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Mound Bayou Mississippi Map

Explore Mound Bayou, 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 Mound Bayou, Mississippi

How to Use This Mound Bayou, Mississippi Map

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

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	Mound Bayou
State	Mississippi (MS)
County	Bolivar County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	33.878167
Longitude	-90.72732
Population	1,534
Density	675.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	38762
Area Code	662
County Seat	Cleveland
School District	North Bolivar Consolidated School District

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About Mound Bayou, Mississippi

Mound Bayou is a locality in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,534. The population density is 675.3 people per km². Mound Bayou is located at 33.8782°N, 90.7273°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mound Bayou is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38762.

Mound Bayou occupies a flat, expansive stretch of the Mississippi Delta where the horizon seems to press down with a heavy, golden stillness. It lies 9.3 miles north of Cleveland, MS (from Cleveland, MS: bearing 359°T), and is situated 14.6 miles northwest of Ruleville. The landscape is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of the Mound Bayou as it winds through the alluvial soil, a waterway that serves as the quiet pulse of the terrain. To the east, the distant, hazy silhouette of Annis Ridge provides a faint vertical break in the otherwise unbroken flatness of the plains. Moisture hangs thick in the air, catching the light at dusk and turning the fields into a shimmering, gray-green expanse that extends toward the horizon. The nearby Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms offers a sanctuary of wild growth, while the waters of Raineys Lake remain a dark, reflective presence only a few miles away, mirroring the vast and cloud-filled sky.

Mound Bayou stands as a singular achievement of self-determination, established by formerly enslaved people to serve as a beacon of independence in the post-Reconstruction era. The economy remains rooted in the deep, fertile earth, with agricultural cycles dictating the rhythm of the days and the slow, steady movement of commerce. Despite the passage of decades, the architecture retains a functional, unadorned integrity that reflects the resilience of its founders. Education and communal gathering have long provided the structural backbone of daily life, fostering a culture that prioritizes legacy and endurance. The atmosphere here is one of quiet persistence, where the weight of the past is not a burden but a steadying influence, guiding the way the sunlight hits the brick and wood of the streets as the evening shadows lengthen.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.0 mi, 266° W · 20k acres
Martin & Sue King Railroad Museum (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 178° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.3 mi, 178° S
Bear Pen Park (Local Park) — 9.7 mi, 189° S
Dockery Farms (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 148° SE
Charlie Capps (State Recreation Area) — 12.8 mi, 269° W
Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.5 mi, 228° SW · 19k acres
Great River Road State Park (State Park) — 17.5 mi, 260° W
Indianola Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.4 mi, 171° S
The Crossroads (Monument) — 23.8 mi, 023° NE
Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge.Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 24.4 mi, 308° NW · 945 acres
Trusten Holder (State Conservation Area) — 25.3 mi, 285° W
William Fisher Johnson (Monument) — 26.2 mi, 227° SW
Nathaniel 'Slim' Jack (Monument) — 29.9 mi, 171° S
Rice-Totten Stadium (Stadium) — 33.7 mi, 139° SE
Florewood River Plantation State Park (State Park) — 36.5 mi, 131° SE
Greenville History Museum (Museum) — 37.5 mi, 211° SW
E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 37.8 mi, 210° SW
Museum of the Mississippi Delta (Museum) — 38.3 mi, 129° SE
Greenville Cypress Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 39.8 mi, 210° SW
St. Charles Museum (Museum) — 41.5 mi, 326° NW
Father Pere Marquette Statue (Public Artwork) — 45.8 mi, 009° N
Battery B (Historic Ruins) — 45.8 mi, 009° N
Battery A (Historic Ruins) — 46.2 mi, 010° N
Lily Peter Auditorium (Theatre) — 46.5 mi, 008° N
St. Francis National Forest (National Forest) — 48.0 mi, 006° N · 21k acres
Holly Springs National Forest (National Forest) — 49.3 mi, 079° E · 156k acres
Confederate redoubt (Historic Castle / Fort) — 55.2 mi, 095° E
Confederate fort (Historic Castle / Fort) — 55.4 mi, 096° E
University of Arkansas at Monticello Fine Arts Center (Theatre) — 65.4 mi, 253° W

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