Pippa Passes Kentucky Map

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.

About This Pippa Passes Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pippa Passes, Kentucky. Coordinates: 37.334822, -82.87405. 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 Pippa Passes includes the ZIP code (41844), telephone area code (606), county seat of Knott County (Hindman), and school district assignment (Knott County School District).

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.