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Wallins Creek Kentucky Map

Explore Wallins Creek, 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 Wallins Creek, Kentucky

How to Use This Wallins Creek, Kentucky Map

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

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	Wallins Creek
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	Harlan County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.831198
Longitude	-83.416853
Population	212
Density	154.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	40873
Area Code	606
County Seat	Harlan
School District	Harlan County School District

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About Wallins Creek, Kentucky

Wallins Creek is a locality in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 212. The population density is 154.4 people per km². Wallins Creek is located at 36.8312°N, 83.4169°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 40873.

Wallins Creek marks the convergence of steep, shadowed slopes and the persistent, winding path of the Cumberland River. It lies 26.9 miles north-northeast of Claiborne, TN (from Claiborne, TN: bearing 27°T), and is situated 5.3 miles west of Harlan. The landscape rises sharply into the Cumberland Mountains, where the air holds a cool, heavy moisture that clings to the limestone outcrops even as the afternoon sun fades. Nearby, the deep canopy of Blanton Forest State Nature Preserve shelters a dense, ancient ecosystem, while the narrow aperture of Bulldog Hollow draws the eye toward the rugged, vertical folds of the earth. In the transition between these ridges, the light takes on a bruised, violet quality at dusk, casting long, thin silhouettes across the valley floor and emphasizing the isolation inherent in such dramatic elevation.

Coal-camp memory remains an indelible part of the identity of Wallins Creek, defining the architecture and the quiet, deliberate pace of the streets. While the economy has shifted away from the intensive extraction that once dominated these narrow corridors, the influence of that era persists in the sturdy, unadorned dwellings and the lingering echoes of a singular, hard-won labor. Residents often look toward the distant peaks or travel toward the recreational stillness of Martins Fork Lake, finding a different kind of endurance in the land itself. Those seeking the high ground might traverse the Little Sheppard Trail, where the perspective shifts from the intimate scale of the creek bank to the vast, jagged expanse of the surrounding range, revealing the enduring resilience of a place forged by both the mountain and the mine.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Blanton Forest State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 040° NE
Blanton West Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 046° NE
Boone Forestlands Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 354° N
Redbird Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 5.1 mi, 358° N · 146k acres
Doughboy Statue (Public Artwork) — 5.4 mi, 078° E
Cumberland Mountains Megasite Fee (Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 024° NE
Coal Mine (Viewpoint) — 7.3 mi, 121° SE
Kentenia State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 7.5 mi, 057° NE
Harlan ATV Park (Local Park) — 7.8 mi, 067° NE
Hawkeye Overlook (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 073° E
Narrow (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 077° E
Railhouse (Attraction) — 10.0 mi, 074° E
Building (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 073° E
Pine Mountain State Scenic Trail (State Park) — 12.1 mi, 249° W
Wilderness Road State Park (State Park) — 14.1 mi, 208° SW
Joseph Martin monument (Monument) — 15.0 mi, 204° SW
The Cedars (State Wilderness) — 16.0 mi, 146° SE
Stone Face Rock (Monument) — 21.5 mi, 100° E
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 24.5 mi, 096° E · 733k acres
Stone Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 25.3 mi, 094° E · 3,273 acres
Coal Miners Memorial Theater (Theatre) — 27.3 mi, 070° E
Kentucky Coal Mining Museum (Museum) — 27.3 mi, 070° E
Highest Point in Kentucky (Monument) — 29.5 mi, 079° E
Once site of the Collier Hill Inn (Historic Ruins) — 33.9 mi, 287° W
Bean Station Original Site (Historic Ruins) — 35.1 mi, 176° S
Appalachia Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 35.4 mi, 082° E
Harry W. Meador Coal Museum (Museum) — 35.5 mi, 086° E
Sander's Cafe and Museum (Museum) — 38.4 mi, 284° W
The Wilderness Road Blockhouse (Historic Castle / Fort) — 38.5 mi, 102° E
McHargue's Mill (Museum) — 39.3 mi, 297° NW

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