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Hardinsburg Kentucky Map

Explore Hardinsburg, 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 Hardinsburg, Kentucky

How to Use This Hardinsburg, Kentucky Map

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

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.

CityHardinsburg
StateKentucky (KY)
CountyBreckinridge County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude37.771444
Longitude-86.450842
Population2,385
Density266.3 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code40143
Area Code502
County SeatHardinsburg
School DistrictBreckinridge County School District

About Hardinsburg, Kentucky

Hardinsburg is a locality in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,385. The population density is 266.3 people per km². Hardinsburg is located at 37.7714°N, 86.4508°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hardinsburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 40143.

Hardinsburg emerges from the limestone-heavy soil of the Upper South, a place where the light at dusk settles in heavy, golden layers against the horizon. It lies 28.2 miles west of Radcliff, KY (from Radcliff, KY: bearing 262°T), and is situated 19.6 miles southeast of Perry. The landscape surrounding Hardinsburg is defined by a slow, rhythmic elevation, marked by the presence of Knob Lick Hill rising in the distance like a muted sentinel. Hardins Creek carves a quiet, persistent path through the limestone bedrock just a mile away, feeding the thirsty earth and providing a steady, low-voiced accompaniment to the movement of the seasons. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the terrain deepens into the shadowed embrace of Hurricane Hollow, while the waters of Rough River Lake hold the reflected sky in a stillness that persists long after the sun has retreated behind the canopy.

Hardinsburg carries the weight of a long-settled interior, where the economy remains tethered to the patient cycles of agriculture and the steady, unadorned labor of the region. The character of the place is shaped by a history of inland endurance, far removed from the frantic pace of the coasts, finding its social center at the Community Center And Swimming Pool where the echoes of summer afternoons linger in the humid air. Prosperity here is measured not in sudden bursts, but in the slow accumulation of generations who have worked the fields and maintained the local commerce with a quiet, stubborn resolve. Life in Hardinsburg follows the meridian of the seasons, a deliberate, grounded existence where the architecture of the streets and the habits of the people remain as constant and unyielding as the surrounding rock.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Hardinsburg City Park (Ballfields) (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 158° S
  • Breckinridge County Fair Grounds (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 114° SE
  • Rough River Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 173° S
  • Rough River Lake (Recreation Area) — 6.2 mi, 170° S
  • Yellowbank Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.4 mi, 322° NW
  • Rough River Dam State Resort Park (State Park) — 10.7 mi, 197° S
  • Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 12.5 mi, 340° N · 204k acres
  • Hoosier Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 15.8 mi, 316° NW · 35 acres
  • Three County Corner (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 083° E
  • Perry County Museum (Museum) — 18.6 mi, 302° NW
  • Cinema 66 (Cinema) — 20.4 mi, 305° NW
  • 1974 Tornado Victims (Monument) — 21.9 mi, 043° NE
  • Tree Trunk from 1974 Tornado (Monument) — 21.9 mi, 043° NE
  • Christ of the Ohio (Public Artwork) — 24.3 mi, 309° NW
  • Harrison - Crawford State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 24.8 mi, 031° NE
  • Squire Boone Caverns (Attraction) — 26.7 mi, 040° NE
  • Pine Acres Miniature Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 28.0 mi, 040° NE
  • O'bannon Woods State Park (State Park) — 28.7 mi, 014° N
  • Harrison-Crawford State Forest (Nature Reserve) — 30.1 mi, 017° N
  • O'Bannon Woods Fire Tower (Viewpoint) — 31.2 mi, 018° N
  • Fort Duffield (Historic Castle / Fort) — 31.7 mi, 061° NE
  • Cinema 33 (Cinema) — 33.3 mi, 227° SW
  • Santa’s Candy Castle (Attraction) — 34.3 mi, 314° NW
  • Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 36.5 mi, 162° S · 51k acres
  • Traditional Arts Today (Arts Centre) — 38.5 mi, 324° NW
  • Marengo Cave (Attraction) — 42.2 mi, 008° N
  • Abraham Lincoln Birth Cabin (Attraction) — 42.4 mi, 113° SE
  • Kentucky Railway Museum (Museum) — 47.5 mi, 099° E
  • Kentucky Derby Museum (Museum) — 47.6 mi, 051° NE
  • Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.0 mi, 318° NW · 20k acres

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About This Hardinsburg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hardinsburg, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.771444, -86.450842. 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 Hardinsburg includes the ZIP code (40143), telephone area code (502), county seat of Breckinridge County (Hardinsburg), and school district assignment (Breckinridge 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.