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Pleasant View Kentucky Map

Explore Pleasant View, 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 Pleasant View, Kentucky

How to Use This Pleasant View, Kentucky Map

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

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	Pleasant View
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Whitley County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.677861
Longitude	-84.128543
Population	326
Density	159.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	40769
Area Code	606
County Seat	Williamsburg
School District	Whitley County School District

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About Pleasant View, Kentucky

Pleasant View is a locality in Whitley County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 326. The population density is 159.3 people per km². Pleasant View is located at 36.6779°N, 84.1285°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 40769.

Pleasant View emerges from the limestone-rich earth where the Clear Fork carves a narrow, persistent path through the limestone bedrock. It lies 38.9 miles southeast of Somerset, KY (from Somerset, KY: bearing 137°T), and is situated 4.8 miles south-southeast of Williamsburg. The landscape surrounding Pleasant View is defined by the deep, verdant quiet of Sawmill Hollow, where the morning mist clings to the damp soil like a discarded woolen shroud. To the north, the tree line of the Daniel Boone National Forest marks the horizon, its dense canopy of hardwoods creating a wall of emerald and bronze that shifts with the turn of the seasons. Farther to the southeast, the distant silhouette of the Cumberland Mountains catches the low, slanted light of dusk, turning the jagged ridges into a soft, violet bruise against the darkening sky.

Coal-camp memory still hums beneath the surface of the local economy, a quiet resonance that informs the deliberate, measured pace of work in Pleasant View. Where once the extraction of mineral wealth dictated the rhythm of every household, the modern character of the region now leans toward the endurance of the land itself, with the nearby Indian Mountain State Forest providing a buffer of protected wilderness. Residents often travel toward the horizon where Swan Pond lies, though the true weight of the place remains fixed in the small, daily interactions of those who remain. The air here holds a particular, iron-heavy clarity that seems to sharpen the senses, reminding any observer that existence in this corner of the Commonwealth is a matter of long-standing patience and a deep, unspoken familiarity with the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 3.1 mi, 211° SW · 564k acres
Brier Creek Park (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 333° NW
Hal Rodgers Waterpark (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 323° NW
Ball Field (Local Recreation) — 4.3 mi, 321° NW
Indian Mountain (State Park) — 6.1 mi, 185° S
Civil War (Monument) — 6.5 mi, 186° S
Archer Benge State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 131° SE
Primroy Creek Nature Preserve (Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 135° SE
Tackett Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 144° SE
Cumberland Falls State Resort Park (State Park) — 15.0 mi, 315° NW
Six Gun City (Historic Ruins) — 16.5 mi, 313° NW
Colonel Sanders (Public Artwork) — 18.8 mi, 005° N
Sander's Cafe and Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 006° N
Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 19.8 mi, 209° SW
Carr Gap Overlook (Viewpoint) — 20.4 mi, 125° SE
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 21.2 mi, 259° W · 114k acres
Beaver Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 21.3 mi, 313° NW · 4,854 acres
Once site of the Collier Hill Inn (Historic Ruins) — 21.3 mi, 019° N
Beast Mode (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 297° NW
Winona General Store (Attraction) — 27.3 mi, 220° SW
McHargue's Mill (Museum) — 28.4 mi, 008° N
Train Cars (Attraction) — 29.4 mi, 215° SW
Redbird Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 29.7 mi, 029° NE · 146k acres
Regency Cinema (Cinema) — 29.9 mi, 004° N
Norris Dam Visitor Center (Attraction) — 31.4 mi, 176° S
Fort Anderson (Monument) — 32.1 mi, 184° S
Ghosts of Convict Miners (Monument) — 32.1 mi, 184° S
Museum of Appalachia (Museum) — 34.4 mi, 174° S
Showplace Cinemas (Cinema) — 36.9 mi, 312° NW
Lulu's Epoxitorium (Gallery) — 39.7 mi, 180° S

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