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Whitley City Kentucky Map

Explore Whitley City, 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 Whitley City, Kentucky

How to Use This Whitley City, Kentucky Map

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

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	Whitley City
State	Kentucky (KY)
County	McCreary County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.723412
Longitude	-84.470494
Population	968
Density	162.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	42653
Area Code	270
County Seat	Whitley City
School District	McCreary County School District

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About Whitley City, Kentucky

Whitley City is a locality in McCreary County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 968. The population density is 162.0 people per km². Whitley City is located at 36.7234°N, 84.4705°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 42653.

Whitley City occupies a high, wooded plateau where the air holds the cool, damp weight of the surrounding forest. It lies 26.5 miles south-southeast of Somerset, KY (from Somerset, KY: bearing 164°T), and is situated 17.3 miles west of Williamsburg. Dense timberlands of the Daniel Boone National Forest press against the edges of the settlement, their deep greens transitioning into the limestone-streaked gray of the earth. To the east, the distant, hazy blue silhouette of the Cumberland Mountains anchors the horizon, while the local topography drops away into the shadowed depths of Coffey Hollow. The light here at dusk settles in thin, amber layers over the ridge, illuminating the heavy, broad-leafed canopy that defines the stillness of the landscape.

Whitley City grew from the rugged requirements of the coal industry, its character forged by the grit and labor that once defined the regional economy. Tracks of iron and the memories of deep-shaft mining remain etched into the social geography, though the pace has softened as the modern era favors the quietude of the woods. Residents often look toward the nearby Lick Creek for a sense of movement, or seek the stillness of the Laurel Creek Reservoir when the heat of midsummer settles over the plateau. Those who walk the Laurel Creek Trail find a terrain that demands patience, moving through a land where the history of extraction has long since given way to the slow, persistent reclamation of the wild.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 0.5 mi, 256° W · 564k acres
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 3.1 mi, 248° W · 114k acres
Lake Cumberland (Recreation Area) — 3.2 mi, 278° W
Big South Fork Wild River (State Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 219° SW
Devils Jump Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.0 mi, 227° SW
Rock Creek Wild River (State Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 253° W
Beast Mode (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 353° N
Beaver Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 8.1 mi, 000° N · 4,854 acres
Cumberland Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 9.2 mi, 320° NW
Cumberland Falls State Resort Park (State Park) — 9.3 mi, 037° NE
Six Gun City (Historic Ruins) — 10.5 mi, 040° NE
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 12.4 mi, 187° S
Hollow Rock (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 253° W
Twin Arch North (Attraction) — 19.3 mi, 230° SW
Twin Arches (Attraction) — 19.3 mi, 230° SW
First Boy Scout Troop (Monument) — 19.7 mi, 339° N
Burnside (Monument) — 19.9 mi, 338° N
Pickett (State Park) — 20.4 mi, 237° SW
Civil War (Monument) — 20.6 mi, 118° SE
Wayne County Historic Theater (Cinema) — 22.2 mi, 289° W
Wayne County Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 290° W
Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 22.6 mi, 155° SE
Showplace Cinemas (Cinema) — 23.2 mi, 338° N
Colonel Sanders (Public Artwork) — 25.9 mi, 053° NE
Sander's Cafe and Museum (Museum) — 26.5 mi, 052° NE
Massengale Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 28.6 mi, 207° SW
Old Jail Museum (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 232° SW
McHargue's Mill (Museum) — 33.9 mi, 043° NE
Redbird Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 41.1 mi, 048° NE · 146k acres
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 78.0 mi, 154° SE · 521k acres

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