Summer Shade Kentucky Map

About Summer Shade, Kentucky

Summer Shade is a locality in Metcalfe County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 294. The population density is 55.8 people per km². Summer Shade is located at 36.8842°N, 85.7025°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 42166.

Summer Shade exists as a quiet convergence of limestone-rich soil and ancient, weathered earth, where the horizon stretches toward the distant Appalachian Mountains in a haze of soft, violet light. It lies 13.9 miles east-southeast of Glasgow, KY (from Glasgow, KY: bearing 124°T), and is situated 8.3 miles southwest of Edmonton. Sunlight spills across the fields of clover and bluegrass, illuminating the subtle creases of the land that dip toward the cool, sheltered depths of Piercy Hollow. A mile away, the persistent pulse of Glover Creek carves its path through the bedrock, providing a steady, rhythmic murmur that defines the stillness of the afternoon. Beyond the immediate pastures, the terrain rises in long, deliberate slopes, offering a landscape that feels both vast and intimately contained under an expansive, pale Kentucky sky.

Agriculture has long dictated the quiet industry of Summer Shade, where the rhythm of the seasons governs the work of the hands and the steady growth of the barns. Families have maintained these plots for generations, keeping a watchful eye on the local economy that remains deeply rooted in the vitality of the soil and the endurance of local trade. Occasionally, the pace of life shifts toward the recreational quiet of Brandstetter Park, or toward the water at County Lake, where the reflection of the clouds remains undisturbed for hours. The character of Summer Shade is forged from this deliberate, unhurried persistence, a place where the weight of history is carried not in grand monuments, but in the enduring texture of the fence lines and the slow, deep-rooted habits of those who call these fields their own.

About This Summer Shade Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Summer Shade, Kentucky. Coordinates: 36.884222, -85.702471. 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 Summer Shade includes the ZIP code (42166), telephone area code (270), county seat of Metcalfe County (Edmonton), and school district assignment (Metcalfe County School District).

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.