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Okolona Mississippi Map

Explore Okolona, 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 Okolona, Mississippi

How to Use This Okolona, Mississippi Map

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

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

Latitude	34.001778
Longitude	-88.755329
Population	2,513
Density	135.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	38860
Area Code	662
County Seat	Houston
School District	Okolona Separate School District

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About Okolona, Mississippi

Okolona is a locality in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,513. The population density is 135.2 people per km². Okolona is located at 34.0018°N, 88.7553°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Okolona is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38860.

Okolona occupies a quiet expanse of the Black Prairie, where the earth holds the dark, heavy moisture of an ancient seabed turned to fertile cropland. It lies 17.9 miles south of Tupelo, MS (from Tupelo, MS: bearing 190°T), and is situated 15.4 miles west of Amory. The horizon remains wide and unobstructed, though the distant, hazy silhouette of the Pontotoc Ridge provides a subtle vertical anchor against the northern sky. Mattubby Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the low-lying terrain, its banks thick with the tangled green of kudzu that swallows the fences and skeletal trees in a slow, suffocating embrace. Beyond the town limits, the dense, sheltered timberlands of the Tombigbee National Forest wait, offering a reprieve from the open fields where the sun bleaches the pavement white by mid-afternoon.

History in Okolona is measured in the persistence of brick storefronts and the deep, enduring rhythms of agricultural labor that have shaped the local economy for generations. The legacy of the railroad once fueled a bustling commerce, leaving behind an architectural landscape that feels suspended in a transition between past prosperity and the quietude of the present. Travelers often find themselves drawn to the nearby Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail, a route that echoes with the footsteps of those who traversed this region long before the modern grid was laid. On humid evenings, the air around Club Lake turns heavy and still, reflecting the expansive sky and the persistent, unhurried character of a place that remains deeply rooted in the soil of northern Mississippi.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tombigbee National Forest (National Forest) — 5.8 mi, 301° NW · 67k acres
Private (State Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 239° SW
Chickasaw Council House (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 337° NW
Owl Creek Indian Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 10.4 mi, 291° W
Canal Section Wma (State Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 076° E
Black Belt Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.9 mi, 340° N
Chuquatonchee Bluffs Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 10.9 mi, 288° W
Bynum Mound and Village Site (Historic Ruins) — 13.2 mi, 237° SW
Chickasaw County Coliseum (Stadium) — 15.5 mi, 237° SW
Amory Regional Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 096° E
Oren Dunn City Museum (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 358° N
Tombigbee State Park (State Park) — 17.4 mi, 024° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 17.5 mi, 138° SE
Tupelo Battlefield Memorial (Monument) — 17.6 mi, 003° N
Elvis Presley (Monument) — 18.3 mi, 014° N
Trace State Park (State Park) — 18.5 mi, 338° N
F-105 Thunderchief (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 013° N
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway at Glover Wilkins (Recreation Area) — 19.3 mi, 077° E
Tupelo Buffalo Park (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 19.9 mi, 357° N
Natchez Trace Visitors Center (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 007° N
Jamie L. Whitten Historical Center (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 044° NE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.7 mi, 326° NW · 20k acres
Holly Springs National Forest (National Forest) — 36.7 mi, 316° NW · 156k acres
Will Clark Statue (Public Artwork) — 37.3 mi, 184° S
Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum (Museum) — 37.5 mi, 185° S
Columbus Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 39.7 mi, 152° SE
Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 42.0 mi, 190° S · 97k acres
Bonner Arnold Coliseum (Stadium) — 47.3 mi, 013° N
Southside Gallery (Gallery) — 50.4 mi, 300° NW
Sipsey Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 74.5 mi, 071° E · 26k acres

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