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Northfield Kentucky Map

Explore Northfield, 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 Northfield, Kentucky

How to Use This Northfield, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	38.285765
Longitude	-85.636266
Population	991
Density	812.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	42501, 40222
Area Code	270, 502
County Seat	Louisville
School District	Jefferson County School District

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About Northfield, Kentucky

Northfield is a locality in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 991. The population density is 812.4 people per km². Northfield is located at 38.2858°N, 85.6363°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Northfield is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 42501, 40222.

Northfield maintains a quiet posture upon the undulating limestone terrain that defines this corner of the Commonwealth. It lies 3.0 miles northwest of Lyndon, KY (from Lyndon, KY: bearing 314°T), and is situated 6.8 miles east-northeast of Louisville. The landscape here is characterized by subtle shifts in elevation, where the earth holds the cool dampness of the shade and the sun bleaches the open fields to a pale, straw-colored gold. A mile away, the Muddy Fork carves a slow, deliberate path through the subsoil, its banks lined with the tangled roots of sycamores that lean toward the current as if listening to the water’s low murmur. On the far horizon, the faint, bruised silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains rise like a memory of stone, grounding the perspective of a place that remains firmly rooted in the inland soil. While the distant Falls of the Ohio provide a more dramatic cadence to the regional geology, the immediate surroundings of Northfield favor the steady, unassuming grace of the meadow and the copse.

Economic life in Northfield is defined by the persistent, quiet industry of those who manage the surrounding tracts and the professional rhythms of the neighboring metropolitan expanse. The nearby Blankenbaker Corner serves as a focal point for local movement, a small intersection of activity that anchors the daily transit of residents. History here is not written in grand monuments but in the persistent, adaptive utility of the land, which has long shifted from the agrarian labor of the past to the modern, interconnected commerce of the present. Beyond the immediate reach of the local lanes, the Jefferson County Memorial Forest offers a dense, protective canopy that contrasts with the open skies of the residential quarters. Even on the quietest afternoons, the atmosphere carries a distinct, temperate weight, a sense of time moving not in a rush, but in the slow, measured pace of a pendulum swinging between the shade of the trees and the bright, limestone-filtered light of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Woodlawn Race Course (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 168° S
Blankenbaker Corner (Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 287° W
St. Matthews Community Park (Local Park) — 2.1 mi, 160° S
Goose Creek/Lime Kiln (Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 343° N
Six Mile Island State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 316° NW
Thurman Hutchins (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 270° W
The Kentucky Soldiers Home (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 002° N
George Warren Fuller (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 229° SW
WaterWorks Museum (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 264° W
E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park (State Park) — 3.6 mi, 091° E
Village 8 (Cinema) — 3.6 mi, 177° S
Wolf Pen Branch Mill (Historic Ruins) — 3.7 mi, 038° NE
Walden theater (Theatre) — 3.9 mi, 234° SW
John Hultgren Photography (Public Artwork) — 4.2 mi, 229° SW
Bingham Park (Attraction) — 4.4 mi, 246° SW
Market Street line sign (Attraction) — 4.6 mi, 243° SW
Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind (Museum) — 4.7 mi, 245° SW
Party Center (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 125° SE
Heigold House Facade (Historic Ruins) — 5.0 mi, 253° W
Charlestown State Park (State Park) — 5.3 mi, 356° N
The Caravan (Theatre) — 5.6 mi, 231° SW
Jeffersonville Overlook (Attraction) — 5.7 mi, 259° W
Vintage Fire Museum (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 263° W
Norton Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 5.9 mi, 219° SW
Clark County Museum (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 264° W
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 37.8 mi, 284° W · 204k acres

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