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Tompkinsville Kentucky Map

Explore Tompkinsville, 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 Tompkinsville, Kentucky

How to Use This Tompkinsville, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	36.70228
Longitude	-85.69164
Population	2,309
Density	271.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	42167
Area Code	270
County Seat	Tompkinsville
School District	Monroe County School District

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About Tompkinsville, Kentucky

Tompkinsville is a locality in Monroe County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,309. The population density is 271.5 people per km². Tompkinsville is located at 36.7023°N, 85.6916°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Tompkinsville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42167.

Tompkinsville anchors itself upon the limestone-rich earth of the Upper South, where the slow, persistent movement of Town Creek defines the local topography. It lies 23.7 miles south-southeast of Glasgow, KY (from Glasgow, KY: bearing 149°T), and is situated 11.6 miles northwest of Clay. The landscape stretches out in a series of earthen swells and shallow depressions, a terrain far removed from the jagged heights of the Appalachian Mountains, which remain a distant, hazy suggestion on the eastern horizon. The air here holds the weight of the inland summer, thick and still, often gathering in the low-lying basin of Jamerson Hollow before the evening light turns the surrounding fields into a bruised shade of violet. Only a mile from the center, the quiet trees of Mill Creek Park provide a shaded canopy, while the nearby water of Line Creek Lake Number Three B reflects the shifting, cloud-heavy skies of the region with a mirror-like, ink-dark clarity.

Tompkinsville carries the mark of an agricultural inheritance, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of the economy and the daily movement of its people. The soil has long supported a patchwork of independent farming, a tradition that persists alongside the modern, quiet industry that keeps the local pulse steady. History here is not found in grand monuments but in the durable, unpretentious brickwork of the storefronts and the way the town square maintains its gravity as the social meridian for the surrounding countryside. Life moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, defined by the practicalities of land management and the enduring, soft vernacular of the inhabitants. Whether watching the sun retreat behind the silhouette of the ridges or observing the steady flow of Town Creek, one senses that Tompkinsville exists in a state of quiet equilibrium, indifferent to the frantic velocity of the world beyond its borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mill Creek Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 188° S
Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site (State Park) — 1.8 mi, 204° SW
Gamaliel Community Park (Local Park) — 6.2 mi, 255° W
Mud Camp Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 061° NE
Marrowbone State Forest and Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 024° NE
Cordell Hull Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 12.0 mi, 124° SE
Cordell Hull Lake (Recreation Area) — 12.3 mi, 126° SE
Standing Stone State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 19.5 mi, 146° SE
Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park (State Park) — 20.7 mi, 099° E
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 23.7 mi, 329° NW
Fort Williams Civil War Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 24.2 mi, 328° NW
Wisdom Marina (Attraction) — 25.0 mi, 094° E
Star Point Marina (Attraction) — 25.9 mi, 108° E
Eagle Cove Marina (Attraction) — 26.2 mi, 103° E
Wolf River Marina (Attraction) — 27.9 mi, 101° E
Flynn Creek Impact Crater marker (Monument) — 29.2 mi, 177° S
Cordell Hull Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 31.2 mi, 208° SW
Last Recorded Indian Raid (Monument) — 33.5 mi, 352° N
Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 34.0 mi, 324° NW · 51k acres
Smith County Heritage Museum (Museum) — 34.3 mi, 205° SW
Kentucky Action Park (Theme Park) — 34.4 mi, 330° NW
The Eads Museum (Museum) — 35.1 mi, 205° SW
National Cave Museum and Library (Museum) — 35.2 mi, 325° NW
Carthage Junction Depot (Gallery) — 36.4 mi, 203° SW
TTU Eagle Statue (Public Artwork) — 37.7 mi, 164° S
Backdoor Playhouse (Theatre) — 38.0 mi, 164° S
The Munkey Wrench (Gallery) — 38.5 mi, 165° S
Sandra Bos (Gallery) — 38.6 mi, 165° S
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 45.5 mi, 098° E · 564k acres
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 49.6 mi, 108° E · 114k acres

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