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Golden Mississippi Map

Explore Golden, 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 Golden, Mississippi

How to Use This Golden, Mississippi Map

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

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

Latitude	34.488431
Longitude	-88.188654
Population	192
Density	127.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	38847
Area Code	662
County Seat	Iuka
School District	Tishomingo County Schools

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About Golden, Mississippi

Golden is a locality in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 192. The population density is 127.8 people per km². Golden is located at 34.4884°N, 88.1887°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Golden is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38847.

Golden occupies a quiet expanse of the northern Mississippi landscape, where the earth shifts from the clay-heavy lowlands toward the rugged elevation of Chinquapin Ridge. It lies 33.4 miles east-northeast of Tupelo, MS (from Tupelo, MS: bearing 61°T), and is situated 4.3 miles northwest of Red Bay. Epps Branch cuts a persistent, narrow path through the terrain, its waters carving into the loamy soil that defines the local topography. Only three miles to the west, the basin of Gum Flats offers a stark, open contrast to the dense stands of hardwood that shade the surrounding acreage. The light here tends to soften in the late afternoon, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has dipped below the rise of the landscape.

Golden sustains itself through a rhythm of agriculture and small-scale industry, grounded in the persistence of those who have worked this soil for generations. The influence of Tishomingo State Park, located just seven miles away, serves as a reminder of the ancient, weathered geology that shapes the broader region. While Bates Lake lies five miles distant, providing a localized stillness to the landscape, the daily life of the inhabitants remains tethered to the crossroads and the slow, deliberate movement of the seasons. There is a particular weight to the air here, a stillness that suggests a history built not on grand gestures, but on the quiet, steady accretion of days spent working the land under the vast, unblinking sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tishomingo State Park (State Park) — 6.9 mi, 004° N
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 7.5 mi, 067° NE
Canal Section Wma (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 274° W
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway at G. V. Montgomery (Recreation Area) — 8.0 mi, 265° W
Waterfall (Viewpoint) — 8.3 mi, 005° N
Private (State Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 269° W
Cave Springs (Historic Ruins) — 11.0 mi, 014° N
Brunton Mound (Historic Ruins) — 11.3 mi, 017° N
Thomas State Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 16.5 mi, 051° NE
Jamie L. Whitten Historical Center (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 224° SW
Cherokee Military Memorial (Monument) — 22.2 mi, 034° NE
Bonner Arnold Coliseum (Stadium) — 24.7 mi, 300° NW
W.M. Browning Cretaceous Fossil Park Monument (Monument) — 26.1 mi, 285° W
Seven-mile Island Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 26.8 mi, 046° NE · 3,204 acres
J.P. Coleman State Park (State Park) — 27.4 mi, 001° N
Toll Gate Historic Marker (Monument) — 28.4 mi, 156° SE
Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.8 mi, 050° NE · 2,106 acres
Lauderdale Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 28.9 mi, 010° N · 20k acres
Natchez Trace Visitors Center (Museum) — 31.7 mi, 250° W
F-105 Thunderchief (Attraction) — 31.9 mi, 241° SW
William B. Bankhead National Forest (National Forest) — 32.8 mi, 093° E · 182k acres
Steam Engine Mural (Public Artwork) — 35.8 mi, 056° NE
Tupelo Buffalo Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 36.0 mi, 248° W
Caboose (Attraction) — 36.1 mi, 328° NW
Norton Auditorium (Theatre) — 36.3 mi, 053° NE
Shoals Community Theatre (Theatre) — 36.3 mi, 053° NE
Northeast Mississippi Museum (Museum) — 36.6 mi, 329° NW
Oren Dunn City Museum (Museum) — 36.9 mi, 243° SW
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 39.4 mi, 104° E · 26k acres
Holly Springs National Forest (National Forest) — 48.6 mi, 295° NW · 156k acres

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