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Pippa Passes Kentucky Map

Explore Pippa Passes, 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 Pippa Passes, Kentucky

How to Use This Pippa Passes, Kentucky Map

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

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	Pippa Passes
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Knott County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	37.334822
Longitude	-82.87405
Population	468
Density	405.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	41844
Area Code	606
County Seat	Hindman
School District	Knott County School District

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About Pippa Passes, Kentucky

Pippa Passes is a locality in Knott County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 468. The population density is 405.1 people per km². Pippa Passes is located at 37.3348°N, 82.8740°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Pippa Passes is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 41844.

Pippa Passes emerges from the narrow, verdant creases of the earth where the Caney Fork carves a deliberate path through the limestone-heavy terrain. It lies 79.7 miles east-southeast of Berea, KY (from Berea, KY: bearing 101°T), and is situated 18.5 miles east-northeast of Hazard. The air here carries a damp, earthen weight, smelling of moss and cooling shale, especially when the evening light flattens against the steep embankments that define the horizon. To the west, the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains loom as a reminder of the vast, ancient geology that dictates the shape of the land, while the immediate surroundings remain dominated by the dense, tangled greenery of the Kentucky Fuel Corporation Wildlife Management Area. The landscape is not one of expansive vistas, but of intimate, vertical pockets where the shadows grow long and cool well before the sun actually slips behind the ridges.

Pippa Passes maintains a quiet, singular identity shaped by the labor of the earth and the persistence of those who call these hollows home. While the local economy was long defined by the rhythm of extraction, the character of the place has shifted into a slower, more deliberate cadence, reflecting the quiet resilience of a region that has seen the boom and quietude of industry come and go. Beyond the immediate reach of the Caney Fork, the landscape opens toward the broader, deeper waters of Carr Fork Lake, offering a rare expanse of stillness in a region otherwise marked by the tight, protective embrace of Walnut Hollow. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, where the history of the soil remains etched in the quiet industry of the people and the persistent, quiet growth of the surrounding timber.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kentucky Fuel Corporation Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 338° N
Carr Creek Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 207° SW
Carr Creek Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 6.1 mi, 207° SW
Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 7.0 mi, 267° W
Carr Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 7.7 mi, 212° SW
Elkhorn Park (Local Park) — 9.5 mi, 030° NE
Carr Creek State Park (State Park) — 9.9 mi, 225° SW
Francis Gary Powers (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 170° S
War memorial Honor Roll (Public Artwork) — 15.2 mi, 170° S
Dawkins Line Rail Trail (State Park) — 15.6 mi, 327° NW
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 17.1 mi, 147° SE · 733k acres
Wildcat Rock (Viewpoint) — 17.1 mi, 152° SE
Old Meade Homeplace (Historic Ruins) — 17.8 mi, 136° SE
Wise County (Monument) — 18.2 mi, 133° SE
Pound Gap (Monument) — 18.3 mi, 133° SE
Shelby Valley Wildcats (Stadium) — 18.8 mi, 080° E
Appalachian Wireless Arena (Stadium) — 21.9 mi, 063° NE
Pine Mountain State Scenic Trail (State Recreation Area) — 22.1 mi, 110° E
Portal 31 (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 185° S
Train (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 185° S
Portal 30 (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 185° S
Kentucky Coal Mining Museum (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 189° S
Coal Miners Memorial Theater (Theatre) — 26.0 mi, 190° S
Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center (Museum) — 26.2 mi, 119° SE
Dickenson County Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 26.3 mi, 119° SE
Jettie Baker Center (Cinema) — 26.3 mi, 119° SE
Redbird Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 26.9 mi, 252° W · 146k acres
Black Mountain (Attraction) — 29.1 mi, 182° S
Appalachia Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 30.1 mi, 170° S
Stone Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 34.4 mi, 183° S · 3,273 acres

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