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Oakland Mississippi Map

Explore Oakland, 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 Oakland, Mississippi

How to Use This Oakland, Mississippi Map

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

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

Latitude	34.057581
Longitude	-89.913225
Population	462
Density	116.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	38843, 39648, 38948
Area Code	228
County Seat	Fulton
School District	Coffeeville School District

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About Oakland, Mississippi

Oakland is a locality in Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 462. The population density is 116.7 people per km². Oakland is located at 34.0576°N, 89.9132°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Oakland is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 38843, 39648, 38948.

Oakland emerges from the low, humid expanses of the Mississippi landscape where the light at dusk turns the heavy air into a bruised, golden haze. It lies 26.9 miles east of Tupelo, MS (from Tupelo, MS: bearing 86°T), and is situated 17.0 miles northwest of Hamilton. Cypress Creek carves a quiet, persistent path through the bottomlands nearby, its waters dark and reflective, mirroring the dense thickets of hardwoods that define the local horizon. To the east, the distant, hazy silhouette of Chinquapin Ridge marks the boundary of the flat, fertile plains, while the still, shadowed surface of Nita Lake lies six miles away, a silent anchor for the local water table. The soil here, thick with the history of the inland earth, supports a verdant, tangled growth of kudzu that softens the sharp edges of abandoned structures and fence lines alike, grounding Oakland in a slow, rhythmic cycle of seasonal decay and renewal.

Oakland bears the quiet weight of an agricultural inheritance, where the economy remains tethered to the slow turn of the planting seasons and the legacy of the surrounding fields. The local character is shaped by a long memory of labor and the persistent influence of the land, with the nearby Canal Section Wma serving as a preserved reminder of the wilder, untamed habitat that once dominated this interior region. Life in Oakland moves with a deliberate, unhurried cadence, favoring the porch-side conversation and the steady accumulation of local lore over the frantic pace of larger hubs. Even as the modern world encroaches, the prevailing atmosphere remains defined by the deep, resonant stillness of the woods and the enduring, humble connection between the inhabitants and the stubborn, productive clay of their ancestral home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Holly Springs National Forest (National Forest) — 3.1 mi, 145° SE · 156k acres
Enid Lake (Recreation Area) — 4.0 mi, 020° N
George P. Cossar State Park (State Park) — 4.6 mi, 017° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.5 mi, 248° W
Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.4 mi, 275° W · 5,028 acres
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.7 mi, 292° W · 20k acres
Grenada Lake (Recreation Area) — 16.2 mi, 149° SE
O'Keefe Wma (State Conservation Area) — 18.3 mi, 272° W
Christ Centered Cross (Public Artwork) — 19.3 mi, 168° S
Confederate redoubt (Historic Castle / Fort) — 19.7 mi, 155° SE
Hugh White State Park (State Park) — 19.8 mi, 150° SE
Mound D (Historic Ruins) — 19.9 mi, 358° N
Mound C (Historic Ruins) — 20.0 mi, 358° N
Confederate fort (Historic Castle / Fort) — 20.3 mi, 156° SE
Malmaison Wma (State Conservation Area) — 21.9 mi, 200° S
Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center (Attraction) — 30.1 mi, 045° NE
Malco Oxford Studio Cinema (Cinema) — 30.1 mi, 044° NE
James Meredith statue (Monument) — 30.3 mi, 045° NE
The Grove (Attraction) — 30.4 mi, 045° NE
Point 8 (Viewpoint) — 30.6 mi, 027° NE
Studio Whimzy (Arts Centre) — 30.7 mi, 044° NE
Burns-Belfry Museum and Multicultural Center (Museum) — 30.9 mi, 046° NE
Southside Gallery (Gallery) — 31.0 mi, 046° NE
William L. Buford Stadium (Stadium) — 31.0 mi, 049° NE
William Faulkner statue (Monument) — 31.1 mi, 046° NE
Emmet Till Historical Marker (Monument) — 32.7 mi, 211° SW
Museum of the Mississippi Delta (Museum) — 40.4 mi, 205° SW
Florewood River Plantation Museum (Museum) — 41.4 mi, 208° SW
Tombigbee National Forest (National Forest) — 53.6 mi, 092° E · 67k acres

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