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Green Spring Kentucky Map

Explore Green Spring, 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 Green Spring, Kentucky

How to Use This Green Spring, Kentucky Map

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

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	Green Spring
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Jefferson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.31618
Longitude	-85.61385
Population	711
Density	1028.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	40241
Area Code	502
County Seat	Louisville
School District	Jefferson County School District

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About Green Spring, Kentucky

Green Spring is a locality in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 711. The population density is 1028.2 people per km². Green Spring is located at 38.3162°N, 85.6138°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Green Spring is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 40241.

Green Spring emerges from the limestone-heavy soil of the Kentucky interior as a quiet intersection of meadow and woodland. It lies 4.2 miles north of Lyndon, KY (from Lyndon, KY: bearing 351°T), and is situated 9.0 miles east-northeast of Louisville. Little Goose Creek winds through the low-lying pastures, its narrow, dark channel cutting a path through the tall grasses that lean toward the water in the humid heat of mid-afternoon. To the east, the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains hold the horizon, serving as a reminder of the vast, fractured terrain that defines the wider region. A mile away, the quiet waters of Putneys Pond remain undisturbed by the prevailing winds, providing a reflective surface that mirrors the shifting, pale violet clouds of the late day. The air here holds a peculiar weight, smelling of damp earth and crushed clover, a scent that lingers long after the sun has slipped below the western tree line.

Green Spring carries the quiet gravity of a place built upon the slow, deliberate cycles of agriculture and the legacy of the land. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the fields, where the limestone-rich earth supports the deep, vibrant green of the local pastures and the steady labor of those who work them. History is not written in grand monuments, but in the persistent survival of the homesteads and the enduring local preference for a measured, deliberate pace of life. Though the Falls of the Ohio and the deeper reaches of Carters Hole lie miles away, the identity of Green Spring is anchored firmly in its immediate, unassuming surroundings. Even the local habits reflect this groundedness, as the day-to-day existence is marked by the simple, repetitive chores of maintaining the land within the Putney Pond and Woodlands area, ensuring that the legacy of the soil remains as vital as the water that sustains it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

The Kentucky Soldiers Home (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 305° NW
Wolf Pen Branch Mill (Historic Ruins) — 1.4 mi, 052° NE
Putney Pond and Woodlands (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 356° N
Lentz's Pond (Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 297° NW
Harrods Creek Park (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 026° NE
Goose Creek/Lime Kiln (Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 272° W
Wolf Pen Corridor (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 081° E
War Memorial (Monument) — 2.5 mi, 299° NW
Six Mile Island State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 272° W
E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park (State Park) — 3.2 mi, 132° SE
Charlestown State Park (State Park) — 3.6 mi, 336° NW
Gallapalooza Horse Statue (Public Artwork) — 4.7 mi, 101° E
WaterWorks Museum (Museum) — 5.3 mi, 243° SW
Riverview Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.6 mi, 349° N
Party Center (Attraction) — 5.7 mi, 150° SE
Village 8 (Cinema) — 5.8 mi, 190° S
Prather Site (Historic Ruins) — 6.2 mi, 314° NW
Walden theater (Theatre) — 6.2 mi, 225° SW
Bingham Park (Attraction) — 6.5 mi, 233° SW
Market Street line sign (Attraction) — 6.8 mi, 232° SW
Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind (Museum) — 6.8 mi, 233° SW
Fourteen Mile Creek Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 357° N
Jeffersonville Overlook (Attraction) — 7.5 mi, 245° SW
River Stage and Amphitheater (Theatre) — 7.5 mi, 244° SW
Vintage Fire Museum (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 248° W
Clark County Museum (Museum) — 7.6 mi, 249° W
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 38.5 mi, 281° W · 204k acres

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