Explore North Tunica, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for North Tunica, 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 North Tunica.
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 | North Tunica |
| State | Mississippi (MS) |
| County | Tunica County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 34.700934 |
| Longitude | -90.378155 |
| Population | 760 |
| Density | 517.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 38676 |
| Area Code | 601, 769 |
| County Seat | Tunica |
| School District | Tunica County School District |
North Tunica stretches across a vast, alluvial expanse where the horizon flattens into an unending line of fertile, dark soil. It lies 23.4 miles west-southwest of Hernando, MS (from Hernando, MS: bearing 249°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south of Tunica Resorts. The landscape remains defined by the persistent, slow-moving presence of McKinney Bayou, which meanders through the fields just a mile away, carving subtle patterns into the silt. Sunlight here possesses a heavy, amber quality that seems to linger over the open plains, illuminating the dust motes that dance in the stillness of the afternoon. While Unknown Park offers a quiet threshold into the local wilderness, the terrain remains largely defined by the agricultural rhythms of the Delta, where the earth feels ancient and heavy under the weight of the humid air.
North Tunica maintains a character forged by the relentless cycles of planting and harvest that have sustained the regional economy for generations. Far removed from the bustle of distant urban centers, the pace of existence follows the quiet, deliberate turn of the seasons rather than the ticking of a clock. The legacy of the land is visible in the weathered architecture and the expansive, productive fields that occupy the space toward the horizon. Though the distant silhouette of Morrells Hill marks the far edge of the sky, life here remains anchored to the immediate, practical concerns of the soil. Residents move with a practiced ease through the day, shaped by a history that has seen the transformation of these plains into a landscape of enduring, quiet industry.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of North Tunica, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.700934, -90.378155. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for North Tunica includes the ZIP code (38676), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Tunica County (Tunica), and school district assignment (Tunica County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |