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Birch Tree Missouri Map

Explore Birch Tree, 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 Birch Tree, Missouri

How to Use This Birch Tree, Missouri Map

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

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	Birch Tree
State	Missouri (MO)
County	Shannon County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	36.991165
Longitude	-91.492638
Population	541
Density	151.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	65438
Area Code	573
County Seat	Eminence
School District	Mountain View-Birch Tree R-III School District

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About Birch Tree, Missouri

Birch Tree is a locality in Shannon County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 541. The population density is 151.3 people per km². Birch Tree is located at 36.9912°N, 91.4926°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Birch Tree is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 65438.

Birch Tree anchors itself firmly within the limestone-rich topography of the Missouri Ozarks, where the earth rises and falls in long, muscular swells of earth and timber. It lies 26.9 miles northeast of West Plains, MO (from West Plains, MO: bearing 47°T), and is situated 11.7 miles east of Mountain View. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, honeyed density, catching the edges of the hardwoods as they transition from the lower, shadowed creases of the land toward the higher ground. A mile from the center, the waters of Birch Creek move with a quiet, persistent gravity, carving a path through the chert-strewn soil that characterizes this rugged terrain. To the north, the sprawling expanse of Mark Twain National Forest provides a dense, green horizon, while the distant, singular prominence of High Hill marks the skyline like a blunt finger pointed toward the clouds.

History in Birch Tree remains etched into the very grain of the local economy, which has long pivoted on the extraction and management of the surrounding timber and the steady labor of the land. The rhythm of daily life follows the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons, echoing a time when the railroad dictated the pulse of commerce and the movement of goods through these interior woods. Beyond the immediate clearings, the land deepens into the quietude of Floyd Hollow, a place where the air hangs heavy with the scent of damp moss and decaying leaves. While the bustle of the world feels remote, the people of Birch Tree maintain a plain-spoken endurance, finding a quiet beauty in the way the frost settles over the fields long before the winter sun has fully climbed the canopy.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 2.2 mi, 181° S · 1.5M acres
Birch Creek Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 181° S
Rocky Creek Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 039° NE
Ozark National Scenic Riverways (Wild & Scenic River) — 5.2 mi, 318° NW · 53k acres
Eleven Point, Missouri Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 13.2 mi, 154° SE · 15k acres
Horseshoe Horse (Public Artwork) — 13.3 mi, 034° NE
Cross Country Trail Rides (Attraction) — 13.9 mi, 035° NE
Prairie Hollow Overlook (Viewpoint) — 18.1 mi, 044° NE
Sinkin Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 19.3 mi, 119° SE
Irish Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 21.5 mi, 138° SE · 17k acres
Current River State Park (State Park) — 22.8 mi, 008° N
Cupola Pond National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 25.6 mi, 121° SE · 160 acres
Mark Twain Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 26.0 mi, 144° SE · 910 acres
Howell County War Memorial (Monument) — 26.6 mi, 226° SW
Polly the Parrot (Monument) — 26.7 mi, 227° SW
Rock of Ages (Monument) — 26.8 mi, 226° SW
Big Spring (Attraction) — 27.7 mi, 095° E
Welch Spring (Attraction) — 28.2 mi, 351° N
Grand Gulf State Park (State Park) — 31.4 mi, 196° S
Devils Backbone Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 38.2 mi, 245° SW · 6,691 acres
The Deer Statue (Attraction) — 44.6 mi, 357° N
Dent county museum (Museum) — 45.3 mi, 357° N
Hardy History Museum (Museum) — 46.7 mi, 179° S
Taum Sauk Nature Museum (Museum) — 51.7 mi, 045° NE
U.S. Army Engineer, Chemical, and Military Police Museum (Museum) — 62.2 mi, 327° NW
Ozark Actors Theatre (Theatre) — 67.9 mi, 347° N
Old Stagecoach Stop (Museum) — 69.7 mi, 326° NW
Hawkins Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 73.3 mi, 025° NE
Willie Lee (Historic Ruins) — 74.3 mi, 255° W
Huck's Cove (Theme Park) — 77.8 mi, 055° NE

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