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Horse Cave Kentucky Map

Explore Horse Cave, 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 Horse Cave, Kentucky

How to Use This Horse Cave, Kentucky Map

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

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	Horse Cave
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Hart County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	37.169795
Longitude	-85.91719
Population	2,212
Density	271.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	42749
Area Code	270
County Seat	Munfordville
School District	Caverna Independent School District

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About Horse Cave, Kentucky

Horse Cave is a locality in Hart County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,212. The population density is 271.6 people per km². Horse Cave is located at 37.1698°N, 85.9172°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Horse Cave is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42749.

Horse Cave emerges from the limestone bedrock of the Kentucky landscape, where the earth seems to breathe through a vast, subterranean network that keeps the surface cool even in the height of summer. It lies 12.7 miles north of Glasgow, KY (from Glasgow, KY: bearing 1°T), and is situated 4.0 miles northeast of Cave City. The terrain defines itself by the presence of the London Pace Sink, a deep depression that reminds the traveler of the porous, shifting nature of the ground beneath their boots. Sunlight filters through the canopy of local hardwoods to illuminate the rolling pastures, casting a long, golden quality of light that softens the edges of the fields and makes the distant, hazy blue of the Appalachian Mountains appear as a mere phantom on the horizon. Within the very center of Horse Cave, the landscape reveals its most singular feature, as the entrance to Hidden River Cave serves as a constant, quiet reminder that the most significant architecture here is carved by the slow, persistent drip of water through stone.

Horse Cave maintains a steady, deliberate pace of life, anchored by a history defined by the same karst topography that dictates the flow of the nearby Green River. While the economy has evolved from its early reliance on the agricultural cycles of the surrounding plains, the local spirit remains tethered to the land and the unique challenges of building a life atop such fragile, hollow ground. The presence of the cave system has transitioned from a historical curiosity into a focal point for the identity of Horse Cave, drawing those who find beauty in the intersection of human industry and the raw, unyielding geology of the region. Even the air here carries the faint, mineral scent of the earth, a persistent reminder that the life of the inhabitants is inextricably linked to the hidden, moving waters that carve their silent paths toward the Green River, miles away from the reach of any distant, salt-bearing shore.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Progress Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 184° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 047° NE
Hidden River Cave (Attraction) — 0.9 mi, 043° NE
Upper Green River Biological Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 320° NW
Kentucky Action Park (Theme Park) — 5.4 mi, 242° SW
Green River Watershed Fee (Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 350° N
Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 011° N
Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 6.3 mi, 264° W · 51k acres
Green River Wild River (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 308° NW
Last Recorded Indian Raid (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 084° E
Diamond Caverns (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 245° SW
National Cave Museum and Library (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 245° SW
Green River Watershed Easement (Conservation Area) — 9.4 mi, 240° SW
Railroad Engine No. 4 (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 276° W
Furlong Cemetery (Viewpoint) — 10.2 mi, 267° W
Fort Williams Civil War Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 11.9 mi, 182° S
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 179° S
Barren River Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 12.8 mi, 194° S
Nolin Rv Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 13.1 mi, 327° NW
Nolin Lake State Park (State Park) — 18.4 mi, 300° NW
Barren River Lake State Resort Park (State Park) — 21.9 mi, 202° S
Site of the Boundary Oak (Attraction) — 26.8 mi, 022° N
The Boy Lincoln (Public Artwork) — 29.6 mi, 019° N
Bowling Green Ballpark (Stadium) — 31.3 mi, 248° W
Kentucky Railway Museum (Museum) — 38.1 mi, 028° NE
Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History/Bardstown Historical Museum (Museum) — 50.6 mi, 029° NE
Bardstown Civil War Museum (Museum) — 50.8 mi, 029° NE
Cold Springs Museum (Museum) — 52.1 mi, 219° SW
Fort Duffield (Historic Castle / Fort) — 57.0 mi, 359° N
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 62.9 mi, 328° NW · 204k acres

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