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Pine Knot Kentucky Map

Explore Pine Knot, 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 Pine Knot, Kentucky

How to Use This Pine Knot, Kentucky Map

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

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	Pine Knot
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	McCreary County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.665597
Longitude	-84.439748
Population	1,380
Density	83.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	42635
Area Code	270
County Seat	Whitley City
School District	McCreary County School District

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About Pine Knot, Kentucky

Pine Knot is a locality in McCreary County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,380. The population density is 83.2 people per km². Pine Knot is located at 36.6656°N, 84.4397°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 42635.

Pine Knot emerges from the dense, verdant folds of the landscape where the steady, rhythmic pulse of Perkins Creek carves a path through the limestone-rich earth. It lies 31.8 miles south-southeast of Somerset, KY (from Somerset, KY: bearing 163°T), and is situated 16.7 miles west-southwest of Williamsburg. The air here holds the damp, cool weight of the nearby Daniel Boone National Forest, a sprawling canopy of oak and hickory that dictates the local climate and softens the golden light of late afternoons. Beyond the immediate canopy, the terrain rises into the rugged, shadowed depths of Lee Hollow, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Cumberland Mountains defines the far horizon. Brown Pond remains a quiet, isolated stillness nine miles away, acting as a terrestrial anchor for a region defined by its thick woodlands rather than any open water.

Pine Knot bears the quiet, weathered legacy of its coal-camp origins, a history etched into the very cadence of the streets where the industry once dictated the rise and fall of fortunes. Today, the economy leans into a slower, more deliberate rhythm, echoing the persistence of those who remain tied to the timber and the soil of the Appalachian east. Travelers seeking the solitude of the woods often traverse the Laurel Creek Trail, finding a stark, unadorned beauty in the dense undergrowth and the flinty, mineral-heavy ground. There is a profound, grounded stillness to life in Pine Knot, where the passage of time is measured not by the clock, but by the slow shifting of shadows across the forest floor and the constant, murmuring rush of the creek against the stone.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 0.3 mi, 314° NW · 564k acres
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 4.2 mi, 252° W · 114k acres
Big South Fork Wild River (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 272° W
Devils Jump Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.4 mi, 276° W
Lake Cumberland (Recreation Area) — 6.5 mi, 312° NW
Rock Creek Wild River (State Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 277° W
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 8.9 mi, 202° S
Beast Mode (Attraction) — 11.1 mi, 347° N
Cumberland Falls State Resort Park (State Park) — 12.0 mi, 019° N
Beaver Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 12.2 mi, 352° N · 4,854 acres
Six Gun City (Historic Ruins) — 13.0 mi, 023° NE
Cumberland Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 13.4 mi, 325° NW
Hollow Rock (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 271° W
Civil War (Monument) — 17.4 mi, 109° E
Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 18.3 mi, 155° SE
Tackett Homesite & Graves (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 241° SW
Twin Arch North (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 243° SW
Pickett (State Park) — 20.1 mi, 249° W
First Boy Scout Troop (Monument) — 24.1 mi, 338° N
Burnside (Monument) — 24.3 mi, 338° N
Wayne County Historic Theater (Cinema) — 25.3 mi, 297° NW
Wayne County Historical Museum (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 297° NW
Massengale Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 26.0 mi, 214° SW
Colonel Sanders (Public Artwork) — 27.2 mi, 044° NE
Showplace Cinemas (Cinema) — 27.5 mi, 338° N
Sander's Cafe and Museum (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 043° NE
Old Jail Museum (Museum) — 31.9 mi, 239° SW
McHargue's Mill (Museum) — 35.9 mi, 036° NE
Redbird Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 41.5 mi, 049° NE · 146k acres
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 73.7 mi, 154° SE · 521k acres

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