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Jamestown Kentucky Map

Explore Jamestown, 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 Jamestown, Kentucky

How to Use This Jamestown, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	36.98479
Longitude	-85.06301
Population	1,867
Density	204.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	42629
Area Code	270
County Seat	Jamestown
School District	Russell County School District

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About Jamestown, Kentucky

Jamestown is a locality in Russell County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,867. The population density is 204.9 people per km². Jamestown is located at 36.9848°N, 85.0630°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Jamestown is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42629.

Jamestown marks the intersection of limestone ridges and the quiet, persistent flow of the Town Branch, which carves a narrow path through the earth before the land yields to the expansive reach of Lake Cumberland. It lies 26.4 miles west-southwest of Somerset, KY (from Somerset, KY: bearing 254°T), and is situated 5.1 miles south-southeast of Russell Springs. The air here holds the cool, damp weight of the deep woods, where the light at dusk settles over the fields in long, honeyed bars that catch the silver-gray bark of native hardwoods. To the east, the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains loom against the sky, grounding the horizon in a stillness that feels as old as the bedrock itself. Within the immediate reach of the landscape, Jamestown City Park provides a necessary clearing, a space where the dense, tangled undergrowth of the region gives way to open turf and the simple geometry of maintained paths.

Economic life in Jamestown has long been tethered to the rhythms of the soil and the seasonal shifts of the surrounding timber, with the nearby, shadowed depths of Jack Hollow serving as a reminder of the rugged, unforgiving terrain that once defined early settlement. The patterns of local industry have evolved from the foundational labor of the frontier into a quieter, steady commerce that moves in sync with the lake’s seasonal visitors and the needs of the surrounding agricultural tracts. History here is kept not in grand monuments, but in the slow, deliberate pace of the streets and the way the vernacular speech softens the edges of a conversation, echoing a time when self-reliance was the only currency that mattered. Even today, the presence of the water and the proximity of the wilderness dictate the character of the day, ensuring that Jamestown remains a place where the modern world is measured against the persistent, unyielding gravity of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Jamestown City Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 342° N
Tommy Jones Memorial (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 350° N
Lake Cumberland Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 178° S
Cumberland Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 1.1 mi, 177° S
Lake Cumberland (Recreation Area) — 1.2 mi, 180° S
Lake Cumberland State Resort Park (State Park) — 3.8 mi, 169° S
American Flag Mural (Public Artwork) — 5.1 mi, 345° N
Russell Springs City Park (Local Park) — 5.5 mi, 349° N
R. F. Tarter Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 360° N
Handcock Falls (Attraction) — 13.7 mi, 176° S
Wayne County Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 132° SE
Wayne County Historic Theater (Cinema) — 16.0 mi, 132° SE
Wayne County Doughboy (Monument) — 16.0 mi, 132° SE
Bridge View (Viewpoint) — 16.8 mi, 331° NW
Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument (National Monument) — 18.5 mi, 074° E · 33 acres
General Felix K. Zollicoffer Monument (Monument) — 18.5 mi, 075° E
Wisdom Marina (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 205° SW
Showplace Cinemas (Cinema) — 24.4 mi, 082° E
Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park (State Park) — 24.8 mi, 209° SW
Wolf River Marina (Attraction) — 26.1 mi, 197° S
Downtown Somerset Welcome (Attraction) — 26.2 mi, 073° E
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 27.3 mi, 156° SE · 564k acres
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 30.5 mi, 150° SE · 114k acres
Beaver Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 32.3 mi, 102° E · 4,854 acres
Old Jail Museum (Museum) — 39.1 mi, 169° S
Six Gun City (Historic Ruins) — 40.7 mi, 104° E
Site of Historic Stanford Fort (Historic Castle / Fort) — 43.2 mi, 029° NE
73rd 10-8-62 (Museum) — 45.2 mi, 007° N
Fort Williams Civil War Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 47.6 mi, 271° W
AEGON Gallery (Gallery) — 48.0 mi, 019° N

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