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Pickens Mississippi Map

Explore Pickens, 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 Pickens, Mississippi

How to Use This Pickens, Mississippi Map

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

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

Latitude	32.883743
Longitude	-89.971473
Population	920
Density	278.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	39146
Area Code	601
County Seat	Lexington
School District	Holmes County Consolidated School District

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About Pickens, Mississippi

Pickens is a locality in Holmes County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 920. The population density is 278.2 people per km². Pickens is located at 32.8837°N, 89.9715°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Pickens is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39146.

Pickens occupies a quiet expanse of land where the Big Black River traces a serpentine path through the low-lying terrain, its dark waters mirroring the heavy, humid sky. It lies 19.1 miles north-northeast of Canton, MS (from Canton, MS: bearing 11°T), and is situated 14.9 miles south-southwest of Durant. The air here holds a stillness that seems to press against the tall grasses and the dense thickets of kudzu that climb the skeletal remains of old oaks. To the north, the distant outline of Beech Ridge marks the horizon, a faint serrated edge against the haze of a summer afternoon. Only two miles to the east, the waters of Bisland Bayou gather in a slow, sediment-rich pool, reflecting the deep greens of the surrounding bottomland hardwoods. Light at dusk takes on a bruised, amber quality, softening the sharp geometry of rusted iron and weathered siding until the entire landscape feels like a memory held in suspension.

Pickens emerged from the necessity of the rail line and the bounty of the surrounding black-soil fields, which have dictated the local economy since the first tracks were laid. Agriculture remains the quiet pulse of the region, visible in the orderly rows of crops that stretch toward the timberline and the occasional hum of machinery echoing off the distant rise of Holmes County State Park. The rhythm of daily life is measured by the changing seasons and the slow transit of freight trains that rattle the windows of the storefronts, a reminder of the industry that once tied this ground to the wider world. Despite the passage of years, the character of the place remains tied to the soil and the river, maintaining a stubborn, solitary identity that persists long after the bustle of the harvest has faded into the quietude of evening.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Holmes County State Park (State Park) — 9.9 mi, 021° N
Canton Train Museum (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 192° S
Hillside National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.9 mi, 319° NW · 31k acres
Pearl River Wma (State Conservation Area) — 20.8 mi, 158° S
Private (State Conservation Area) — 21.2 mi, 160° S
Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.4 mi, 292° W · 12k acres
Pearl River State Waterfowl Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 24.6 mi, 177° S
Kosciusko Heritage Foundation Museum (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 065° NE
Bienville National Forest (National Forest) — 27.3 mi, 143° SE · 180k acres
Children Playing (Public Artwork) — 30.1 mi, 198° S
Boyd Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 30.3 mi, 191° S
Boyd Mound (Historic Ruins) — 30.3 mi, 191° S
Montgomery Historic House Museum (Museum) — 30.3 mi, 196° S
9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 31.0 mi, 195° S
Plaque (Monument) — 31.0 mi, 195° S
Brahear's Stand (Monument) — 32.4 mi, 192° S
Smith-Wills Stadium (Stadium) — 39.3 mi, 196° S
Lefleur's Bluff State Park (State Park) — 39.4 mi, 195° S
Delta National Forest (National Forest) — 39.8 mi, 274° W · 61k acres
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (Museum) — 40.1 mi, 196° S
The Oaks House Museum (Museum) — 41.5 mi, 197° S
Sunflower Waterfowl Project (Nature Reserve) — 47.6 mi, 267° W
Rice-Totten Stadium (Stadium) — 48.3 mi, 334° NW
Canal Place Cinema 7 (Cinema) — 49.0 mi, 100° E
USS Cairo (Attraction) — 62.8 mi, 236° SW
Confederate fort (Historic Castle / Fort) — 63.7 mi, 011° N

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