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Lena Mississippi Map

Explore Lena, 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 Lena, Mississippi

How to Use This Lena, Mississippi Map

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

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

Latitude	32.593972
Longitude	-89.594813
Population	157
Density	36.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	39094
Area Code	601, 769
County Seat	Carthage
School District	Leake County School District

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About Lena, Mississippi

Lena is a locality in Leake County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 157. The population density is 36.5 people per km². Lena is located at 32.5940°N, 89.5948°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lena is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39094.

Lena anchors itself to the quiet red-clay earth of central Mississippi, where the slow, deliberate current of Balucta Creek carves a winding path through the landscape. It lies 24.8 miles east of Canton, MS (from Canton, MS: bearing 93°T), and is situated 17.8 miles north-northwest of Forest. The moisture-heavy air hangs thick with the scent of damp pine needles, drifting from the dense, verdant expanse of the nearby Bienville National Forest. To the north, the faint, hazy silhouettes of the Government Hills rise against the horizon, providing a permanent, muted boundary to the fields that stretch toward the stillness of Dumas Pond. Here, the golden light of late afternoon catches the tall grass, casting long, lean shadows that seem to hold the weight of the day in a pause of absolute stillness.

Agriculture and the timber trade have defined the pulse of Lena for generations, grounding the inhabitants in a cycle of seasonal labor that moves in tandem with the growth of the surrounding woods. Historical remnants of small-scale milling and the steady, rhythmic persistence of farming families remain evident in the weathered structures that dot the periphery, holding fast against the encroaching thickets of kudzu. The local economy relies on the quiet productivity of the land, where the pace is set not by the frantic tick of a clock, but by the gradual change of the seasons across the plains. As dusk settles over the fields, the atmosphere deepens into a profound, resonant calm, revealing a place where the simplicity of the soil dictates the character of every life lived upon it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bienville National Forest (National Forest) — 3.4 mi, 240° SW · 180k acres
Bienville Wma (State Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 188° S
Mcmillian Park (Local Park) — 10.2 mi, 022° N
Golden Memorial State Park (State Park) — 10.9 mi, 095° E
Private (State Conservation Area) — 14.2 mi, 270° W
Roosevelt State Park (State Park) — 18.9 mi, 193° S
Pearl River State Waterfowl Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 21.3 mi, 258° W
Canton Train Museum (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 273° W
Canal Place Cinema 7 (Cinema) — 28.9 mi, 066° NE
Boyd Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 29.2 mi, 251° W
Boyd Mound (Historic Ruins) — 29.2 mi, 251° W
Kosciusko Heritage Foundation Museum (Museum) — 30.7 mi, 002° N
Brahear's Stand (Monument) — 31.0 mi, 248° W
Old Trace Trail (Monument) — 31.1 mi, 248° W
9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 31.3 mi, 252° W
Montgomery Historic House Museum (Museum) — 31.8 mi, 254° W
Bull Statue (Public Artwork) — 32.2 mi, 248° W
Nutmeg Hickory Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 34.4 mi, 150° SE
Smith-Wills Stadium (Stadium) — 37.1 mi, 242° SW
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (Museum) — 37.7 mi, 240° SW
The Oaks House Museum (Museum) — 39.2 mi, 240° SW
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument (National Monument) — 40.0 mi, 244° SW · 1 acres
Hillside National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.4 mi, 308° NW · 31k acres
Tombigbee National Forest (National Forest) — 49.2 mi, 036° NE · 67k acres
Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 53.3 mi, 288° W · 66k acres
Hallie Ward Interiors ft Queen City Art Gallery (Gallery) — 54.5 mi, 107° E
MSU Riley Center (Theatre) — 54.5 mi, 107° E
Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 64.9 mi, 042° NE · 1,126 acres
Laurel Little Theatre (Theatre) — 67.9 mi, 156° SE
Simmons-Wright1884 Cafe (Attraction) — 68.4 mi, 100° E

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