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Wildwood Kentucky Map

Explore Wildwood, 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 Wildwood, Kentucky

How to Use This Wildwood, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	38.249516
Longitude	-85.573016
Population	281
Density	1466.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	40223
Area Code	502
County Seat	Louisville
School District	Jefferson County School District

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About Wildwood, Kentucky

Wildwood is a locality in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 281. The population density is 1466.1 people per km². Wildwood is located at 38.2495°N, 85.5730°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Wildwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 40223.

Wildwood reveals itself through a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of limestone and the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons across the Kentucky plains. It lies 1.6 miles east-southeast of Lyndon, KY (from Lyndon, KY: bearing 108°T), and is situated 9.1 miles east-southeast of Jeffersonville. The air here holds a particular, heavy clarity, especially when the light of late afternoon catches the tall grasses that lean toward the banks of Middle Fork Beargrass Creek. While the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains occasionally marks the eastern horizon, the immediate terrain remains grounded in the subtle, rhythmic rise and fall of the earth. Hardesty Park offers a modest expanse of green where the local vegetation thrives, mirroring the untamed density found further afield in the Jefferson County Memorial Forest. Even the quiet waters of Tucker Lake, tucked away from the main thoroughfares, seem to hold the stillness of the region, reflecting a sky that shifts from bruised violet to a deep, resonant gray as dusk settles over the fields.

Wildwood maintains a character forged by the steady, modest labor of those who have long worked the surrounding soil and supported the regional economy. The history of the area is not written in grand monuments but in the persistent industry of its people, whose lives are measured by the slow cycles of commerce and the quiet endurance of the Upper-South vernacular. Economic life remains tethered to the traditions of this inland territory, where the legacy of distillery culture and agricultural heritage subtly informs the everyday pace of life. Residents move with a deliberate grace, navigating a geography where the influence of the nearby thoroughbred farms and the limestone-rich earth dictates the texture of the common day. Whether attending to the needs of the neighborhood or simply watching the seasons change along the creek, the inhabitants of Wildwood sustain a way of living that honors the unhurried, grounded nature of their land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Party Center (Attraction) — 0.7 mi, 121° SE
A.B. Sawyer Greenway (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 349° N
A.B. Sawyer (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 340° N
E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park (State Park) — 1.8 mi, 017° N
Woodlawn Race Course (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 287° W
Village 8 (Cinema) — 3.5 mi, 251° W
Gaslight Lamp (Public Artwork) — 3.9 mi, 171° S
Blackacre State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 153° SE
Confederate Martyrs Monument (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 177° S
Tri Ân Monument (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 166° S
Bingo City (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 218° SW
Wolf Pen Branch Mill (Historic Ruins) — 5.6 mi, 348° N
Garden Gateway Overlook - Beckley Creek Park (Viewpoint) — 5.8 mi, 099° E
Walden theater (Theatre) — 6.6 mi, 272° W
WaterWorks Museum (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 287° W
Wyatt Center for the Arts (Theatre) — 7.4 mi, 254° W
Norton Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 7.4 mi, 254° W
Bingham Park (Attraction) — 7.5 mi, 275° W
Colonel Sanders Museum (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 242° SW
Gorilla Sanctuary (Attraction) — 7.6 mi, 247° SW
Petting Zoo Area (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 7.7 mi, 247° SW
Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 274° W
Charlestown State Park (State Park) — 8.7 mi, 335° NW

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