legacy of stewardship that protects the woodland corridors and the integrity of the Goose Creek/Lime Kiln grounds. Life moves in sync with the seasonal shift of the river, far removed from the more turbulent waters found downstream at the Falls of the Ohio. On quiet mornings, the atmosphere is thin and sharp, carrying the scent of damp leaves and river silt, while the residents navigate a daily rhythm that values the preservation of the landscape above all else. Though Putneys Pond sits three miles away, hidden in the quiet pockets of the countryside, the true pulse of the locality remains tethered to the slow, heavy movement of the Ohio River as it carves its way through the valley.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glenview, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38.308402, -85.650239. 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 Glenview includes the ZIP code (40025, 40222), 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. |