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Clara Mississippi Map

Explore Clara, 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 Clara, Mississippi

How to Use This Clara, Mississippi Map

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

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	Clara
State	Mississippi (MS)
County	Wayne County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.580441
Longitude	-88.696427
Population	386
Density	38.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	39367, 39324
Area Code	601
County Seat	Waynesboro
School District	Wayne County School District

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About Clara, Mississippi

Clara is a locality in Wayne County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 386. The population density is 38.3 people per km². Clara is located at 31.5804°N, 88.6964°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 39367, 39324.

Clara emerges from the quiet, pine-dusted earth where Big Creek carves a slow, meandering path through the landscape. It lies 26.7 miles east-southeast of Laurel, MS (from Laurel, MS: bearing 107°T), and is situated 7.2 miles south-southwest of Waynesboro. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that clings to the loblolly pines and thickets of kudzu, grounding Clara in a geography defined by the soft, enduring patience of the woods. Only three miles away, the dense, shadowed canopy of De Soto National Forest provides a vast, verdant backdrop, while the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Jane Hills mark the northwestern horizon like a faint, serrated line drawn against the sky. Five miles to the east, the water of Gum Pond remains undisturbed, reflecting the amber light of late afternoon as the sun dips behind the treeline, casting long, lean shadows across the red clay soil.

Economic life in Clara pulses with the steady, cyclical rhythm of timber and agriculture, industries that have anchored the settlement since its inception. The labor of generations remains etched into the local landscape, visible in the weathered barns and the persistent, creeping vines that reclaim abandoned fence lines. Life moves at the pace of the seasons, dictated by the heat of the summer and the damp, cool respite of the winter months, when the scent of woodsmoke drifts through the clearings. This locality maintains a quiet, self-contained character, where the social fabric is stitched together by the shared heritage of the woods and the persistent, quiet work of those who call Clara home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

De Soto National Forest (National Forest) — 2.6 mi, 270° W · 532k acres
Hogan Park (Local Park) — 6.2 mi, 023° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 6.5 mi, 022° N
Waynesboro City Auditorium (Arts Centre) — 7.8 mi, 024° NE
Private (State Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 189° S
Restricted Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.4 mi, 180° S
Shubuta Red Water Artesian Well (Attraction) — 19.4 mi, 360° N
Washington County Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 20.2 mi, 082° E
Confederate Soldier (Monument) — 26.7 mi, 287° W
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art (Museum) — 26.8 mi, 288° W
Laurel Little Theatre (Theatre) — 26.8 mi, 287° W
Greene County Museum (Museum) — 30.7 mi, 164° S
Skirmish at Rocky Creek (Monument) — 31.6 mi, 274° W
Clarkco State Park (State Park) — 34.6 mi, 001° N
Leaf Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 38.6 mi, 187° S · 993 acres
Old Saint Stephens Archaeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 38.9 mi, 092° E
Sarah Gillespie Museum (Museum) — 39.8 mi, 242° SW
Lucille Parker Gallery (Gallery) — 39.9 mi, 242° SW
Gold Star Families Memorial Monument (Monument) — 40.8 mi, 230° SW
Lofty Return (Public Artwork) — 41.4 mi, 245° SW
Black Creek, Mississippi Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 43.8 mi, 211° SW · 5,668 acres
Black Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 44.2 mi, 206° SW · 5,084 acres
Wiggins Stadium (Stadium) — 45.6 mi, 119° SE
Bienville National Forest (National Forest) — 49.8 mi, 317° NW · 180k acres
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms (National Wildlife Refuge) — 50.0 mi, 167° S · 20k acres
Key Brothers Aviation Museum (Museum) — 52.1 mi, 357° N
Mississippi Children's Museum (Museum) — 53.8 mi, 000° N
MSU Riley Center (Theatre) — 54.1 mi, 360° N
Hallie Ward Interiors ft Queen City Art Gallery (Gallery) — 54.3 mi, 360° N
Fort Mims (Historic Castle / Fort) — 57.7 mi, 118° SE

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