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Alma Missouri Map

Explore Alma, Missouri, 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 Alma, Missouri

How to Use This Alma, Missouri Map

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

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	Alma
State	Missouri (MO)
County	Lafayette County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.095295
Longitude	-93.545212
Population	400
Density	561.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	64001
Area Code	816
County Seat	Lexington
School District	Santa Fe R-X School District

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About Alma, Missouri

Alma is a locality in Lafayette County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 400. The population density is 561.6 people per km². Alma is located at 39.0953°N, 93.5452°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Alma is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64001.

Alma defines itself through the quiet, expansive reach of the Missouri plains, where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the setting sun in a single, lingering gulp. It lies 18.8 miles west of Marshall, MO (from Marshall, MO: bearing 264°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east of Higginsville. The earth here is deep and dark, a heavy soil that yields to the slow, deliberate turning of the seasons, while the modest flow of Elm Branch marks the landscape with a silver, winding thread just a mile from the center of the grid. To the far horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of Bristle Ridge serves as a distant reminder of the earth’s ancient upheavals, though here the terrain remains steady and unadorned. In the quiet hours before dusk, the light turns a bruised gold, catching the dust of the fields and casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the flat expanses of farmland. Beyond the immediate reach of the streets, the Grove (Cecil G.) Memorial Conservation Area offers a quiet sanctuary of timber and brush, while the stillness of Stoll Lake waits three miles away, mirroring the vast, empty sky with a glass-like precision that seems to hold the very breath of the prairie.

Alma carries the weight of a history rooted in the grit of agricultural labor and the steady, plain-spoken resilience of those who first broke this ground to plant their lives. The local economy persists in a slow, rhythmic connection to the harvest, where the pulse of the machinery and the seasonal cycles of the grain elevators dictate the tempo of the day. A distinct heritage lingers in the architecture and the names inscribed on the older headstones, reflecting the European threads that woven into the local culture long ago. Life moves with a deliberate, unadorned focus, favoring the practical over the ornamental and the neighborly over the anonymous. Whether gathered at the local post office or tending to the margins of a field, those who dwell here inhabit a space where the modern world feels secondary to the demands of the land, leaving the residents of Alma to navigate their days with a stoic, quiet clarity that matches the open sky above.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Baltimore Bend Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 343° N
Massacre Site (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 189° S
Little Sister of Lady Liberty (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 189° S
Kathryn Kuhlman (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 189° S
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.8 mi, 350° N · 32k acres
Blind Pony Lake Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 103° E
Fairground Park (Local Park) — 10.0 mi, 258° W
Mcallister Springs Access (State Recreation Area) — 14.5 mi, 133° SE
Van Meter State Park (State Park) — 18.0 mi, 052° NE
Old Fountain (Historic Ruins) — 18.5 mi, 007° N
Jim the Wonder Dog Museum (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 084° E
Madonna of the Trail statue (Public Artwork) — 19.3 mi, 289° W
Hazel Hill Lake (State Recreation Area) — 20.6 mi, 216° SW
Knob Noster State Park (State Park) — 22.7 mi, 183° S
Mary Miller Smiser Heritage Library (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 206° SW
Highlander Theatre (Theatre) — 25.6 mi, 204° SW
McClure Archives and University Museum (Museum) — 25.6 mi, 204° SW
Stauffacher Theatre (Theatre) — 31.3 mi, 152° SE
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art (Museum) — 31.3 mi, 152° SE
Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.4 mi, 029° NE · 22k acres
Glades Observation Station (Viewpoint) — 40.3 mi, 266° W
Missouri Town Living History Museum Visitor Center (Museum) — 42.5 mi, 259° W
Old MKT Railroad Bridge (Attraction) — 43.3 mi, 101° E
Fewel Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 43.6 mi, 191° S
Harry S Truman National Historic Site Visitor Center (Attraction) — 46.7 mi, 270° W
Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 47.0 mi, 258° W
Live Art Aquatics (Arts Centre) — 48.4 mi, 270° W
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 75.2 mi, 111° E · 1.5M acres

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