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Hodgenville Kentucky Map

Explore Hodgenville, 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 Hodgenville, Kentucky

How to Use This Hodgenville, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	37.57395
Longitude	-85.739961
Population	3,235
Density	586.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	42748
Area Code	270
County Seat	Hodgenville
School District	Larue County School District

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About Hodgenville, Kentucky

Hodgenville is a locality in Larue County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,235. The population density is 586.7 people per km². Hodgenville is located at 37.5740°N, 85.7400°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Hodgenville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42748.

Hodgenville emerges from the limestone-heavy soil of the region, defined by the quiet persistence of the North Fork Nolin River as it carves a path through the landscape. It lies 10.5 miles southeast of Elizabethtown, KY (from Elizabethtown, KY: bearing 142°T), and is situated 17.5 miles southeast of Rineyville. The air here holds a particular weight, smelling of damp earth and coming rain, while the light at dusk settles over the fields in long, amber strips that catch the edges of the barns. While the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains wait 129 miles to the east, the immediate terrain is defined by low, rhythmic swells of pasture and thin, persistent woodland. Residents find their quietude at Creek Front Park, where the land meets the water in an unadorned, utilitarian grace that keeps the pace of the afternoon grounded in the simple mechanics of growth and season.

History exerts a gravitational pull on Hodgenville, anchoring the local identity to the fundamental beginnings of a president born into these modest, hard-scrabble fields. The economy remains tethered to the cycles of agriculture and the steady, slow-turning machinery of regional commerce, far removed from the frantic pulse of larger metropolitan centers. People travel a few miles to the still, reflective surface of Sportsman Lake when they require a different kind of silence, or look toward the shadows of Howard Hollow to understand the isolation that once shaped the early homesteaders. Life here moves with the deliberate, careful focus of a place that knows its own weight, favoring the sturdy continuity of a long-established rural existence over the fleeting demands of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

The Boy Lincoln (Public Artwork) — 0.0 mi, 225° SW
Abraham Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 245° SW
Larue County Parks & Rec (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 159° S
Larue County Environmental Center (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 098° E
Abraham Lincoln Birth Cabin (Attraction) — 3.0 mi, 177° S
Site of the Boundary Oak (Attraction) — 3.0 mi, 178° S
Thompson Creek Glades State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 030° NE
Rolling Fork Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 104° E
Kentucky Railway Museum (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 054° NE
The Cannonball (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 322° NW
Green River (Conservation Area) — 17.6 mi, 176° S
Nolin Rv Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 19.6 mi, 231° SW
Willett Distillery (Attraction) — 21.1 mi, 046° NE
Bourbon Heritage Center (Attraction) — 21.3 mi, 045° NE
My Old Kentucky Home State Park (State Park) — 21.6 mi, 044° NE
Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History/Bardstown Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.0 mi, 042° NE
Bardstown Civil War Museum (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 043° NE
Nolin River Lake (Recreation Area) — 22.6 mi, 232° SW
Confederate Monument of Bardstown (Monument) — 23.0 mi, 041° NE
Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 26.5 mi, 216° SW · 51k acres
Green River Lake State Park (State Park) — 29.2 mi, 132° SE
Fort Duffield (Historic Castle / Fort) — 31.1 mi, 339° N
Dixon Cave (Viewpoint) — 33.3 mi, 217° SW
Kentucky Action Park (Theme Park) — 33.7 mi, 206° SW
National Cave Museum and Library (Museum) — 36.2 mi, 209° SW
Pine Acres Miniature Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 41.0 mi, 329° NW
Fort Williams Civil War Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 41.1 mi, 194° S
73rd 10-8-62 (Museum) — 42.7 mi, 084° E
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 52.8 mi, 318° NW · 204k acres

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