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New Hope Kentucky Map

Explore New Hope, 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 New Hope, Kentucky

How to Use This New Hope, Kentucky Map

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

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	New Hope
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Nelson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	37.632006
Longitude	-85.508296
Population	139
Density	87.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	40052
Area Code	502
County Seat	Bardstown
School District	Nelson County School District

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About New Hope, Kentucky

New Hope is a locality in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 139. The population density is 87.0 people per km². New Hope is located at 37.6320°N, 85.5083°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 40052.

New Hope rests where the earth tilts into the quiet curvature of the Kentucky landscape, defined primarily by the persistent, winding path of Pottinger Creek. It lies 12.5 miles south of Bardstown, KY (from Bardstown, KY: bearing 190°T), and is situated 19.7 miles east-southeast of Elizabethtown. The air here holds the heavy, sweet scent of damp limestone and turning soil, a physical weight that settles into the low-lying basin of Coon Hollow just a mile away. Light at dusk filters through the hardwoods in long, amber slats, illuminating the way the ground slopes away from the road toward the water, where the vegetation grows thick and tangled. While the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains waits far off at the edge of the horizon, the immediate terrain remains intimate and enclosed, defined by the slow, steady movement of the creek as it carves through the bedrock.

New Hope reflects the character of a region where the economy has long been tethered to the slow maturation of spirits and the patient labor of the fields. The rhythm of daily life moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, often punctuated by the distant hum of machinery or the seasonal harvest that colors the surrounding plains. Locals maintain a quiet connection to the land, their history marked by the steady industry of distillation that has defined the character of these valleys for generations. Though the amenities of Optimist Park offer a brief communal space five miles away, the true substance of the place is found in the way the morning mist clings to the fields, echoing a heritage of hard work and deep roots that persists despite the shifting demands of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Saint Joseph Statue (Public Artwork) — 2.4 mi, 329° NW
Optimist Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 288° W
Kentucky Railway Museum (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 290° W
Rolling Fork Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 209° SW
Loretto City Park (Local Park) — 5.6 mi, 086° E
Thompson Creek Glades State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 8.9 mi, 286° W
Willett Distillery (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 013° N
Bourbon Heritage Center (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 012° N
My Old Kentucky Home State Park (State Park) — 11.5 mi, 014° N
Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History/Bardstown Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 009° N
Bardstown Civil War Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 011° N
Abraham Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 252° W
Confederate Monument of Bardstown (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 011° N
Abraham Lincoln Birth Cabin (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 241° SW
Site of the Boundary Oak (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 241° SW
Captain Andrew Offutt Monument (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 105° E
Marion County Lake (State Recreation Area) — 16.3 mi, 119° SE
Lincoln Homestead State Park (State Park) — 17.7 mi, 061° NE
Green Rv Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 23.9 mi, 157° SE
73rd 10-8-62 (Museum) — 29.8 mi, 090° E
Big Vista Overlook (Viewpoint) — 32.2 mi, 356° N
Fort Duffield (Historic Castle / Fort) — 34.5 mi, 317° NW
Shechem Ministries (Nature Reserve) — 37.9 mi, 043° NE
Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 38.1 mi, 228° SW · 51k acres
Danville Cinema (Cinema) — 38.5 mi, 088° E
AEGON Gallery (Gallery) — 39.7 mi, 089° E
Farris Stadium (Stadium) — 39.8 mi, 089° E
Camp Nelson National Monument (National Monument) — 49.9 mi, 078° E · 463 acres
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 59.5 mi, 306° NW · 204k acres
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 70.6 mi, 136° SE · 564k acres

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