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Altenburg Missouri Map

Explore Altenburg, 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 Altenburg, Missouri

How to Use This Altenburg, Missouri Map

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

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

Latitude	37.630884
Longitude	-89.585376
Population	341
Density	125.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	63732
Area Code	816
County Seat	Perryville
School District	Altenburg 48 School District

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About Altenburg, Missouri

Altenburg is a locality in Perry County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 341. The population density is 125.4 people per km². Altenburg is located at 37.6309°N, 89.5854°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Altenburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 63732.

Altenburg occupies a quiet reach of land where the earth rises into the modest, weathered elevations of the Birmingham Hills. It lies 17.7 miles north-northeast of Jackson, MO (from Jackson, MO: bearing 14°T), and is situated 16.4 miles east-southeast of Perryville. Brazeau Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the soil nearby, draining toward the basin of the Brazeau Bottoms with a persistent, low-slung gravity. The air here holds the scent of damp loam and turned furrows, carrying a stillness that feels heavy with the accumulation of seasons. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape shifts into a textured expanse of rural terrain, where the light at dusk flattens against the horizon, turning the silhouettes of distant trees into ink-dark strokes against a pale, cooling sky.

Altenburg remains a place defined by its sturdy German heritage, rooted in the mid-nineteenth-century migration that brought settlers to these plains to establish a life built on faith and agriculture. The local economy persists in a slow, deliberate engagement with the land, mirroring the endurance of the nearby Tower Rock Natural Area, which stands as a silent sentinel to the regional geology. Residents might point toward the proximity of Gerler Lake or the distant reaches of the Trail of Tears State Forest as markers of the surrounding wild, yet the pulse of Altenburg beats in the maintenance of its modest brick structures and the quiet persistence of its small-scale commerce. Life moves with an unforced cadence, shaped by the cycles of the harvest and the enduring, plain-spoken character of a society that values the weight of its own history.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Apple Creek Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 156° SE
Shawnee National Forest (National Forest) — 4.7 mi, 062° NE · 274k acres
Seventy-Six Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 357° N
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.1 mi, 357° N · 16k acres
Middle Mississippi Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 6.1 mi, 143° SE · 3,877 acres
Larue-Pine Hills National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 8.0 mi, 114° SE · 1,959 acres
La Rue-Pine Hills Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 8.0 mi, 114° SE
Larue-Pine Hills/Otter Pine Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 8.0 mi, 114° SE
Clear Springs Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 8.2 mi, 103° E · 4,739 acres
Inspiration Point (Viewpoint) — 8.6 mi, 111° E
La Rue Swamp Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 10.3 mi, 131° SE
Little Grand Canyon (Nature Reserve) — 10.9 mi, 072° E
Bald Knob Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 11.0 mi, 115° SE · 5,830 acres
Trail Of Tears State Park (State Park) — 11.3 mi, 156° SE
Wolf Lake Memorial Garden (Monument) — 11.9 mi, 138° SE
Shawnee Veterans Memorial Wall (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 138° SE
Pomona Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 085° E
Shawnee Cave Amphitheater (Theatre) — 14.6 mi, 084° E
Alto Clay Works (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 105° E
Perry Park Center (Cinema) — 16.0 mi, 294° NW
Miranda's Loom Fine Craft Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 16.4 mi, 056° NE
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 18.3 mi, 299° NW
Pyroglyphics (Public Artwork) — 18.6 mi, 351° N
Cobden Museum (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 110° E
Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center (Attraction) — 19.9 mi, 181° S
McLeod Theatre (Theatre) — 20.5 mi, 073° E
Sharp Museum (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 073° E
The Carbondale Depot Museum (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 072° E
African American Museum of Southern Illinois (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 072° E
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.4 mi, 096° E · 91k acres

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