Explore Blue Mountain, Mississippi, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Blue Mountain, Mississippi. 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 Mississippi 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 Blue Mountain.
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 | Blue Mountain |
| State | Mississippi (MS) |
| County | Tippah County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 34.670931 |
| Longitude | -89.026454 |
| Population | 948 |
| Density | 222.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 38610 |
| Area Code | 601, 769 |
| County Seat | Ripley |
| School District | South Tippah School District |
Blue Mountain rises as a subtle punctuation mark against the northern Mississippi landscape, where the earth holds a deep, rusted hue and the horizon ripples with the persistence of ancient geological shifts. It lies 33.9 miles west-southwest of Corinth, MS (from Corinth, MS: bearing 238°T), and is situated 5.9 miles southwest of Ripley. The terrain here is defined by a slow, rhythmic elevation that keeps the air crisp and clear, far removed from the low-lying humidity that blankets the distant plains. To the west, the land dips into the quiet, shaded expanse of Adkins Bottom, while the nearby trickle of Jasper Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the red clay soil. Not far from the stillness of Hill Lake, the landscape begins to gather its strength, eventually reaching toward the faint, hazy silhouette of Pea Ridge that guards the distant skyline. The light at dusk here possesses a particular quality, catching the edges of the hardwoods and casting long, amber shadows that seem to hold the heat of the day in the very fibers of the soil.
Blue Mountain anchors its identity in a legacy of intellectual and agrarian labor, serving as a quiet center for those who draw their sustenance from the surrounding woodland and the reaches of the Holly Springs National Forest. The local economy persists with a steady, deliberate pace, reflecting a history where the cultivation of the land and the pursuit of education have long existed in a quiet, mutual dependence. Life in Blue Mountain follows the turn of the seasons, marked by the industrious quiet of the academic calendar and the slow labor of the fields that stretch toward the forest edge. Beyond the immediate boundaries of the settlement, the dense, protected growth of the Holly Springs National Forest offers a sprawling, wilder counterpoint to the orderly streets, reminding residents that the wilderness is always pressing gently against the edges of their daily endeavors.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Blue Mountain, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.670931, -89.026454. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Blue Mountain includes the ZIP code (38610), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Tippah County (Ripley), and school district assignment (South Tippah School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |