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Friars Point Mississippi Map

Explore Friars Point, 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 Friars Point, Mississippi

How to Use This Friars Point, Mississippi Map

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

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	Friars Point
State	Mississippi (MS)
County	Coahoma County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	34.366772
Longitude	-90.637604
Population	896
Density	314.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	38631
Area Code	601, 769
County Seat	Clarksdale
School District	Coahoma County School District

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About Friars Point, Mississippi

Friars Point is a locality in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 896. The population density is 314.5 people per km². Friars Point is located at 34.3668°N, 90.6376°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Friars Point is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38631.

Friars Point emerges from the flat, alluvial expanse of the Delta, where the Big Sunflower River carves a sluggish, sinuous path through the heavy, dark soil. It lies 12.1 miles north-northwest of Clarksdale, MS (from Clarksdale, MS: bearing 342°T), and is situated 11.5 miles south-southwest of Helena-West Helena. The landscape here is defined by an absolute horizontality, a vast stretch of farmland that seems to hold the sky in an embrace of humid, golden light. Far from the reach of any coastline, the air carries the scent of damp earth and ripening crops rather than salt, and the horizon remains unbroken by the shadows of distant peaks like Morrells Hill. During the quiet hours of dusk, the light catches the moisture in the air, casting a violet haze over the fields and turning the surface of the Big Sunflower River into a ribbon of hammered pewter.

Friars Point traces its lineage to the days when the river served as the primary artery for commerce and cotton, anchoring a local economy that remains deeply tethered to the rhythms of the plantation and the harvest. The architectural remnants of brick storefronts reflect a time when the movement of goods dictated the survival of the settlement, long before the modern era smoothed the edges of daily labor. Residents might look toward the stillness of Old Town Lake six miles away or the protected quietude of Freedom Park ten miles distant for a reprieve from the heat, yet the character of the place is forged in the intensity of its work and the endurance of its people. Even the nearby indentation of Modoc Crevasse serves as a reminder of the land’s capacity for sudden, deep change, grounding the identity of Friars Point in the persistent, unyielding nature of the Delta earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Helena River Park (Local Park) — 11.2 mi, 015° N
Nosef Park (Local Park) — 11.2 mi, 160° S
Spirit of the American Doughboy Monument (Monument) — 11.6 mi, 015° N
Father Pere Marquette Statue (Public Artwork) — 11.6 mi, 010° N
Battery B (Historic Ruins) — 11.7 mi, 011° N
Battery A (Historic Ruins) — 12.1 mi, 012° N
Lily Peter Auditorium (Theatre) — 12.4 mi, 005° N
Ophelia Polk Moore (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 012° N
Coolidge (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 012° N
St. Francis National Forest (National Forest) — 14.0 mi, 000° N · 21k acres
Turkey Ridge Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 15.8 mi, 002° N
Stumpy Point Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 17.8 mi, 005° N · 1,519 acres
Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.6 mi, 273° W · 314k acres
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.7 mi, 203° SW · 20k acres
O'Keefe Wma (State Conservation Area) — 25.3 mi, 129° SE
St. Charles Museum (Museum) — 28.4 mi, 271° W
Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge.Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 30.4 mi, 233° SW · 945 acres
Big Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 32.4 mi, 321° NW
Charlie Capps WMA (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 39.3 mi, 208° SW
Great River Road State Park (State Park) — 42.3 mi, 212° SW
Martin & Sue King Railroad Museum (Museum) — 43.4 mi, 186° S
Dockery Farms (Attraction) — 44.0 mi, 178° S
Village Creek State Park (State Park) — 52.3 mi, 356° N
Point 8 (Viewpoint) — 55.5 mi, 084° E
Arkansas Flag Plaza (Attraction) — 55.6 mi, 355° N
Elvis: The Entertainer Career Museum (Attraction) — 58.3 mi, 036° NE
Private Presley (Attraction) — 58.3 mi, 036° NE
Elvis Automobile Museum (Museum) — 58.3 mi, 036° NE
Graceland Mansion (Museum) — 58.5 mi, 036° NE
Rice-Totten Stadium (Stadium) — 61.6 mi, 164° S

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