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Buckner Missouri Map

Explore Buckner, 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 Buckner, Missouri

How to Use This Buckner, Missouri Map

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

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

Latitude	39.132506
Longitude	-94.198558
Population	2,945
Density	636.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	64016
Area Code	816
County Seat	Independence
School District	Fort Osage R-I School District

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About Buckner, Missouri

Buckner is a locality in Jackson County, Missouri, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,945. The population density is 636.7 people per km². Buckner is located at 39.1325°N, 94.1986°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Buckner is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 64016.

Buckner occupies a quiet expanse of the Missouri plains where the earth holds the scent of damp loam and tall grasses. It lies 8.1 miles north of Grain Valley, MO (from Grain Valley, MO: bearing 0°T), and is situated 9.1 miles north-northeast of Blue Springs. The horizon stretches wide and unobstructed, save for the faint, jagged suggestion of Devil Ridge visible far to the south, a mere ghost of stone against the violet haze of a fading afternoon. Water defines the immediate lowlands, as Fire Prairie Creek carves a slow, deliberate path through the fields, its banks lined with the tangled, rhythmic growth of willow and cottonwood. Nearby, the stillness of Number 77 Lake reflects the changing light, a mirror for the broad, empty sky that dictates the pace of the day. A traveler walking toward Heisler Park finds the air here possesses a singular, heavy clarity, especially when the sun dips low and turns the dust of the flatlands into a fine, suspended gold.

Buckner emerged from the steady pulse of agricultural expansion and the iron veins of the railroad, which once served as the primary tether to the wider world. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the soil, favoring the industrious labor of farming and the modest commerce that supports a life lived close to the land. Echoes of the region’s diverse European heritage persist in the architecture and the deliberate, plain-spoken habits of those who call the place home. Daily life in Buckner moves with the measured cadence of a clockwork mechanism, indifferent to the frantic demands of the distant cities that hum beyond the fields. It is a place where the history of the frontier remains a quiet presence, felt in the way the wind moves across the plains and the unadorned, sturdy character of the buildings that stand against the weather.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Heisler Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 008° N
Big Muddy National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.6 mi, 014° N · 32k acres
William L Landahl Park Reserve (Local Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 198° S
Lttle Blue Trace (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 255° W
Cooley Lake Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 347° N
Pigg's Landing Access (State Recreation Area) — 6.5 mi, 019° N
Burr Oak Woods Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 223° SW
Summerfield Pillars (Public Artwork) — 6.9 mi, 197° S
Anthony P. Mazzeralla Memorial (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 216° SW
Glades Observation Station (Viewpoint) — 7.7 mi, 221° SW
Monkey Mountain Park And Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 173° S
In Loving Memory of Janea Kelly, RN (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 206° SW
Railroad/Rotary Park Entrance Sign (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 207° SW
Fountain Bluffs Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 10.8 mi, 296° NW
Harry S Truman National Historic Site Visitor Center (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 257° W
National Frontier Trails Museum (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 257° W
The Peace Pavilion (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 257° W
Missouri Town Living History Museum Visitor Center (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 211° SW
Sugar Creek Historical Society (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 265° W
Live Art Aquatics (Arts Centre) — 13.8 mi, 257° W
Pottery Art (Gallery) — 13.8 mi, 257° W
Winner Road Gallery (Gallery) — 13.8 mi, 257° W
Engelwood Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 13.8 mi, 257° W
Jewell Theatre Company (Theatre) — 13.9 mi, 305° NW
Corbin Theatre Co. (Theatre) — 14.2 mi, 304° NW
Jesse James Bank Museum (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 304° NW
Fury of the Nile (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 280° W
Knob Noster State Park (State Park) — 40.2 mi, 131° SE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 51.3 mi, 162° S · 3,906 acres

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