Explore South Park 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for South Park 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 South Park 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 | South Park View |
| State | Kentucky (KY) |
| County | Jefferson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.118402 |
| Longitude | -85.721627 |
| Density | 25.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 40219 |
| Area Code | 502 |
| County Seat | Louisville |
| School District | Jefferson County School District |
South Park View emerges from the limestone-heavy soil of Kentucky as a quiet residential enclave defined by the steady, measured pace of the Upper South. It lies 7.9 miles southeast of Shively, KY (from Shively, KY: bearing 136°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south-southeast of Louisville. Low-slung houses sit amidst a landscape where the horizon remains flat and unburdened, save for the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains far to the east. The air here holds a distinct, earthy stillness, particularly during the transition of dusk when the light catches the dew on the grass and turns the local tree lines into silhouettes of charcoal. Nearby, the waters of Mud Creek move with a sluggish, deliberate intent, while the calm surface of Crystal Lake offers a mirror to the passing clouds, grounding South Park View in a geography of quiet, inland permanence.
Economic life in South Park View remains tied to the broader industrious spirit of the region, where the memory of coal-camp legacies and the influence of nearby distillery commerce shape the local outlook. Residents find recreation and a sense of scale at Trinity, a space that serves as a necessary buffer between domestic life and the encroaching density of the surrounding county. While the deep, ancient canopy of Jefferson County Memorial Forest provides a rugged, shaded retreat only a short distance away, the character of South Park View itself is defined by its suburban utility and a pragmatic, working-class resilience. Life here moves without pretense, reflecting a community that favors the reliability of the changing seasons over the clamor of the wider world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of South Park View, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38.118402, -85.721627. 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 South Park View includes the ZIP code (40219), telephone area code (502), county seat of Jefferson County (Louisville), and school district assignment (Jefferson County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |