Explore Osyka, 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 Osyka, 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 Osyka.
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 | Osyka |
| State | Mississippi (MS) |
| County | Pike County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 31.006845 |
| Longitude | -90.472318 |
| Population | 381 |
| Density | 138.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 39657 |
| Area Code | 228 |
| County Seat | Magnolia |
| School District | South Pike School District |
Osyka stands as a quiet sentinel of the piney woods, anchored to the landscape by the deep, persistent silence that settles over the rolling inland terrain. It lies 16.4 miles south of McComb, MS (from McComb, MS: bearing 184°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south of Magnolia. The Tangipahoa River carves a serpentine path just a mile from the center, its dark, tea-colored waters moving with a deliberate, gravity-fed patience toward the south. Beyond the immediate canopy, the land dips into the shaded, humid depression of Chubby Bottom, where the air holds the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves long after the sun has retreated. Sunlight here does not merely shine; it filters through the dense, tangled thickets of kudzu and high-reaching hardwoods, casting a long, amber glow that makes the very atmosphere feel thick, heavy, and saturated with the slow passage of hours.
History in Osyka remains etched in the quiet persistence of its residents, who have long looked to the surrounding timber and fertile soil to sustain their way of life. While the bustle of larger industrial hubs feels a world away, the proximity to the Tangipahoa River provides a natural corridor for wildlife and a reminder of the region’s enduring agricultural roots. The economy, once tethered to the iron rails that cut through the heart of the landscape, now relies on a modest, steady rhythm of local trade and the stewardship of the land. Even with the distant, faint silhouette of Bogue Chitto Mountain marking the horizon, the focus of Osyka stays firmly on the immediate, tangible world—the rustle of wind through pine needles and the patient, unhurried work of those who call this particular stretch of the earth home.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Osyka, Mississippi. Coordinates: 31.006845, -90.472318. 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 Osyka includes the ZIP code (39657), telephone area code (228), county seat of Pike County (Magnolia), and school district assignment (South Pike 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. |