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McDowell Kentucky Map

Explore McDowell, 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 McDowell, Kentucky

How to Use This McDowell, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	37.455934
Longitude	-82.736269
Population	661
Density	103.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	41647, 41651
Area Code	606
County Seat	Prestonsburg
School District	Floyd County School District

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About McDowell, Kentucky

McDowell is a locality in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 661. The population density is 103.0 people per km². McDowell is located at 37.4559°N, 82.7363°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 41647, 41651.

McDowell occupies a narrow, verdant crease in the landscape where the land seems to fold upon itself in quiet, persistent layers. It lies 70.9 miles south of Ashland, KY (from Ashland, KY: bearing 184°T), and is situated 12.0 miles west of Pikeville. Frasure Creek carves a deliberate path through the basin, its water reflecting the shifting slate and charcoal hues of an overcast sky as it follows the contours of the earth. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises into steep, timbered slopes that define the horizon, while the distant Appalachian Mountains appear as a faint, jagged bruise against the far edge of the sky. The atmosphere here carries a heavy, damp stillness, particularly when the morning mist clings to the hollows, softening the hard edges of the limestone outcrops that break through the soil like ancient, weathered bone.

McDowell bears the quiet gravity of a place defined by its long relationship with the earth beneath it, a history etched in the coal-camp memories that still color the local perspective. While the economy has shifted away from the intensive extraction of the past, the rhythm of daily life remains tethered to the terrain, punctuated by the occasional passage of a truck or the distant, muffled sounds of a workday. Residents often find their way toward the modest grounds of Minnie Park, a small patch of managed green that offers a respite from the rugged density of the surrounding woods. Life here maintains a deliberate, unadorned pace, moving with the same steady persistence as the currents of Frasure Creek, far removed from the frantic pulse of larger centers and comfortably anchored by the deep, silent presence of the hills.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Minnie Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 322° NW
Elkhorn Park (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 282° W
Kentucky Fuel Corporation Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 261° W
Shelby Valley Wildcats (Stadium) — 12.0 mi, 115° SE
Appalachian Wireless Arena (Stadium) — 12.1 mi, 083° E
Dewey Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 14.9 mi, 018° N
Dewey Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.2 mi, 017° N
Jenny Wiley State Resort Park (State Park) — 15.9 mi, 004° N
Dawkins Line Rail Trail (State Park) — 16.8 mi, 286° W
Fishtrap Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 17.1 mi, 093° E
Osburn Gap (Viewpoint) — 20.3 mi, 149° SE
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 20.4 mi, 157° SE · 733k acres
Pine Mountain State Scenic Trail (State Recreation Area) — 20.6 mi, 140° SE
Wise County (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 165° S
Leonard Woods Lynched (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 164° S
Pound Gap (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 164° S
Old Meade Homeplace (Historic Ruins) — 21.7 mi, 167° S
Crazy Eyes Elk (Public Artwork) — 23.6 mi, 116° SE
Sipp Theatre (Arts Centre) — 25.0 mi, 351° N
Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center (Museum) — 26.1 mi, 144° SE
Dickenson County Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 26.1 mi, 144° SE
Jettie Baker Center (Cinema) — 26.1 mi, 144° SE
Main Street Cinema (Cinema) — 30.6 mi, 021° N
Hatfield McCoy Feud Site Tours (Attraction) — 33.3 mi, 070° E
Portal 31 (Attraction) — 35.3 mi, 196° S
Train (Attraction) — 35.4 mi, 196° S
Portal 30 (Attraction) — 35.4 mi, 196° S
Redbird Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 35.8 mi, 251° W · 146k acres
Kentucky Coal Mining Museum (Museum) — 36.0 mi, 199° S
Stone Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 43.7 mi, 192° S · 3,273 acres

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