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Hickman Kentucky Map

Explore Hickman, 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 Hickman, Kentucky

How to Use This Hickman, Kentucky Map

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

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	Hickman
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Fulton County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	36.571172
Longitude	-89.186179
Population	2,365
Density	257.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	42050
Area Code	270, 364
County Seat	Hickman
School District	Fulton County School District

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About Hickman, Kentucky

Hickman is a locality in Fulton County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,365. The population density is 257.3 people per km². Hickman is located at 36.5712°N, 89.1862°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hickman is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42050.

Hickman commands the high ground, where the land rises sharply in a vertical assertion of earth against the surrounding floodplains. It lies 12.4 miles northwest of Union City, TN (from Union City, TN: bearing 325°T), and is situated 18.6 miles north-northwest of Polk. Bayou de Chien carves a deliberate, winding path through the heavy silt near the base of the bluff, its sluggish current reflecting the deep, verdant canopy of the bottomland trees that lean over its banks. From the vantage of Hickman Bluff Overlook Park, the air holds a stillness that magnifies the distant, hazy silhouette of Hickory Ridge, which punctuates the horizon like a faint, serrated line of charcoal against the sky. The light at dusk here possesses a peculiar, amber weight, turning the river-fed soil into a rich, dark tapestry that seems to breathe with the cooling temperature of the evening.

Hickman preserves a quiet endurance, its history etched into the steep, limestone-streaked inclines that once served as a vital threshold for commerce and movement. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, where the labor of agriculture and the movement of goods through the valley define the daily toil and aspirations of those who reside here. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the waters of Dorena Crevasse remain a solitary, quiet feature of the landscape, undisturbed by the transit of modern industry. Life in Hickman moves with a measured gravity, shaped by the persistence of the bluff and the slow, inevitable turning of the seasons across the plains, where the silence of the countryside is interrupted only by the rustle of wind through the tall, coarse grasses that define this reach of the landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Park Street City Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 151° SE
Harrison Street Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 135° SE
Obion Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 024° NE
Dorena Access (State Recreation Area) — 3.2 mi, 338° N
Seven Island Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 286° W
Big Oak Tree State Park (State Park) — 6.4 mi, 313° NW
Obion Creek/Bayou De Chien (Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 020° N
Obion Creek/Bayou Du Chien Fee (Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 020° N
Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.0 mi, 240° SW · 16k acres
Casey Jones Marker (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 097° E
Reelfoot (State Park) — 8.8 mi, 233° SW
Davy Crockett (Public Artwork) — 11.1 mi, 145° SE
The Fear Factory (Attraction) — 12.4 mi, 145° SE
Red Devil Stadium (Stadium) — 16.6 mi, 108° E
Confederate Memorial (Monument) — 17.5 mi, 103° E
Cotton Belt Caboose (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 323° NW
Battle of Island 10 (Monument) — 18.4 mi, 242° SW
Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.4 mi, 216° SW · 3,626 acres
Caboose (Attraction) — 20.6 mi, 229° SW
The Angry Axe (Attraction) — 23.1 mi, 132° SE
Ceremonial Mound (Historic Ruins) — 28.1 mi, 011° N
Chief's Mound (Historic Ruins) — 28.1 mi, 011° N
Lowest Point in Illinois (Viewpoint) — 28.6 mi, 005° N
GEM Theatre (Cinema) — 29.7 mi, 002° N
Malco (Cinema) — 30.2 mi, 315° NW
Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 37.9 mi, 348° N
Dyer County Historical Society (Museum) — 38.7 mi, 197° S
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 40.9 mi, 353° N · 274k acres
Trenton Teapot Museum (Museum) — 43.2 mi, 162° S
Malden Army Airfield Museum (Museum) — 44.6 mi, 273° W

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