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Millstone Kentucky Map

Explore Millstone, 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 Millstone, Kentucky

How to Use This Millstone, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	37.167323
Longitude	-82.751547
Population	92
Density	166.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	41838
Area Code	606
County Seat	Whitesburg
School District	Letcher County School District

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About Millstone, Kentucky

Millstone is a locality in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 92. The population density is 166.0 people per km². Millstone is located at 37.1673°N, 82.7515°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 41838.

Millstone occupies a narrow, deliberate space where the land folds into itself, defined primarily by the persistent, dark passage of the North Fork Kentucky River. It lies 41.4 miles north of Marshall, TN (from Marshall, TN: bearing 353°T), and is situated 19.7 miles north of Big Stone Gap. The topography here is dictated by gravity and the stubborn limestone bedrock, which pushes through the thin soil in jagged, weathered outcroppings. To the west, the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains provides a permanent, hazy boundary against the sky, while the local terrain remains defined by the steep, wooded inclines that crowd the riverbed. Two miles away, the quiet stillness of Snake Valley Lake offers a counterpoint to the restless water of the river, its surface often mirroring the heavy, humid clouds that gather over the basin. Within the nearby depth of Bentley Hollow, the air holds a cooler, metallic scent, lingering long after the morning sun has retreated behind the ridges.

Millstone retains the quiet, watchful character of a place forged by the extraction of earth and the subsequent silence left in its wake. The local economy, once tethered to the rhythm of the coal mines, has transitioned into a slower, more deliberate pace where the memory of heavy industry remains etched in the rusting iron of old equipment and the architecture of aging company houses. Life here moves with the current of the North Fork Kentucky River, a steady flow that ignores the frantic pace of the outside world. Residents often find their leisure at Fleming-Neon City Park, a three-mile journey that serves as a communal anchor for the surrounding hollows. The cultural texture of Millstone is woven from a long-standing reliance on self-sufficiency and a deep, quiet familiarity with the land, where the changing light at dusk turns the gray stone slopes into a soft, bruised violet.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Little Laurel Park Home to Fish Pond Lake (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 114° SE
Bad Branch State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 176° S
The Nature Conservancy Land Holding (Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 153° SE
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 3.8 mi, 137° SE · 733k acres
Wildcat Rock (Viewpoint) — 3.8 mi, 160° S
Pine Mountain Fee (Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 161° S
Bad Branch Wild River (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 187° S
North Fork Of Pound Rv Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 4.7 mi, 137° SE
War memorial Honor Roll (Public Artwork) — 5.4 mi, 231° SW
Francis Gary Powers (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 231° SW
Old Meade Homeplace (Historic Ruins) — 5.7 mi, 103° E
North Fork of Pound Lake (Recreation Area) — 6.4 mi, 129° SE
Wise County (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 098° E
Pound Gap (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 097° E
Pine Mountain State Scenic Trail (State Recreation Area) — 14.7 mi, 073° E
Kingdom Come State Park (State Park) — 15.3 mi, 224° SW
Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 094° E
Dickenson County Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 16.3 mi, 094° E
Jettie Baker Center (Cinema) — 16.3 mi, 094° E
Portal 31 (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 213° SW
Train (Attraction) — 16.7 mi, 213° SW
Portal 30 (Attraction) — 16.7 mi, 213° SW
Park Avenue Theatre (Theatre) — 17.5 mi, 157° SE
Kentucky Coal Mining Museum (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 218° SW
Coal Miners Memorial Theater (Theatre) — 17.9 mi, 218° SW
Appalachia Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 18.2 mi, 186° S
Shelby Valley Wildcats (Stadium) — 19.0 mi, 038° NE
Black Mountain (Attraction) — 19.2 mi, 204° SW
Stone Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.3 mi, 200° S · 3,273 acres
Redbird Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 29.8 mi, 251° W · 146k acres

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