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Wayland Kentucky Map

Explore Wayland, 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 Wayland, Kentucky

How to Use This Wayland, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	37.4559
Longitude	-82.802598
Population	389
Density	55.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	41666
Area Code	606
County Seat	Prestonsburg
School District	Floyd County School District

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About Wayland, Kentucky

Wayland is a locality in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 389. The population density is 55.7 people per km². Wayland is located at 37.4559°N, 82.8026°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Wayland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 41666.

Wayland occupies a narrow, deep-set corridor where the earth rises in sharp, steep folds toward the distant Appalachian Mountains. It lies 72.0 miles south of Ashland, KY (from Ashland, KY: bearing 187°T), and is situated 15.9 miles west of Pikeville. Steele Creek carves a persistent path through the limestone, its current often muted by the heavy overhang of hardwoods that cloak the steep slopes. The air here carries a damp, earthen weight, particularly at dusk when the shadows stretch thin and long across the valley floor, turning the gray slate of the rock faces into a deep, bruised violet. Within the borders of Wayland, the Kentucky Fuel Corporation Wildlife Management Area provides a quiet, managed expanse of woodland that softens the edges of the terrain, allowing the forest to reclaim the silence between the ridges.

Coal-camp memory defines the architecture of the landscape, where the legacy of extraction left a permanent thumbprint on the economy and the rhythm of the people. While Indian Grave Hollow lies five miles away as a reminder of the region’s older, quieter topography, the local life remains anchored to the labor of the earth and the slow, deliberate pace of the hollows. The scale of the surrounding hills creates a sense of isolation that keeps the modern world at a distance, leaving the residents to navigate the seasons by the changing foliage and the rising levels of the creek. Though Carr Fork Lake sits sixteen miles away, providing a wider basin of water, the identity of Wayland remains tethered to the intimate, enclosed reality of the creek bank and the enduring, rugged character of the land itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kentucky Fuel Corporation Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 213° SW
Elkhorn Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 067° NE
Garrett Park (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 313° NW
Dawkins Line Rail Trail (State Park) — 13.4 mi, 291° W
Carr Creek Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 15.4 mi, 206° SW
Shelby Valley Wildcats (Stadium) — 15.4 mi, 109° E
Appalachian Wireless Arena (Stadium) — 15.7 mi, 084° E
Jenny Wiley State Resort Park (State Park) — 16.4 mi, 013° N
Dewey Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.5 mi, 018° N
Elk Viewing Area (Viewpoint) — 20.8 mi, 266° W
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 22.6 mi, 159° S · 733k acres
Old Meade Homeplace (Historic Ruins) — 22.8 mi, 158° S
Wise County (Monument) — 22.8 mi, 156° SE
Pound Gap (Monument) — 22.9 mi, 156° SE
Leonard Woods Lynched (Monument) — 22.9 mi, 156° SE
Pine Mountain State Scenic Trail (State Recreation Area) — 23.1 mi, 133° SE
War memorial Honor Roll (Public Artwork) — 23.4 mi, 183° S
Sipp Theatre (Arts Centre) — 24.7 mi, 359° N
Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center (Museum) — 28.4 mi, 138° SE
Dickenson County Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 28.4 mi, 138° SE
Jettie Baker Center (Cinema) — 28.4 mi, 138° SE
Main Street Cinema (Cinema) — 32.1 mi, 027° NE
Redbird Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 32.4 mi, 249° W · 146k acres
Portal 31 (Attraction) — 34.4 mi, 191° S
Train (Attraction) — 34.5 mi, 191° S
Portal 30 (Attraction) — 34.5 mi, 191° S
Kentucky Coal Mining Museum (Museum) — 34.9 mi, 194° S
Coal Miners Memorial Theater (Theatre) — 35.0 mi, 194° S
Stone Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 43.1 mi, 187° S · 3,273 acres
Clifty Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 46.5 mi, 301° NW · 13k acres

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