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Hollow Creek Kentucky Map

Explore Hollow Creek, 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 Hollow Creek, Kentucky

How to Use This Hollow Creek, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	38.152568
Longitude	-85.624403
Population	799
Density	1335.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	40228
Area Code	502
County Seat	Louisville
School District	Jefferson County School District

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About Hollow Creek, Kentucky

Hollow Creek is a locality in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 799. The population density is 1335.5 people per km². Hollow Creek is located at 38.1526°N, 85.6244°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Hollow Creek is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 40228.

Hollow Creek occupies a quiet stretch of land where the limestone bedrock exerts a subtle, persistent gravity on the character of the soil. It lies 4.3 miles southwest of Jeffersontown, KY (from Jeffersontown, KY: bearing 229°T), and is situated 8.3 miles north-northwest of Mount Washington. The landscape is defined by a slow, rhythmic transition from flat, open pastures to the dense, shaded canopy of the Jefferson County Memorial Forest found to the south. Fern Creek traces a narrow, serpentine path through the low-lying terrain, its waters often reflecting the muted gray of a heavy Kentucky sky. In the distance, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the eastern limit of the horizon, a reminder of the vast, ancient geology that shapes this inland territory. The air here holds a particular weight at dusk, carrying the scent of damp earth and cooling stone as the light retreats into the dense tree lines.

Hollow Creek carries the quiet echoes of a regional past defined by agrarian labor and the slow, deliberate pace of the Upper South. Residents often look toward the nearby Highview for recreation, finding a communal anchor in the open spaces that have remained largely unchanged by the rapid expansion of neighboring districts. While the economy has shifted away from the early dependence on small-scale trade, the memory of coal-camp life and the industry of the interior remains present in the local temperament. The proximity of Fairmont Falls, with its rhythmic descent of water over limestone ledges, offers a stark contrast to the stillness of Tucker Lake, providing a natural focal point for those who seek the solitude of the landscape. Life in Hollow Creek persists with a steady, unadorned quality, rooted firmly in the limestone foundations that define the regional identity.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Highview (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 190° S
Fern Creek (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 076° E
McNeely Lake (State Recreation Area) — 2.7 mi, 192° S
Buechel Parcel (Local Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 345° N
Bingo City (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 001° N
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 192° S
Confederate Martyrs Monument (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 049° NE
Gaslight Lamp (Public Artwork) — 4.4 mi, 049° NE
Tri Ân Monument (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 056° NE
Colonel Sanders Museum (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 310° NW
Blackacre State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 057° NE
Walleroo Walkabout (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 310° NW
Lorikeet Landing (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 310° NW
Guanaco Area (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 309° NW
Village 8 (Cinema) — 5.6 mi, 355° N
Petting Zoo Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 5.6 mi, 311° NW
Big Vista Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.7 mi, 132° SE
Louisville zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 5.7 mi, 310° NW
Butterfly Garden (Nature Reserve) — 5.8 mi, 311° NW
Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 315° NW
Norton Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 6.4 mi, 317° NW
Wyatt Center for the Arts (Theatre) — 6.4 mi, 317° NW
Parklands of Floyds Fork (Local Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 085° E
Broadbent Arena (Stadium) — 7.4 mi, 297° NW
The Caravan (Theatre) — 7.6 mi, 319° NW
E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park (State Park) — 9.0 mi, 021° N
Charlestown State Park (State Park) — 14.6 mi, 356° N

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