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Melbourne Kentucky Map

Explore Melbourne, 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 Melbourne, Kentucky

How to Use This Melbourne, Kentucky Map

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

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.

CityMelbourne
StateKentucky (KY)
CountyCampbell County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude39.029784
Longitude-84.366328
Population458
Density211.8 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code41059
Area Code859
County SeatAlexandria
School DistrictCampbell County School District

About Melbourne, Kentucky

Melbourne is a locality in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 458. The population density is 211.8 people per km². Melbourne is located at 39.0298°N, 84.3663°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Melbourne is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 41059.

Melbourne occupies a quiet stretch of land where the earth rises in soft, limestone-rich contours toward the horizon. It lies 5.0 miles north-northeast of Alexandria, KY (from Alexandria, KY: bearing 13°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east-southeast of Cincinnati. The air here holds the stillness of the interior, buffered by the broad, steady movement of the Ohio River which marks the northern boundary of the landscape. Sunlight often catches the edges of the fields at dusk, turning the tall grasses into a pale, flickering gold that seems to hold the warmth of the day long after the sun has slipped behind the distant, shadowed silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains. Within the local topography, the land dips into subtle depressions, far from the deep relief of Turkey Bottom, while the nearby Unknown Park offers a quiet expanse of untamed green for those who walk its paths.

Melbourne reflects the enduring character of a region defined by the slow labor of the soil and the quiet persistence of its inhabitants. The economy has long been tethered to the rhythms of the land, shifting from the early patterns of river-borne commerce to the steady, modest pace of modern life where the presence of Coldstream Country Club Lake provides a singular, artificial calm in the surrounding countryside. History here is not shouted in monuments but felt in the way the local architecture keeps low to the ground, favoring utility and endurance over ornamentation. Life unfolds without pretense, moving in sync with the seasonal cycles of the fields and the distant, low hum of industry that occasionally drifts across the plains, grounding Melbourne in a reality that is both plain-spoken and deeply rooted.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 031° NE
  • Blessed Virgin Mary (Public Artwork) — 0.2 mi, 097° E
  • St. Anne's Stream Restoration Site (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 317° NW
  • Withrow Nature Preserve (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 347° N
  • Ohio River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 1.3 mi, 341° N
  • Coldstream Country Club (Park) — 1.6 mi, 025° NE
  • Hopkins Preserved Greenspace (Local Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 347° N
  • Greenspace(Pickton) (Local Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 331° NW
  • G.A.P.P. Peace Pole (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 357° N
  • California Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 3.3 mi, 314° NW
  • High Water Marker (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 299° NW
  • Legendary Run Golf Course (Park) — 4.3 mi, 082° E
  • Clark Stone House (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 359° N
  • Royal Oak Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 077° E
  • Campbell County Historical and Genealogical Society Museum (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 193° S
  • Cincinnati Aviation Heritage Society Museum (Museum) — 6.1 mi, 326° NW
  • Irish Heritage Center of Cincinnati (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 327° NW
  • The Pines (Gallery) — 6.9 mi, 337° NW
  • Madisonville Village (Historic Ruins) — 7.5 mi, 352° N
  • Madisonville Site (Historic Ruins) — 7.8 mi, 353° N
  • Purple Paisley, Local Artisan Shop (Gallery) — 8.5 mi, 296° NW
  • Schott Amphitheater (Theatre) — 8.6 mi, 306° NW
  • Miller Gallery (Gallery) — 8.6 mi, 332° NW
  • The Andrew J Brady Music Center (Theatre) — 9.1 mi, 300° NW
  • ArtsWave (Arts Centre) — 9.6 mi, 304° NW
  • American Legacy Tours (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 305° NW
  • Queen City Clay (Arts Centre) — 10.3 mi, 337° NW
  • East Fork State Park (State Park) — 10.7 mi, 097° E
  • Stonelick State Park (State Park) — 19.1 mi, 049° NE

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About This Melbourne Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Melbourne, Kentucky. Coordinates: 39.029784, -84.366328. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Melbourne includes the ZIP code (41059), telephone area code (859), county seat of Campbell County (Alexandria), and school district assignment (Campbell County School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.