Cary Mississippi Map
Explore Cary, 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.
Interactive Map of Cary, Mississippi
How to Use This Cary, Mississippi Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cary, 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 Cary.
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 | Cary |
| State | Mississippi (MS) |
| County | Sharkey County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 32.805963 |
| Longitude | -90.926769 |
| Population | 241 |
| Density | 131.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 39054 |
| Area Code | 601, 769 |
| County Seat | Rolling Fork |
| School District | South Delta School District |
About Cary, Mississippi
Cary is a locality in Sharkey County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 241. The population density is 131.6 people per km². Cary is located at 32.8060°N, 90.9268°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Cary is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39054.Cary occupies a quiet expanse of the alluvial plain where the sluggish, dark waters of Deer Creek trace a winding path through the heavy, fertile soil. It lies 30.4 miles west of Yazoo City, MS (from Yazoo City, MS: bearing 264°T), and is situated 7.5 miles south-southwest of Rolling Fork. The landscape stretches out in a flat, shimmering reach, interrupted only by the occasional stand of hardwoods or the dense, tangled greenery that clings to the edges of the fields. To the east, the distant silhouette of the Walnut Hills rises against the horizon like a faded memory of more rugged terrain, while the deep, shadowed canopy of the Delta National Forest looms ten miles away. At dusk, the light settles over the earth with a thick, golden gravity, turning the surrounding flatlands into a vast, muted canvas that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has retreated.
Cary remains deeply tethered to the rhythms of the land, its economy sustained by the cyclical labor of agriculture that has defined this region for generations. Nearby, the Twin Oaks Wma provides a sanctuary for wildlife, reflecting the area’s enduring connection to the natural cycles of the basin. The proximity of Bear Lake, a mere six miles distant, offers a reflective stillness to the landscape, contrasting with the productive, industrious pace of the local farms. History here is felt in the slow, deliberate movement of the days and the resilience of a populace shaped by the unique demands of the soil, where the heritage of the Delta persists in the quiet, unvarnished dignity of everyday life.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Twin Oaks Wma (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 091° E
- Howard Miller Wma (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 290° W
- Delta National Forest (National Forest) — 4.7 mi, 095° E · 61k acres
- Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.1 mi, 163° S · 12k acres
- Sunflower Waterfowl Project (Nature Reserve) — 8.3 mi, 073° E
- Green Ash Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 10.9 mi, 062° NE
- Over Cup Oak Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 13.4 mi, 059° NE
- Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.8 mi, 087° E · 66k acres
- Navy Memorial (Monument) — 29.9 mi, 173° S
- USS Cairo (Attraction) — 29.9 mi, 173° S
- Pennsylvania Memorial (Monument) — 30.1 mi, 170° S
- Poverty Point World Heritage Site (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 247° SW
- Ulysses S. Grant Memorial (Monument) — 30.1 mi, 170° S
- Battery De Golyer (Public Artwork) — 31.3 mi, 171° S
- Lower Mississippi River Museum (Museum) — 31.4 mi, 175° S
- Mississippi River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 33.6 mi, 177° S
- South Fort (Historic Castle / Fort) — 33.9 mi, 177° S
- Greenville Cypress Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 40.4 mi, 348° N
- E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 42.0 mi, 350° N
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About This Cary Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cary, Mississippi. Coordinates: 32.805963, -90.926769. 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 Cary includes the ZIP code (39054), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Sharkey County (Rolling Fork), and school district assignment (South Delta 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. |
