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Plum Springs Kentucky Map

Explore Plum Springs, 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 Plum Springs, Kentucky

How to Use This Plum Springs, Kentucky Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Plum Springs, 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 Plum Springs.

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	Plum Springs
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Warren County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	37.018376
Longitude	-86.381377
Population	497
Density	361.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	42101
Area Code	270
County Seat	Bowling Green
School District	Warren County School District

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About Plum Springs, Kentucky

Plum Springs is a locality in Warren County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 497. The population density is 361.4 people per km². Plum Springs is located at 37.0184°N, 86.3814°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Plum Springs is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42101.

Plum Springs anchors itself upon a landscape of limestone-rich earth where the horizon is defined by the soft, green swells of the Kentucky interior. It lies 3.9 miles east-northeast of Bowling Green, KY (from Bowling Green, KY: bearing 61°T), and is situated 25.9 miles west of Glasgow. The topography here leans into the quietude of the land, marked by the elevation of Reservoir Hill rising four miles distant and the depression of Garrett Hollow five miles away. Beneath the wide, pale sky, the soil is dark and heavy, prone to holding the morning mist until the sun burns it away into a clear, sharp light. A traveler moving through the outskirts might catch the silhouette of the land falling away toward the path of the Barren River, which snakes through the countryside only a mile from the center of Plum Springs.

Life in Plum Springs operates with a steady, agrarian patience that reflects the history of the surrounding fields and the enduring influence of the limestone bedrock. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the earth, where small-scale agriculture and regional commerce dictate the pace of the days. Residents often gather for quiet afternoons at Bristow School/Community Park, finding a space to breathe away from the hum of busier thoroughfares. While the water of Dewey Lake lies eight miles away, the identity of the people is formed more by the immediate, solid reality of the fields and the slow, deliberate work of those who tend them. There is a particular weight to the air here, a sense of deep time held in the stone and the long, unhurried shadows that stretch across the meadows as the evening cools.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ephram White Park (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 052° NE
Mitch Mcconnell Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 241° SW
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 229° SW
Bowling Green Ballpark (Stadium) — 3.6 mi, 245° SW
Brass Dancer (Public Artwork) — 4.4 mi, 241° SW
Blue Hole (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 225° SW
Butterfly House (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 226° SW
Lost River Cave Entrance (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 229° SW
Barren River Mussel Sanctuary (State Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 308° NW
Shanty Hollow Lake (State Recreation Area) — 8.4 mi, 359° N
Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 14.1 mi, 031° NE · 51k acres
Green River Wild River (State Conservation Area) — 14.6 mi, 025° NE
Furlong Cemetery (Viewpoint) — 18.3 mi, 057° NE
National Cave Museum and Library (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 069° E
Diamond Caverns (Attraction) — 18.9 mi, 069° E
Barren River Lake State Resort Park (State Park) — 19.8 mi, 120° SE
Nolin Lake State Park (State Park) — 20.8 mi, 026° NE
Kentucky Action Park (Theme Park) — 22.3 mi, 069° E
"sue Mundy's" Grave - Historical Marker (Monument) — 22.9 mi, 208° SW
Fort Williams Civil War Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 25.2 mi, 093° E
Unknown Confederate Soldier Monument (Monument) — 27.8 mi, 064° NE
Cold Springs Museum (Museum) — 30.9 mi, 193° S
Cinema 33 (Cinema) — 40.9 mi, 316° NW
White House Inn Museum (Museum) — 41.0 mi, 202° S
Gallatin Green Wave Football Stadium (Stadium) — 43.3 mi, 184° S
Sumner County Museum (Museum) — 43.8 mi, 185° S
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 61.2 mi, 349° N · 204k acres

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