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Salem Kentucky Map

Explore Salem, 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 Salem, Kentucky

How to Use This Salem, Kentucky Map

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

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	Salem
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Morgan County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	37.264664
Longitude	-88.241185
Population	722
Density	327.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	41352, 42642, 42078
Area Code	270, 364
County Seat	West Liberty
School District	Livingston County School District

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About Salem, Kentucky

Salem is a locality in Morgan County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 722. The population density is 327.2 people per km². Salem is located at 37.2647°N, 88.2412°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Salem is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 41352, 42642, 42078.

Salem emerges from the damp, limestone-rich earth where the Phipps Fork carves a deliberate path through the quiet landscape. It lies 47.7 miles east-southeast of Winchester, KY (from Winchester, KY: bearing 105°T), and is situated 8.6 miles south-southwest of West Liberty. The terrain here holds a subtle tension between the flat, productive soil and the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains that anchor the horizon. Sunlight catches the limestone outcroppings, turning the gray stone into pale, flickering mirrors that illuminate the dense, wooded periphery. Beyond the immediate fields, the proximity to the Daniel Boone National Forest ensures a canopy of deep green that breathes through the humid afternoons. The air possesses a heavy, grounded quality, thick with the scent of damp moss and the slow, inevitable movement of water through the low-lying Saints Bottom.

Salem preserves a legacy of persistence, rooted in the agrarian cycles that have defined the local economy for generations. While the influence of larger trade routes remains distant, the pulse of the region beats in the steady maintenance of farmland and the careful stewardship of the land’s resources. Residents maintain a pace dictated by the seasonal shift rather than the frantic clocks of industrial centers, finding a sense of order in the routine of the harvest and the quiet maintenance of the roads. The proximity of Cave Run Lake provides a singular, reflective stillness to the geography, acting as a basin for the region’s runoff and a point of respite against the encroaching silence of the woodlands. Life in Salem unfolds with a deliberate, unadorned clarity, where the weight of history is felt not in monuments, but in the enduring lines of the fences and the persistence of the local vernacular.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Livingston County Wildlife Management Area and State Nature Preserve (Bissell Bluff SNP) (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 235° SW
Livingston County Wildlife Management Area and State Nature Preserve (Newman's Bluff SNP) (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 295° NW
Fredonia Valley Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 112° E
Fluorspar Miners Memorial (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 332° NW
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 13.3 mi, 002° N · 274k acres
Barkley Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 14.2 mi, 158° S
Cave in Rock (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 018° N
Lake Barkley (Recreation Area) — 15.0 mi, 149° SE
Mineral Mound State Park (State Park) — 15.8 mi, 148° SE
The Rock (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 185° S
Kids Jump (Attraction) — 15.9 mi, 185° S
Malfunction Junction (Attraction) — 15.9 mi, 185° S
Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 16.9 mi, 156° SE · 171k acres
Land Between the Lakes Other (National Forest) — 16.9 mi, 156° SE · 171k acres
Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park (State Park) — 17.1 mi, 188° S
Barrens (Nature Reserve) — 18.0 mi, 263° W
Jesus Welcoming with Open Arms (Public Artwork) — 18.2 mi, 179° S
War Bluff Valley Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 18.7 mi, 312° NW
Kincaid Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 18.8 mi, 227° SW
Caldwell County Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 20.9 mi, 115° SE
Lusk Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 21.6 mi, 319° NW · 6,632 acres
US Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 22.5 mi, 118° SE
Adsmore Museum (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 118° SE
Market House Museum (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 238° SW
Bricolage Art Collective (Gallery) — 23.0 mi, 238° SW
Pine Hollow Overlook (Viewpoint) — 23.3 mi, 293° NW
Garden Of The Gods Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 23.3 mi, 342° N · 3,978 acres
Water Park for kids (Theme Park) — 23.5 mi, 195° S
Old Wall (Historic Ruins) — 23.9 mi, 317° NW
Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.7 mi, 205° SW · 19k acres

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