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Sunflower Mississippi Map

Explore Sunflower, 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 Sunflower, Mississippi

How to Use This Sunflower, Mississippi Map

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

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

Latitude	33.544296
Longitude	-90.537289
Population	964
Density	614.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	38829, 38778
Area Code	662
County Seat	Indianola
School District	Sunflower County Consolidated School District

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About Sunflower, Mississippi

Sunflower is a locality in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 964. The population density is 614.2 people per km². Sunflower is located at 33.5443°N, 90.5373°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sunflower is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 38829, 38778.

Sunflower stretches across a vast, alluvial expanse where the horizon pulls away in a thin, shimmering line of heat and verdant growth. It lies 17.6 miles southeast of Cleveland, MS (from Cleveland, MS: bearing 142°T), and is situated 9.3 miles northeast of Indianola. The Big Sunflower River carves a serpentine path through the landscape, its dark, sluggish current acting as the primary artery for the surrounding plains. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that magnifies the golden quality of the afternoon light, casting long, melancholy shadows across the flat fields. Four miles away, the protected expanse of the Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms provides a quiet sanctuary for migratory birds and native flora, standing as a stark contrast to the cleared rows of agricultural acreage that define the earth for miles in every direction.

Agriculture serves as the persistent pulse of Sunflower, dictating the cycles of labor and the quiet, deliberate pace of daily life. The history of the soil is written in the deep furrows of the fields, where the economy remains tied to the fertility of the land and the endurance of its inhabitants. While the stillness of the afternoon might be broken by the distant hum of machinery, the environment retains a solemn, ancient character that persists regardless of the season. To the north, the waters of Jug Lake offer a reflective stillness, mirroring the expansive sky and the changing patterns of the clouds that drift over this inland reach.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.7 mi, 175° S · 20k acres
Indianola Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 290° W
Ingram St (Local Park) — 6.6 mi, 161° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 165° S
YANKY-72 Crash Site (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 138° SE
YANKY-72 Cross (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 137° SE
Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 9.0 mi, 231° SW
Nathaniel 'Slim' Jack (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 224° SW
Rice-Totten Stadium (Stadium) — 11.4 mi, 102° E
Dockery Farms (Attraction) — 13.6 mi, 340° N
Sky Lake Wma (State Conservation Area) — 16.4 mi, 166° S
Florewood River Plantation State Park (State Park) — 16.5 mi, 094° E
Martin & Sue King Railroad Museum (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 322° NW
Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.3 mi, 143° SE · 12k acres
Museum of the Mississippi Delta (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 093° E
E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 31.3 mi, 252° W
Greenville History Museum (Museum) — 31.5 mi, 253° W
Greenville Cypress Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 32.8 mi, 250° W
Charlie Capps WMA (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 32.8 mi, 313° NW
Great River Road State Park (State Park) — 34.6 mi, 306° NW
Delta National Forest (National Forest) — 41.8 mi, 192° S · 61k acres
Christ Centered Cross (Public Artwork) — 43.3 mi, 067° NE
Confederate fort (Historic Castle / Fort) — 47.4 mi, 069° E
Confederate redoubt (Historic Castle / Fort) — 47.5 mi, 068° E
Holly Springs National Forest (National Forest) — 47.8 mi, 057° NE · 156k acres
Sunflower Waterfowl Project (Nature Reserve) — 50.8 mi, 197° S
Kosciusko Heritage Foundation Museum (Museum) — 65.4 mi, 122° SE
Mound D (Historic Ruins) — 65.5 mi, 032° NE
Mound C (Historic Ruins) — 65.6 mi, 032° NE

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