Spring Mill Kentucky Map
Explore Spring Mill, 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 Spring Mill, Kentucky
How to Use This Spring Mill, Kentucky Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Spring Mill, 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 Spring Mill.
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 | Spring Mill |
| State | Kentucky (KY) |
| County | Jefferson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.143401 |
| Longitude | -85.630792 |
| Population | 294 |
| Density | 2027.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 40228 |
| Area Code | 502 |
| County Seat | Louisville |
| School District | Jefferson County School District |
About Spring Mill, Kentucky
Spring Mill is a locality in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 294. The population density is 2027.0 people per km². Spring Mill is located at 38.1434°N, 85.6308°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Spring Mill is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 40228.Spring Mill occupies a quiet stretch of Kentucky land where the horizon remains flat and unburdened by the distant silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains. It lies 5.0 miles southwest of Jeffersontown, KY (from Jeffersontown, KY: bearing 226°T), and is situated 7.9 miles northwest of Mount Washington. Fern Creek traces a narrow, purposeful path through the local terrain, its waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish grace that defines the drainage of this interior landscape. Highview serves as the immediate public expanse, offering a patch of managed green space that anchors the neighborhood against the encroaching suburban sprawl. During the humid transitions of late summer, the light here turns a bruised, heavy gold, catching the dust motes that hang suspended in the stillness above the limestone-rich soil.
Spring Mill maintains a character shaped by the steady, pragmatic pulse of a regional economy that long ago traded its frontier origins for the rhythms of modern commercial transit. While the deep, shadowed depths of Coalpit Hollow and the dense canopy of the Jefferson County Memorial Forest lie miles to the south, the local life remains tethered to the industrious legacy of the Kentucky interior. Residents often look toward the recreational stillness of Crystal Lake for a change of scenery, finding a familiar solace in its quiet, inland surface. The daily movement through the local streets reflects a persistent, understated industry, where the legacy of the land is measured not in grand spectacles, but in the enduring, quiet persistence of those who call Spring Mill home.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Highview (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 182° S
- Fern Creek (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 059° NE
- McNeely Lake (State Recreation Area) — 2.1 mi, 186° S
- Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 187° S
- Bingo City (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 006° N
- Confederate Martyrs Monument (Monument) — 4.7 mi, 046° NE
- Gaslight Lamp (Public Artwork) — 5.1 mi, 047° NE
- Colonel Sanders Museum (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 318° NW
- Tri Ân Monument (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 052° NE
- Big Vista Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.5 mi, 125° SE
- Walleroo Walkabout (Attraction) — 5.7 mi, 317° NW
- Lorikeet Landing (Attraction) — 5.7 mi, 317° NW
- Guanaco Area (Attraction) — 5.8 mi, 316° NW
- Petting Zoo Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 5.8 mi, 318° NW
- Louisville zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 5.9 mi, 316° NW
- Blackacre State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 053° NE
- Butterfly Garden (Nature Reserve) — 6.0 mi, 317° NW
- Village 8 (Cinema) — 6.2 mi, 359° N
- Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 322° NW
- Norton Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 6.6 mi, 323° NW
- Wyatt Center for the Arts (Theatre) — 6.7 mi, 323° NW
- Broadbent Arena (Stadium) — 7.4 mi, 302° NW
- The Caravan (Theatre) — 7.9 mi, 324° NW
- E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 022° N
- Charlestown State Park (State Park) — 15.2 mi, 358° N
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About This Spring Mill Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Spring Mill, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38.143401, -85.630792. 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 Spring Mill includes the ZIP code (40228), 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. |
