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Upton Kentucky Map

Explore Upton, 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 Upton, Kentucky

How to Use This Upton, Kentucky Map

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

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	Upton
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Larue County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	37.465058
Longitude	-85.893298
Population	704
Density	200.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	42784
Area Code	270
County Seat	Hodgenville
School District	Hardin County School District

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About Upton, Kentucky

Upton is a locality in Larue County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 704. The population density is 200.2 people per km². Upton is located at 37.4651°N, 85.8933°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Upton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 42784.

Upton emerges from the limestone-heavy soil of the Kentucky interior, where the horizon stretches into a wide, quiet geometry of pasture and oak-studded woodland. It lies 15.9 miles south of Elizabethtown, KY (from Elizabethtown, KY: bearing 187°T), and is situated 11.3 miles southwest of Hodgenville. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, syrupy quality during the late afternoon, catching the lime-dusted fields and casting long, sharp shadows that emphasize the subtle dip of the terrain toward the nearby Sandy Creek. While the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the far eastern boundary of the state, the immediate topography remains defined by the modest, earthbound undulations of the local basin, Barefoot Hollow, which cradles the damp, cool air after sunset. Within the center of these fields, Upton Community Park provides a green, manicured anchor for the landscape, its open spaces offering a place where the stillness of the countryside is occasionally broken by the low, rhythmic hum of migrating insects or the shifting of wind through the tall, dry grasses.

Agriculture has long anchored the character of Upton, dictating the slow, seasonal pulse of life that persists despite the encroaching pace of the modern world. The local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the land, drawing on the deep, mineral-rich earth that has supported generations of families who cultivate the surrounding acreage with quiet, enduring persistence. Though Nichols Lake remains a distant mirror for the sky ten miles away, the daily existence of those here is shaped more by the immediate demands of the soil and the legacy of early rural development. Life in Upton moves with an unforced cadence, where the history of the region is felt in the fading paint of old barns and the sturdy, unadorned architecture that defines the streetscape. The air carries a scent of damp loam and curing forage, a sensory reminder of a place that values the steady, repetitive labor of the seasons over the restlessness of more crowded horizons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Upton Community Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 276° W
Nolin River Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 235° SW
Nolin Rv Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 8.4 mi, 235° SW
Site of the Boundary Oak (Attraction) — 9.6 mi, 062° NE
Abraham Lincoln Birth Cabin (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 062° NE
Abraham Lincoln Statue (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 048° NE
The Boy Lincoln (Public Artwork) — 11.3 mi, 048° NE
Nolin River Lake (Recreation Area) — 11.4 mi, 236° SW
Larue County Environmental Center (Local Park) — 12.0 mi, 055° NE
Eastview Barrens Fee (Conservation Area) — 12.6 mi, 318° NW
Green River (Conservation Area) — 14.0 mi, 138° SE
Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 181° S
Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 15.6 mi, 208° SW · 51k acres
The Cannonball (Monument) — 15.9 mi, 007° N
Green River Wild River (State Conservation Area) — 16.6 mi, 206° SW
Hidden River Cave (Attraction) — 19.8 mi, 182° S
Nolin Lake State Park (State Park) — 20.5 mi, 237° SW
Kentucky Railway Museum (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 051° NE
Dixon Cave (Viewpoint) — 22.3 mi, 212° SW
Railroad Engine No. 4 (Attraction) — 22.4 mi, 210° SW
Kentucky Action Park (Theme Park) — 23.7 mi, 195° S
National Cave Museum and Library (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 201° S
Fort Williams Civil War Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 32.3 mi, 183° S
Green River Lake State Park (State Park) — 32.4 mi, 113° SE
Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History/Bardstown Historical Museum (Museum) — 33.3 mi, 044° NE
Bardstown Civil War Museum (Museum) — 33.6 mi, 044° NE
Fort Duffield (Historic Castle / Fort) — 36.7 mi, 356° N
Bowling Green Ballpark (Stadium) — 44.2 mi, 223° SW
Pine Acres Miniature Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 44.5 mi, 344° N
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 47.8 mi, 314° NW · 204k acres

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