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Willisburg Kentucky Map

Explore Willisburg, 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 Willisburg, Kentucky

How to Use This Willisburg, Kentucky Map

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

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

Latitude	37.809789
Longitude	-85.126347
Population	300
Density	168.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	40078
Area Code	502
County Seat	Springfield
School District	Washington County School District

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About Willisburg, Kentucky

Willisburg is a locality in Washington County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 300. The population density is 168.8 people per km². Willisburg is located at 37.8098°N, 85.1263°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Willisburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 40078.

Willisburg maintains a quiet presence amidst the limestone bedrock and thin, fertile soil of the Kentucky interior. It lies 18.6 miles east of Bardstown, KY (from Bardstown, KY: bearing 90°T), and is situated 15.8 miles west-northwest of Harrodsburg. Lick Creek carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its waters reflecting the pale, shifting light of a sky that feels vast and unburdened by the haze of larger centers. To the east, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains occasionally marks the horizon, serving as a reminder of the rugged terrain far removed from the immediate, measured pace of these fields. Willisburg Park offers a modest expanse of green space for those who seek the stillness of the afternoon, while the nearby Willisburg Lake captures the clarity of the clouds in its placid surface, anchoring the low-lying terrain.

Agriculture and the steady, rhythmic demands of local industry define the character of Willisburg, where the legacy of the land is measured in the cycles of the harvest and the persistent, slow growth of the region. The economy remains tethered to the traditions of the soil, grounded by a history of hard labor and a communal reliance on the resources provided by the surrounding plains. Life here flows with the unpretentious gravity of the Upper-South, where the vernacular is soft and the days are marked by the sun’s progression over the fields rather than the frantic ticking of a clock. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the deeper, shadowed folds of Frog Hollow suggest a landscape that keeps its own counsel, inviting a sense of solitude that is as much a part of the local identity as the limestone beneath the feet of those who walk its roads.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Willisburg Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 119° SE
Lincoln Homestead State Park (State Park) — 5.7 mi, 235° SW
Mackville Community Park (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 149° SE
Taylorsville Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 358° N
Taylorsville Lake (Recreation Area) — 10.6 mi, 357° N
Taylorsville Lake State Park (State Park) — 11.4 mi, 351° N
Beaver Lake (State Recreation Area) — 12.0 mi, 026° NE
Union Monument in Perryville (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 138° SE
Confederate Monument in Perryville (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 138° SE
Ten Deere (Public Artwork) — 13.2 mi, 309° NW
Perryville Historical Marker (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 139° SE
73rd 10-8-62 (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 144° SE
Shechem Ministries (Nature Reserve) — 16.2 mi, 018° N
Marion County Wildlife Management Area and State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 17.6 mi, 181° S
Bardstown Civil War Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 270° W
Willett Distillery (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 265° W
Bourbon Heritage Center (Attraction) — 18.6 mi, 267° W
Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History/Bardstown Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 270° W
Danville Cinema (Cinema) — 20.7 mi, 122° SE
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 088° E
AEGON Gallery (Gallery) — 22.0 mi, 121° SE
Farris Stadium (Stadium) — 22.1 mi, 121° SE
High Bridge Kentucky River Museum (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 088° E
Pioneer Playhouse (Theatre) — 23.4 mi, 120° SE
Far Hill Overlook (Viewpoint) — 24.2 mi, 090° E
John Wesley Statue (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 082° E
Camp Nelson National Monument (National Monument) — 28.0 mi, 094° E · 463 acres
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 53.1 mi, 118° SE · 564k acres
Mammoth Cave National Park (National Park) — 62.0 mi, 233° SW · 51k acres
Hoosier National Forest (National Forest) — 72.5 mi, 289° W · 204k acres

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