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Petersburg Kentucky Map

Explore Petersburg, 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 Petersburg, Kentucky

How to Use This Petersburg, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	39.047618
Longitude	-84.853725
Population	500
Density	30.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	40218, 41080
Area Code	502, 859
County Seat	Louisville
School District	Boone County School District

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About Petersburg, Kentucky

Petersburg is a locality in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 500. The population density is 30.8 people per km². Petersburg is located at 39.0476°N, 84.8537°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 40218, 41080.

Petersburg occupies a quiet expanse of land where the earth rises in slow, deliberate swells toward the horizon. It lies 4.7 miles south-southwest of St. Matthews, KY (from St. Matthews, KY: bearing 196°T), and is situated 7.5 miles southeast of Louisville. The landscape surrounding Petersburg is defined by the heavy, fertile soil of the region and the presence of South Fork Beargrass Creek, which snakes through the nearby terrain with a steady, muted persistence. To the east, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains occasionally haunts the skyline when the air clears of summer humidity, while the local geography remains grounded in the dense, shaded growth of the Jefferson County Memorial Forest. At dusk, the light here takes on a bruised, golden quality, catching the limestone dust on the backroads and casting long, sharp shadows across the fields that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped below the tree line.

Petersburg maintains a deliberate pace, far removed from the frantic pulse of industrial centers, rooted instead in a history of agrarian patience and the quiet persistence of local trade. The economy has long been tethered to the land, drawing sustenance from the limestone-rich earth that dictates the character of the regional harvest and the subtle chemistry of the water. While the Falls of the Ohio remain a distant point of geological interest, the immediate focus of Petersburg is the intimate rhythm of its own boundaries, including the quiet, protected space of Petersburg. Life here is marked by the seasonal turn of the crops and the enduring memory of a landscape that prioritizes the stillness of the fields over the clamor of modern expansion.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Split Rock Stream Restoration Site (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 171° S
Petersburg Community Center (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 334° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 293° NW
Aurora Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 3.1 mi, 296° NW
Lawrenceburg (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 356° N
Dinsmore Woods State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 146° SE
Largent Field (Local Recreation) — 3.5 mi, 278° W
Carnivorous Bog Garden (Viewpoint) — 4.6 mi, 056° NE
Stargazer Planetarium (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 055° NE
The Oxbow (Nature Reserve) — 4.6 mi, 008° N
4d Special Efects (Theatre) — 4.6 mi, 055° NE
Fulton Burying Ground (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 177° S
Oxbow Floodplain Acquisitions (Local Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 019° N
Red Wolf Sanctuary (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 190° S
Burlington Firefighters Memorial (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 101° E
Saber-Tooth Cat (Public Artwork) — 10.7 mi, 089° E
Big Bone Lick State Historic Site (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 156° SE
Rosebrook Art Center (Arts Centre) — 12.7 mi, 104° E
Dietz Auditorium (Theatre) — 13.3 mi, 098° E
Cincinnati Type & Print Museum (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 076° E
Batthery Bates (Historic Ruins) — 16.7 mi, 084° E
Robert D. Lindner Family Omnimax Theater (Cinema) — 17.5 mi, 076° E
Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 076° E
Cincinnati History Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 076° E
Duke Energy Children’s Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 076° E
Versailles State Park (State Park) — 18.2 mi, 276° W
Manifest Drawing Center (Arts Centre) — 18.3 mi, 068° E
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.9 mi, 264° W · 16k acres

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