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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.

CityPetersburg
StateKentucky (KY)
CountyBoone County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude39.047618
Longitude-84.853725
Population500
Density30.8 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes40218, 41080
Area Code502, 859
County SeatBurlington
School DistrictBoone County School District

About Petersburg, Kentucky

Petersburg is a locality in Boone 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 marks its presence along the broad, muscular curve of the Ohio River, where the water carries the silt of a dozen states past the quiet banks. It lies 8.1 miles west-southwest of Francisville, KY (from Francisville, KY: bearing 252°T), and is situated 9.4 miles southeast of Dearborn. The landscape here unfolds in layers of heavy clay and limestone, with the distant, hazy silhouette of Ebenezer Ridge anchoring the southern horizon. Only a short distance away, the stillness of Lake Jeanclia offers a mirror to the sky, while the low-lying expanse of Woolpers Bottom remains susceptible to the river’s slow, deliberate seasonal expansion. At the edge of the water, Petersburg River Park provides a threshold where the land yields to the current, and the air frequently holds a damp, cooling weight that settles into the fields long after the sun has retreated behind the trees.

History in Petersburg resonates in the remnants of its early river trade, a time when the waterway served as the primary artery for commerce and connection. The local economy has shifted from the bustling logistics of the riverfront to a quieter existence defined by agriculture and the steady, rhythmic pace of rural life. While the influence of Mitchell Memorial Forest remains a distant, cooling presence to the east, the inhabitants of Petersburg maintain a character shaped by the cyclical demands of the seasons and the proximity of the soil. Those who wander toward the Blue Jacket Trail find a geography that favors the patient observer, where the legacy of the nineteenth-century river settlements lingers in the quietude of the porches and the persistent, unadorned beauty of the Kentucky plains.

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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About This Petersburg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Petersburg, Kentucky. Coordinates: 39.047618, -84.853725. 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 Petersburg includes the ZIP code (40218, 41080), telephone area code (502, 859), county seat of Boone County (Burlington), and school district assignment (Boone 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.