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Lyman Mississippi Map

Explore Lyman, 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 Lyman, Mississippi

How to Use This Lyman, Mississippi Map

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

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

Latitude	30.507887
Longitude	-89.130463
Population	2,372
Density	117.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	39503
Area Code	228
County Seat	Gulfport
School District	Harrison County School District

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About Lyman, Mississippi

Lyman is a locality in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,372. The population density is 117.8 people per km². Lyman is located at 30.5079°N, 89.1305°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 39503.

Lyman anchors itself firmly upon the humid, verdant plains of the interior, defined primarily by the steady, unassuming passage of Flat Branch as it carves a path through the silt and clay. It lies 9.0 miles north-northwest of Gulfport, MS (from Gulfport, MS: bearing 347°T), and is situated 15.9 miles west-northwest of Biloxi. This landscape is a quiet expanse of pine-studded lowlands where the air holds a heavy, persistent warmth, and the late afternoon sun turns the pine needles into a blur of copper light. Beyond the immediate clearings, the dense perimeter of De Soto National Forest offers a sprawling, wilder counterpoint to the managed stretches of earth. The horizon remains largely unbroken, save for the distant, faint silhouette of Camp Hill rising eight miles away, providing a silent, stationary landmark in an otherwise level world.

Lyman traces its character back to the timber and rail industries that once drew laborers to these woods, establishing a rhythm of life centered on the extraction and movement of natural resources. Today, the economy remains tethered to the land, with local commerce reflecting the slow, deliberate pace of a region shaped by the cycles of the forest and the shifting needs of the inland interior. The proximity to the expansive timberlands of De Soto National Forest serves as a constant reminder of the environment’s dominance over human enterprise. Life in Lyman proceeds with a steady, unadorned diligence, where the local identity is forged not by grand gestures, but by the quiet persistence of those who work the soil and navigate the quiet corridors of the surrounding pines.

Nearby Outdoor Places

De Soto National Forest (National Forest) — 1.6 mi, 021° N · 532k acres
World’s “Largest Rocker” (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 186° S
Gulfport Sportsplex (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 176° S
Wolf River Conservation Society (State Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 229° SW
St. Patrick Theatre (Theatre) — 7.2 mi, 064° NE
Harrison Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 7.4 mi, 027° NE
Biloxi River Marshes Coastal Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 7.9 mi, 124° SE
Biloxi River Coastal Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 124° SE
Harrison Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 8.0 mi, 028° NE
TrainTastic (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 154° SE
Wolf River Marsh Coastal Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 10.1 mi, 212° SW
Ship Island Excursions (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 166° S
Hurricane Camille Memorial (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 173° S
Lance Lumpkin Stadium (Stadium) — 10.5 mi, 186° S
Friendship Oak (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 182° S
City of Long Beach Centennial 1905-2005 (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 186° S
Astronaut Fred Haise, Biloxian (Public Artwork) — 15.8 mi, 120° SE
Saenger Theater for the Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 16.2 mi, 118° SE
Biloxi Little Theater (Theatre) — 16.7 mi, 116° SE
Red Creek Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 17.8 mi, 020° N · 1,035 acres
Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.9 mi, 098° E · 57k acres
Gulf Islands National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 19.0 mi, 178° S · 213k acres
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 21.7 mi, 111° E
Ship Island Light (Historic Ruins) — 22.6 mi, 154° SE
Gulf Islands Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 27.7 mi, 131° SE · 3,896 acres
Acadiana Cinema (Cinema) — 31.1 mi, 275° W
Crackin Shells Dippin Tails (Attraction) — 33.0 mi, 272° W
Mcdonald Funeral Home (Museum) — 33.0 mi, 272° W
Carver Museum (Museum) — 33.6 mi, 273° W
The Fortress (Historic Castle / Fort) — 34.0 mi, 325° NW

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