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Gratz Kentucky Map

Explore Gratz, 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 Gratz, Kentucky

How to Use This Gratz, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	38.473678
Longitude	-84.952728
Population	67
Density	74.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	40359
Area Code	502
County Seat	Owenton
School District	Owen County School District

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About Gratz, Kentucky

Gratz is a locality in Owen County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 67. The population density is 74.3 people per km². Gratz is located at 38.4737°N, 84.9527°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Gratz is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 40359.

Gratz occupies a quiet intersection of limestone earth and alluvial soil, defined by the Lowderbach Branch as it carves a persistent, narrow path through the surrounding terrain. It lies 19.3 miles north-northwest of Frankfort, KY (from Frankfort, KY: bearing 347°T), and is situated 18.8 miles southeast of Carrollton. The landscape is a study in shadow and slope, where the dense woodland canopy thins to reveal the rugged, asymmetrical contours of the local topography. Sunlight here possesses a particular clarity, catching the pale, weathered stone of the ridgelines and casting long, indigo silhouettes across the fields as the afternoon wanes. To the distant east, the hazy, muted outlines of the Appalachian Mountains occasionally register against the horizon, serving as a silent sentinel to the more intimate, immediate geography of the nearby Kentucky River Wildlife Management Area.

Gratz maintains an economy tethered to the slow cycles of the land, an inheritance of labor that stretches back through generations of agrarian tradition. While the nearby Marshall Bottom provides a fertile basin for cultivation, the broader local character remains defined by the stillness of its rural life and the modest, enduring presence of its homesteads. The rhythm of the day is dictated not by industry, but by the subtle shifts in the weather and the seasonal maintenance of the surrounding acreage. Residents look toward the waters of Elmer Davis Lake for a sense of expanse, while the occasional traveler might seek out the geological curiosity of Drennon Falls to observe the water’s steady, rhythmic descent. Life in Gratz persists with a quiet gravity, focused on the maintenance of one’s own patch of earth and the preservation of a way of existence that values the weight of the present over the frantic pace of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kentucky River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 174° S
Elmer Davis Lake (State Recreation Area) — 4.1 mi, 068° E
Mud Madness Motorsports (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 178° S
Owen County Parks And Recreation (Local Park) — 8.0 mi, 050° NE
John A. Kleber Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 140° SE
Henyry County Land Aqu. And Dev. (Local Park) — 11.8 mi, 261° W
General Butler State Resort Park (State Park) — 16.5 mi, 321° NW
Butler-Turpin House Museum (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 320° NW
General Butler State Park Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.9 mi, 321° NW
Bronze Buffalo (Public Artwork) — 18.3 mi, 166° S
Guist Creek Lake (State Recreation Area) — 18.8 mi, 209° SW
La Jardiniere Garden Club 2002 (Monument) — 19.0 mi, 168° S
William Goebel Statue (Monument) — 19.4 mi, 168° S
Grand Theater Ticket Office (Theatre) — 19.4 mi, 168° S
Colored Soldiers Monument (Monument) — 19.6 mi, 161° S
Adams Family Manor (Nature Reserve) — 19.8 mi, 278° W
Fossil find (Attraction) — 21.9 mi, 062° NE
Noah’s Village (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 062° NE
Jeptha Creed Distillery (Attraction) — 25.9 mi, 221° SW
Midway Art Studio (Gallery) — 26.6 mi, 147° SE
Theaters of Georgetown (Cinema) — 28.7 mi, 128° SE
Shechem Ministries (Nature Reserve) — 30.8 mi, 188° S
Clifty Falls State Park (State Park) — 30.9 mi, 307° NW
Adena Mound (Historic Ruins) — 34.3 mi, 129° SE
Buchanan's Station (Historic Castle / Fort) — 35.3 mi, 330° NW
Wolf Pen Branch Mill (Historic Ruins) — 36.1 mi, 254° W
Camp Nelson National Monument (National Monument) — 50.3 mi, 158° S · 463 acres
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.2 mi, 304° NW · 16k acres
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 71.7 mi, 301° NW · 204k acres
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 79.1 mi, 151° SE · 564k acres

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