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Murray Hill Kentucky Map

Explore Murray Hill, 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 Murray Hill, Kentucky

How to Use This Murray Hill, Kentucky Map

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

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.

CityMurray Hill
StateKentucky (KY)
CountyJefferson County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude38.290348
Longitude-85.588294
Population565
Density1652.6 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes40241, 40242
Area Code502
County SeatLouisville
School DistrictJefferson County School District

About Murray Hill, Kentucky

Murray Hill is a locality in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 565. The population density is 1652.6 people per km². Murray Hill is located at 38.2903°N, 85.5883°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Murray Hill is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 40241, 40242.

Murray Hill reveals itself through the quiet persistence of Little Goose Creek, which carves a modest, verdant path through the land. It lies 2.4 miles north-northeast of Lyndon, KY (from Lyndon, KY: bearing 17°T), and is situated 9.6 miles east-northeast of Louisville. The terrain here favors the subtle geometry of limestone plains, where the sun at dusk catches the edges of the soil, turning the gray stone a bruised, metallic violet. While the distant Appalachian Mountains remain a mere suggestion of shadow on the horizon, the immediate landscape is defined by a soft, inland humidity that clings to the skin during the long, verdant summers. Residents move through their days under a canopy of deciduous trees, finding a quiet, singular respite at Briarwood Park, where the air feels heavy with the scent of damp earth and cooling grass.

Murray Hill maintains a character forged by the steady, deliberate rhythm of regional commerce and the preservation of its mid-century residential identity. Long ago, the land transitioned from rural acreage into the structured, leafy avenues that define the local economy today, functioning largely as a peaceful enclave within the larger metropolitan reach. Life here lacks the frantic urgency of industrial centers, favoring instead the slow turnover of seasons and the maintenance of established family homes. Though the stillness is occasionally punctuated by the hum of modern transit, the spirit of Murray Hill remains rooted in a quiet, domestic endurance that keeps the memory of the land’s original, quiet character intact, far removed from the deeper wilderness of the Jefferson County Memorial Forest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Briarwood Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 190° S
  • E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park (State Park) — 1.1 mi, 110° E
  • Hounz Lane (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 133° SE
  • Wolf Pen Corridor (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 023° NE
  • Wolf Pen Branch Mill (Historic Ruins) — 2.7 mi, 353° N
  • Little Stonehenge (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 024° NE
  • Woodlawn Race Course (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 231° SW
  • Gallapalooza Horse Statue (Public Artwork) — 3.3 mi, 075° E
  • Party Center (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 156° SE
  • Six Mile Island State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 295° NW
  • Village 8 (Cinema) — 4.6 mi, 212° SW
  • Charlestown State Park (State Park) — 5.8 mi, 331° NW
  • WaterWorks Museum (Museum) — 6.2 mi, 264° W
  • Walden theater (Theatre) — 6.3 mi, 245° SW
  • Bingo City (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 197° S
  • Blackacre State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 158° S
  • Bingham Park (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 252° W
  • Market Street line sign (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 250° W
  • Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind (Museum) — 7.2 mi, 251° W
  • Garden Gateway Overlook - Beckley Creek Park (Viewpoint) — 7.6 mi, 120° SE
  • Heigold House Facade (Historic Ruins) — 7.6 mi, 256° W
  • Wyatt Center for the Arts (Theatre) — 7.9 mi, 233° SW
  • Norton Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 8.0 mi, 232° SW
  • Vintage Fire Museum (Museum) — 8.5 mi, 263° W
  • Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 40.2 mi, 283° W · 204k acres

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About This Murray Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Murray Hill, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38.290348, -85.588294. 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 Murray Hill includes the ZIP code (40241, 40242), telephone area code (502), county seat of Jefferson County (Louisville), and school district assignment (Jefferson 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.