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Stanley Kentucky Map

Explore Stanley, 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 Stanley, Kentucky

How to Use This Stanley, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	37.82338
Longitude	-87.24389
Population	309
Density	142.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	42301
Area Code	270
County Seat	Owensboro
School District	Daviess County School District

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About Stanley, Kentucky

Stanley is a locality in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 309. The population density is 142.7 people per km². Stanley is located at 37.8234°N, 87.2439°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 42301.

Stanley rests upon the low-slung, fertile plains of the Kentucky interior, defined by the persistent, rhythmic presence of the Fulkerson Ditch as it carves a path through the dark, mineral-heavy earth. It lies 7.9 miles west-northwest of Owensboro, KY (from Owensboro, KY: bearing 296°T), and is situated 4.9 miles north of Sorgho. Fern Hill stands as a modest sentinel four miles to the east, its silhouette softening into a hazy indigo when the late afternoon light begins to bruise the horizon. Within the quiet boundaries of Stanley Park, the air holds a stillness that tastes of damp limestone and drying corn husks, a sensory anchor for those who walk the perimeter where the soil transitions from cultivated fields to wilder, scrub-filled thickets. The land here does not demand attention; it simply persists, holding the cool, subterranean memory of the earth in its dense, clay-rich grip.

Stanley draws its character from the slow, deliberate pulse of agricultural cycles that have dictated the pace of life since the earliest settlers broke the stubborn topsoil. While the local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, the influence of the wider region—with its legacy of distillery craft and the quiet endurance of the Upper South—pervades the conversation in the local shops. History is less a written record here than a series of heavy, recurring seasons, marked by the occasional traveler passing through toward the distant basin of the Willow Pond Bed or the glassy surface of Vance Lake. Life in Stanley operates on a frequency of patience, where the turning of the year is marked not by grand monuments, but by the subtle shifting of shadows across the barn roofs and the persistent, quiet work of the fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Stanley Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 220° SW
Ben Hawes Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 133° SE
Sloughs Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 246° SW
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 116° SE
Green River National Wildlife Refuge And Conservation Partnership Area (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.8 mi, 290° W · 2,073 acres
Newburgh Academy Of Dance (Arts Centre) — 12.5 mi, 315° NW
Green River State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 12.9 mi, 292° W
Mound B (Historic Ruins) — 14.1 mi, 306° NW
Mound A (Historic Ruins) — 14.1 mi, 305° NW
Carpenter Lake (State Recreation Area) — 14.2 mi, 084° E
11-6-05 Tornado Memorial (Monument) — 15.0 mi, 303° NW
Scales Lake State Beach (State Park) — 16.0 mi, 359° N
Bloomfield Barrens Managed Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.0 mi, 026° NE
John James Audubon State Park (State Park) — 16.2 mi, 286° W
Admiral Husband Edward Kimmel (Monument) — 19.1 mi, 274° W
Audubon Mill Park (Nature Reserve) — 19.1 mi, 274° W
Wild Turkey Cock (Public Artwork) — 19.1 mi, 274° W
Alhambra Theater (Theatre) — 20.0 mi, 299° NW
Victory Theatre (Theatre) — 20.5 mi, 300° NW
Merchand Bridge Overlook (Viewpoint) — 21.5 mi, 299° NW
Santa’s Candy Castle (Attraction) — 27.1 mi, 042° NE
Cinema 66 (Cinema) — 27.6 mi, 073° E
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 27.6 mi, 072° E · 204k acres
Perry County Museum (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 077° E
Cinema 33 (Cinema) — 32.3 mi, 144° SE
Traditional Arts Today (Arts Centre) — 34.6 mi, 037° NE
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.6 mi, 010° N · 20k acres
Gibson County Visitors & Tourism (Attraction) — 40.9 mi, 334° NW
Matthias Scholle House (Museum) — 43.1 mi, 300° NW
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 50.0 mi, 246° SW · 274k acres

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