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High Bridge Kentucky Map

Explore High Bridge, 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 High Bridge, Kentucky

How to Use This High Bridge, Kentucky Map

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

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	High Bridge
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Jessamine County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	37.831885
Longitude	-84.704372
Population	268
Density	47.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	40390
Area Code	502
County Seat	Nicholasville
School District	Jessamine County School District

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About High Bridge, Kentucky

High Bridge is a locality in Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 268. The population density is 47.5 people per km². High Bridge is located at 37.8319°N, 84.7044°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 40390.

High Bridge commands the limestone bluffs that drop sharply toward the winding Kentucky River, where the earth seems to exhale a cool, damp breath against the jagged rock faces. It lies 8.8 miles west-southwest of Nicholasville, KY (from Nicholasville, KY: bearing 244°T), and is situated 8.1 miles east-northeast of Harrodsburg. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy of High Bridge Park, illuminating the mossy textures of the gorge where the shadows grow long and violet as the afternoon wanes. The landscape is defined by this dramatic verticality, a stark contrast to the flatter, pastoral fields that stretch toward the horizon, far from the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. Here, the air carries a faint, sharp scent of damp stone and wild earth, grounding the observer in a terrain that feels both ancient and persistent.

Engineering remains the silent pulse of High Bridge, a place where the gravity of industrial ambition once reshaped the physical environment to conquer the treacherous terrain below. The local economy and identity remain tethered to the legacy of the monumental bridge that spans the Kentucky River, a structure that allowed the outside world to traverse a chasm that had previously dictated the pace of human movement. Visitors often wander through the quiet lanes near the gorge, aware that the nearby Jessamine Gorge and the waters of Herrington Lake exert a subtle pull on the regional character, favoring a life lived in proximity to the land’s raw geology. Life in High Bridge moves with a deliberate, quiet cadence, reflecting a history where survival and progress were measured in steel, stone, and the patient flow of the river beneath the trestles.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sally Brown, Crutcher and Earl Wallace Preserve (Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 142° SE
Kentucky River Palisades Deed Restriction (Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 156° SE
High Bridge Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 208° SW
Far Hill Overlook (Viewpoint) — 1.8 mi, 139° SE
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill (Museum) — 2.1 mi, 244° SW
Jessamine Creek Gorge Nature Preserve (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 125° SE
Bicentennial / Centennial (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 052° NE
Wesley monument (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 048° NE
John Wesley Statue (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 049° NE
Tom Dorman State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 132° SE
Camp Nelson National Monument (National Monument) — 5.9 mi, 124° SE · 463 acres
Fort Jackson (Historic Castle / Fort) — 6.2 mi, 112° E
Graveyard #1 Monument (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 112° E
Fort Putnam (Historic Castle / Fort) — 6.4 mi, 113° SE
Fort Pope (Historic Castle / Fort) — 6.5 mi, 112° E
Hickman Creek Nature Center (Nature Reserve) — 7.0 mi, 116° SE
Old Fort Harrod State Park (State Park) — 9.1 mi, 238° SW
Waveland Museum (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 043° NE
Pioneer Playhouse (Theatre) — 13.6 mi, 192° S
Danville Cinema (Cinema) — 13.7 mi, 204° SW
Farris Stadium (Stadium) — 13.7 mi, 198° S
AEGON Gallery (Gallery) — 13.7 mi, 198° S
Katsina, the Sacred Dancer (Public Artwork) — 14.7 mi, 037° NE
Comedy Off Broadway (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 041° NE
LakeSide LIve Summer Music Festival (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 041° NE
Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site (State Park) — 17.5 mi, 228° SW
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 35.1 mi, 136° SE · 564k acres
Clifty Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 59.0 mi, 087° E · 13k acres

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